tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979948133453716071.post3602340100570404946..comments2023-08-02T19:09:52.233+05:30Comments on Ramblings by Bones: For all those who are not Arundhati Roy fansBoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15649563485896628766noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979948133453716071.post-69853490078584118122008-12-29T17:26:00.000+05:302008-12-29T17:26:00.000+05:30Liberty's nothing if it doesn't allow one to speak...Liberty's nothing if it doesn't allow one to speak what you don't want to hear.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that Arudhati Roy's a champion of that sort of liberty and clearly spelling out exactly what you don't want to hear. <BR/><BR/>I'm honestly sick and tired of these constant attacks on her person.. why o why can't someone debate with her arguments with ARGUMENTS?<BR/><BR/>What's all these jibes about 'intellectuals' and bull?<BR/><BR/>She's taken a very moral stand.. and vocally so. With pages of reason behind her stand. <BR/><BR/>I've yet to see someone effectively counter her figures and statements with anything more than jingoistic slogans.<BR/><BR/>Shame.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow. I DO see the enemies of the Liberty trying hard to shut her up!! :p Can't take her.. can't respond to her... so let's silence her! <BR/><BR/>:-)Yaamynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13486967702707441314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979948133453716071.post-29104395215781963422008-12-26T16:09:00.000+05:302008-12-26T16:09:00.000+05:30Quirky Indian,This was forwarded to me by e-mail.....Quirky Indian,<BR/><BR/>This was forwarded to me by e-mail...<BR/><BR/>Arundhati Roy takes extreme positions...eg:<BR/>"India needs azadi from Kashmir just as much as - if not more than - Kashmir needs azadi from India."<BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/22/kashmir.india<BR/><BR/>I agree that the armed forces continue to commit excesses in Kashmir but that doesn't mean that Kashmir should be given independence...Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15649563485896628766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979948133453716071.post-2826091080943400142008-12-26T11:39:00.000+05:302008-12-26T11:39:00.000+05:30Interesting article....raises quite a few valid po...Interesting article....raises quite a few valid points. Where did you find this?<BR/><BR/>Arundhati Roy's passion is admirable, but as I have always said, her extreme position does not help; rather, it creates other (diametrically opposite) extreme positions as a reaction. <BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>Quirky IndianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979948133453716071.post-45064135516821237252008-12-25T17:24:00.000+05:302008-12-25T17:24:00.000+05:30And just for the record, (i) Vinod Mehta is one of...And just for the record, <BR/><BR/>(i) Vinod Mehta is one of the dumbest editors ever (tho there are several that really deserve to stand in line ahead of him).<BR/><BR/>(ii) I'm not a fan of Arundhati Roy, but neither am I critical of all of her POVs (and definitely not of her as a human being).Strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017804689973529465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979948133453716071.post-45998385994373468402008-12-25T17:19:00.000+05:302008-12-25T17:19:00.000+05:30What crap! The writer is clueless about Roy's POVs...What crap! The writer is clueless about Roy's POVs and seems more keen on vilifying her as a person than debating the issues that have been raised by not only her, but also a whole of other Indians that this "servant of the Indian state" supposedly serves.<BR/><BR/>The author sees the Indian state as one with "a vision and aim based on certain civilizational values that are uniquely Indian" and further mentions that "demography and history dictates that these values have a prominently Hindu flavour" - WTF is he talking about?! We are governed by a Constitution and as such cannot be anything more or less than what our Constitution permits. And our Constitution is a mish-mash of then-existing, best-in-class Constitutions.<BR/><BR/>I am a lawyer and I beg to differ when he says he sees himself as part of the "Indian state". From a Constitutional perspective (which overrides the author, his baap and his baap-da-baap), the police are merely an instrument of the state, i.e. the executive. <BR/><BR/>There are just so many points to lamblast in this silly article that serves no purpose whatsoever, but its not worth the effort.Strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017804689973529465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979948133453716071.post-57856211446494140062008-12-25T16:21:00.000+05:302008-12-25T16:21:00.000+05:30Yeah,there are some people who just love to say no...Yeah,there are some people who just love to say no when the establishment says yes and vice versa...I'm sure she'll say no if the establishment says the sun rises from the east...<BR/><BR/>I obviously have a lot of time to surf the net...:)Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15649563485896628766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979948133453716071.post-22704308466180030282008-12-25T14:07:00.000+05:302008-12-25T14:07:00.000+05:30Bones - I totally agree with this article.. Arundh...Bones - I totally agree with this article.. Arundhati Roy is one person, who I feel simply writes for publicity by taking an anti-establishment stance where ever she can. <BR/>By the way - I have to admire the way in which you manage to dig out so many interesting articles!Smithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168565596774930645noreply@blogger.com