Maoist Uprising in India and its Well-Intentioned Sympathizers
In the wake of the Maoists' killing of 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in India, so many thoughts come to mind. What makes the difference between the shrill desperate voices of rebels and the powerful redemptive works of people like Dr. Paul Farmer in Haiti and organizations like the International Justice Mission?…
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26 - WellWisherOfIndia
Arundathi Roy is crossing her limits. I wonder why she doesn't write any articles about ...
1. Islamic Jihadis killing all Kafirs in Kashmir.
2. Islamic Jihadis killing innocent Kafirs in Mumbai.
3. Islamic Jihadis killing innocent kafirs in Pune.
4. Islamic Jihadis killing innocent kafirs in Russia.
27 - WellWisherOfIndia
This comment is not from me. It is someone else using my ID.
28 - WellWisherOfIndia
The comment no. 26 does not belong to me. From now onwards, I won't be using WellWisherOfIndia as my ID on this web page. I think this website should have the mechanism whereby the saboteurs won't be able to use other people's user names to sabotage a healthy discussion.
29 - Vijai
WWOI- Blogcritics does have a mechanism- hopefully an editor will weed these comments out.
Rajesh,
Thanks for your comments. Roy is a writer and noone can dispute the fact that she reaches out to a large group of devoted readers with her talent and her worldview. I think this is laudable and should be encouraged in a democracy, even if it treads on anyone's toes.
I also do not think that she has a narrow political agenda. I do however believe that she has made a risky tansition from being an idealist (which I think is good) to being an ideologue. Ideologies can fail and in the case of the Maoist ideology has inevitably failed wherever it has been implemented faithfully.
Ideals however are time-tested. The Moaist ideal is in reality not Maoist at all. Ideals of justice, fairness, upliftment of the poor, seeking penal judgment for crimes- these are all virtues upheld both by faith(s) and the very Constitution of India that they seek to supplant.
In reality I may even agree with Roy- but I do not yet know that because her polemical style is very provocative. Such lanugage of moral outrage may indeed come from a passion for justice but it only has the effect of polarizing the base and alienating the doubters. A balanced language and wise counsel will always win the day.
30 - Vijai
By the way I'm thankful for both WWOI (the real one) and Rajesh- they have given me some confidence that rational and civil discourse indeed exists in India. I'm otherwise appalled at the ad hominem attacks, careless comments about attacking other countries, politicians, et al that abound in this and other discussions.
31 - ajay
What about the police?
Shouldn't we ask this Q to the indian govt. rather than ms.roy?
The indian govt is using the troops for unjust cause. Just like US is responsible for deaths of troops in Iraq where it is wasging a war on false grounds(Weapons of mass destruction please)
Check this article, you can understand the police is also vexed with the govt for putting their lives on the line http://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Ne170410coverstory.asp