Dear Avelino, I've already eaten crow and humble pie and acknowledged that Pratap Mehta is indeed an author of note. However, I still see red when someone describes goans who want to cling onto their identity as "fundamentalist". This, I cannot stomach. I am one of those Goans, who is very proud to be a Goan and will cling onto my identity till evolution batters it out of me.
Elisabeth --- "D'Souza, Avelino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.knowledgecommission.org/members/pbProfile.aspx > > Excerpt from the above link: > > "Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta is President and Chief > Executive, Centre for > Policy Research, New Delhi. He was previously > Professor of Government at > Harvard University and Associate Professor of > Government and of Social > Studies at Harvard. He was also Professor of > Philosophy and Law and > Governance, JNU." > > > Avelino > > _____ > > Victor Rangel-Ribeiro wrote: > > Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not too sure about the discussions that > preceded, > but I agree with Gilbert that the review of Holy > Warriors by Pratap Mehta, is disingenuous to say the > least. It is no secret that most reviewers earn > their > bread and butter, trying to be psuedointellectuals > pontificating over material they themselves are > incapable of putting together. Never having > published > anything of note, most reviewers spend their time in > tiny offices (if they are lucky) at major > publications > writing out book reviews when they're not doing food > reviews. As such, they are much like air stewardess' > who having failed to launch their acting careers > spend > their life harassing passengers on discount > airlines. > > Dear Elisabeth, > You have taken Pratap Mehta to task for what you > consider to be > specific > flaws in his review, and that is your prerogative. > But I do think you > are > wrong in stating that "most reviewers earn their > bread trying to be > pseudointellectuals... in tiny offices ... at major > publications." > Reviews of > fiction, at least here in the USA, are written > largely by freelancers > who are > handpicked by editors for having themselves been > published; nonfiction > books > in specialised fields such as music are reviewed not > in the popular > press but > in scholarly publications, by very knowledgeable > people with excellent > credentials. That has been my experience. > I must also add that I have been flying since > 1953, and have yet to > meet the > kind of air stewardess you describe. You must have > had a terrible > experience > with one particular person, but in general I have > found them to be very > helpful even in quite stressful conditions. > Regards, > Victor > > _____________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. > Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)