> I'm not so sure about that. Roy isn't the most diplomatic person in the
> world, but she has a point: Indian neoliberalism is as toxic and
> self-destructive as any of its First World versions. India is growing
> fast, but in a very polarizing way, especially between regions. That's a
> prescription for another century of grinding neocolonial purgatory.
>
> -- DRR
It would be easy to absolve Roy if her only fault was lack of diplomacy. Her cardinal sin, however, is that she is able to clothe her oversimplifications in a seductive sheen of authenticity - this is a potentially dangerous skill.
Sujeet
-- My humanity is in feeling we are all voices of the same poverty. - Jorge Louis Borges