On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Sirtaj Singh Kang <sir...@sirtaj.net> wrote: > > Yes. I haven't had a chance to read any of Modi's writing, but as an amoral > politician he is par for the course - certainly not admired, but _not > surprising_ either. If this thread was named "For the Modi haters out there" > I'm pretty certain there will be folks on this list willing to weigh in on > their disappointment in his very existence. >
Agree with much of what you've said. And amorality is a good way to describe both Modi and Roy. The one difference probably is that Modi has been complicit in mass murders; Roy, not yet (until Maoists strike down civilians suspected of collaborating with the police, which they will, before too long. But for her, maybe, that will be collateral damage? Chomsky is certainly hugely guilty of that - to the extent of denying that Srebrenica was a problem at all). Salil
