Comments on: The Shape Of The Beast http://helloji.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/shape-of-the-beast/ Chat about everything Indian...at home and away Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Anny http://helloji.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/shape-of-the-beast/#comment-880 Anny Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:33:49 +0000 http://helloji.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-880 I wish she gets a Nobel prize for Peace - for speaking on behalf of the underdog Anny I wish she gets a Nobel prize for Peace - for speaking on behalf of the underdog
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]]> By: Ramesh http://helloji.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/shape-of-the-beast/#comment-755 Ramesh Thu, 15 May 2008 13:32:28 +0000 http://helloji.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-755 Undoubtedly, Roy is one of the dazzling writers of India. But her latest book, The Shape..., does become too vehemently critical in certain parts. One portion has her blaming the Left patriarch and the first CM of Kerala, the late EMS Namboodiripad, as siding with the Birlas and opening the Mavoor Rayons Factory, thus polluting the Chaliyar river and harming the lives of the workers and the locals. She concludes that he has done little to benefit the people of Kerala. But she misses the point that then there was no telling of the Outcomes of setting up the factory, as it was with the blessing of the 2nd 5 year plan and the green signal of the PCB that it was started. It was a classic case of a well-intended initiative gone loose. Secondly, she criticises the Kerala Universities as being the worst in the country. Too unfounded a criticism? Well, there is no hiding the fact that except for a few elite universities in India, all the rest are on the same sobrely painful footing. Fund crunch and outdated syllbi are realities. But the UGC has the responsibility to pay attention to all members equally and make them beneficiaries. There is no hiding the fact that politics dogs the apex body and regional favouritism has long been a complaint. It is an irony that the state with the highest literacy and graduate to population ratio has a dearth of uality opportunities for higher edu. The God... had also kicked up a lot of dust as in it too were anti-Kerala remarks ( though the author couldn't resist using the Kerala landscape for crafting the novel). A fact being that her mother is settled in Kerala, living on its resources and is running an elite school near my hometon, wich is unimaginably inaccessible to the commoners and reserved for the posh and the wealthy, one wonders why the little Roy is mindfully overlooking mommy Roy's activities..... 'fighting against capitalism on the fore, siding with the elite at the back. It would be nice to know what the author has done for the state , by using her Booker Prize money or otherwise, so that she may have some teeny-weeny justification for her criticism. I only hope and pray that instead of blacking the face of a unique state, she does a small exercise of self-introspection. Blunt and unconstructive criticism is not worth its weight . Undoubtedly, Roy is one of the dazzling writers of India. But her latest book, The Shape…, does become too vehemently critical in certain parts. One portion has her blaming the Left patriarch and the first CM of Kerala, the late EMS Namboodiripad, as siding with the Birlas and opening the Mavoor Rayons Factory, thus polluting the Chaliyar river and harming the lives of the workers and the locals. She concludes that he has done little to benefit the people of Kerala. But she misses the point that then there was no telling of the Outcomes of setting up the factory, as it was with the blessing of the 2nd 5 year plan and the green signal of the PCB that it was started. It was a classic case of a well-intended initiative gone loose.

Secondly, she criticises the Kerala Universities as being the worst in the country. Too unfounded a criticism? Well, there is no hiding the fact that except for a few elite universities in India, all the rest are on the same sobrely painful footing. Fund crunch and outdated syllbi are realities. But the UGC has the responsibility to pay attention to all members equally and make them beneficiaries. There is no hiding the fact that politics dogs the apex body and regional favouritism has long been a complaint. It is an irony that the state with the highest literacy and graduate to population ratio has a dearth of uality opportunities for higher edu.

The God… had also kicked up a lot of dust as in it too were anti-Kerala remarks ( though the author couldn’t resist using the Kerala landscape for crafting the novel).

A fact being that her mother is settled in Kerala, living on its resources and is running an elite school near my hometon, wich is unimaginably inaccessible to the commoners and reserved for the posh and the wealthy, one wonders why the little Roy is mindfully overlooking mommy Roy’s activities….. ‘fighting against capitalism on the fore, siding with the elite at the back. It would be nice to know what the author has done for the state , by using her Booker Prize money or otherwise, so that she may have some teeny-weeny justification for her criticism.

I only hope and pray that instead of blacking the face of a unique state, she does a small exercise of self-introspection. Blunt and unconstructive criticism is not worth its weight .

]]> By: roys http://helloji.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/shape-of-the-beast/#comment-730 roys Fri, 02 May 2008 13:32:25 +0000 http://helloji.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-730 [...] with Roy on her social and political activism appear in a new book The Shape of the Beast...http://helloji.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/shape-of-the-beast/Roy&39s RV Supercenter 1-800-447-7697Located in Elkins. Sells a variety of new [...] [...] with Roy on her social and political activism appear in a new book The Shape of the Beast…http://helloji.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/shape-of-the-beast/Roy&39s RV Supercenter 1-800-447-7697Located in Elkins. Sells a variety of new [...]

]]> By: FCBarca http://helloji.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/shape-of-the-beast/#comment-727 FCBarca Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:45:34 +0000 http://helloji.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-727 I think she is fantastic...Inspirational I think she is fantastic…Inspirational

]]> By: The Shape of The Beast « Forever Under Construction http://helloji.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/shape-of-the-beast/#comment-725 The Shape of The Beast « Forever Under Construction Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:03:54 +0000 http://helloji.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-725 [...] Roy has released a new book. Read more Here is a review and a link to an interview with the [...] [...] Roy has released a new book. Read more Here is a review and a link to an interview with the [...]

]]> By: Chicago http://helloji.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/shape-of-the-beast/#comment-723 Chicago Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:05:03 +0000 http://helloji.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-723 I like her too. I like her too.

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