Dear Gayatri I don't know who you are. I don't know if you are a member of Silk List. I prefer to continue silk list discussions on the list and do not encourage any off list discussions unless they are private, personal issues. I am therefore going to forward this reply to silk list as well for comments. As a long term member of the list I find this email and the topic odd, but am willing to discuss anything on the terms that the list has always followed.
I am not interested in getting inot a spat with anyone but will not back down easily if I am pulled into a spat for no reason. I am fully capable of defending my viewpoint and have the reputation of being called a frothing RSS chaddiwala by some people and a pseudosecularist by others.I do not say things lightly and say the same things everywhere without special modification for the intended audience. I am me and will remain that way. Thanks if you understand shiv On Friday 05 Aug 2011 10:43:40 am you wrote: > Hello Shiv: > > You must not presume to know what Anand has going on in his head when he > posts something\ > . By calling the email "India-Forum" quality, you are being a bit > presumptive. One can s\ > afely assume that there is a motive for the post - there is at least one > very, very obvi\ > ous possible motive for the post, something that doesn't seem to have > occurred to you. > > You seem to be misunderstanding the tone and the tenor of the posts. The > aim is to produ\ > ce a more thoughtful discussion. Perhaps you could prove me wrong? Could > you maybe trans\ > late this post into Hindi or preferably Sanskrit, so we at least know that > you understan\ > d the posted comment interms of tense and mood. Sanskrit would be > preferable since tense\ > and mood tends to come out very weel in that language. There is a pretty > good and obvio\ > us reason for making the "India beat Pakistan" post as well. > > Anyway, Anand has a certain fondness for people who serve the public > interest in India a\ > nd would not like to get into a very public disagreement/spat/quareel with > you. I hope t\ > his is not prompted by any of his previous remarks on Pakistan, et cetera. > Sometimes, to\ > ne can be misunderstood. It is very hard to know what people mean unless > there is some b\ > ack-and-forth. Public spats don't help anyone. Theysimply create > unnescessary ill-will. > > These are important matters that affect India and hence this special effort > to reach out\ > . >
