On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Abhijit Menon-Sen <a...@toroid.org> wrote: > At 2010-03-23 16:25:18 +0000, sali...@googlemail.com wrote: >> >> … and her ignoring the more serious criticism from Gail Omvedt. > > Thanks, I hadn't read Gail Omvedt's letter and response to some of > Arundhati Roy's writings on dams. I found them quite interesting. > >> She went to jail for one night, probably didn't like the dal, and next >> day paid the fine and got out. > > Aside: I've never understood this particular argument. She was sentenced > to a symbolic one day imprisonment and an INR2000 fine. She went to jail > for a day and paid the fine. Why would it have been less hypocritical or > more noble to stay in jail for three months instead of paying the fine? > > -- ams >
OK, I recall she was given one-month's prison or fine; she decided to go to prison, then paid fine after a day in jail. If that's wrong, I stand corrected. Salil
