On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Sirtaj Singh Kang <sir...@sirtaj.net> wrote: > > On 24-Mar-10, at 1:50 PM, Charles Haynes wrote: > [snip] >> >> Why? Why should she be expected to live to your expectations? > > I don't expect her to; she's free to do as she pleases. And I am free to > feel whatever I like about it.
Fair enough, but when you say "I don't think it's too much to ask that a de facto cultural ambassador for our country rise above that kind of nonsense" to me that's indistinguishable from putting expectations on her simply because she's famous. Is it because she's bringing disrepute or is disrespectful? Why is the same level of vitriol not directed at Modi? Is it because we think Roy "should know better?" I'm bemused by how much ill will is directed towards someone who, from my point of view, is nothing more than an outspoken writer pandering to popular prejudices. Is her brand of demagoguery appealing to a demographic that is uncomfortably close to home in contrast to, say Modi who's power base is a safe psychic distance away? Confused. -- Charles
