Re: Arundhati Roy on India and Its Maoists

[Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/14/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Apr 14, 2007, at 7:18 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> > On 4/14/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> So this means we can expect Roy to retire from writing and speaking
> >> and traveling around the world, and retiring to the Indian
> >> countryside to cultivate lentils?
> >
> > Non sequitur.
>
> Not at all. What is she? She is an international celebrity, a best-
> selling author who no doubt books a healthy revenue. She has joined
> the same class she criticizes in the quoted passage. She speaks and
> writes in English, the global language, which is spoken by that
> elite, but not by, what?, 90% of the Indian population. I can't blame
> her for joining the global elite, but she should show more
> understanding for those Indians who want to as well. Is a programmer
> in Bangalore really "greedy"? That's a moralizing critique but not
> much more. I've really never gotten much sense of what kind of
> economic policy she thinks India should follow, and how to get there.

We're talking about politics, not lifestyles.

> I once asked her U.S. agent, very sophisticated fellow politically,
> what her politics were, and he said he'd rather drink a beer.

I'd say she needs a new agent.
--
Yoshie