Comments on: The Great Disconnect http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/ "That was the beginning of the century; this is its end. I have been thinking not only of the people who lived there once, but also of the generations of dogs accompanying them in their everyday bustle, and one night— I don't know where it came from— in a predawn sleep, that funny and tender phrase composed itself: a road-side dog." - Czeslaw Milosz, Borderlines. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:37:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: tolkien http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1144 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:51:12 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1144 yikes! i telling him that he are needing to get a splle-chekcer even if tehy are english-spanking, christian-educated metro breed [check the pidegree] youths lost in the wildreness. mayawati cannever [experlative of cannot] be his leader because she is not one of them. like for example, she is not chrsitan-educated, english-speaking youth. therefore he wantsing to 'push' the country to 'great heights' - himalaya perhaps? but all other commentsers are allso not being very fairy to him. he is only proud of english-specking and not english-writing. what mistake otherwise if he making soem small-small mistakes? even big-big englsih gurus are making one time or the antoher. there lies the point which most of you missed by a mile. please read more in my forthcoming book: '101 common-msitakes in english made by our first generation of comupter guys'. only 50-ruppes. yikes! i telling him that he are needing to get a splle-chekcer even if tehy are english-spanking, christian-educated metro breed [check the pidegree] youths lost in the wildreness.

mayawati cannever [experlative of cannot] be his leader because she is not one of them. like for example, she is not chrsitan-educated, english-speaking youth.

therefore he wantsing to ‘push’ the country to ‘great heights’ - himalaya perhaps?

but all other commentsers are allso not being very fairy to him. he is only proud of english-specking and not english-writing. what mistake otherwise if he making soem small-small mistakes? even big-big englsih gurus are making one time or the antoher.

there lies the point which most of you missed by a mile. please read more in my forthcoming book: ‘101 common-msitakes in english made by our first generation of comupter guys’. only 50-ruppes.

]]> by: Anil http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1047 Thu, 24 May 2007 22:12:45 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1047 English apart, not everything that Hindol said lacked sense even if a few things did. He might not have put it across well, but his fear, palpable as it is, is not totally unfounded either. English apart, not everything that Hindol said lacked sense even if a few things did. He might not have put it across well, but his fear, palpable as it is, is not totally unfounded either.

]]> by: n! http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1045 Thu, 24 May 2007 06:14:52 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1045 Forgive me, forgive me, I HAVE to rant: 1. "We who have no voice". Umm, you laryngitis infected whiner, have you checked the statistics on voter turnout among your voiceless, Christian educated, metro-living, middle class abrethren? If you drove a few more of them into booths on voting day perhaps you would miraculously find your voice. 2. "The Gandhis speak our language". Translation: They look kinda cool. Like those Hollywood Presidents. Why should we be the only ones to suffer with a bad looking prime minister? Oh the shame! 3. "Mayawati is the quintessential behenji". And someone here actually thought he was non-prejudiced? I rest my case. 4. And he keeps talking about his "background". Like he's a Monet watercolour or something. 5. "This is a country that prides itself on its English-speaking youth". Yes and on its complete apathy to even try and educate the "non-English speaking" youth. 6. "As sophistication deserts our politics". I give up. 7. "Then perhaps one day I'll have to leave". oooh, threats! I have a question: if a threat is voiceless, is it still a threat? n! Forgive me, forgive me, I HAVE to rant:

1. “We who have no voice”. Umm, you laryngitis infected whiner, have you checked the statistics on voter turnout among your voiceless, Christian educated, metro-living, middle class abrethren? If you drove a few more of them into booths on voting day perhaps you would miraculously find your voice.

2. “The Gandhis speak our language”. Translation: They look kinda cool. Like those Hollywood Presidents. Why should we be the only ones to suffer with a bad looking prime minister? Oh the shame!

3. “Mayawati is the quintessential behenji”. And someone here actually thought he was non-prejudiced? I rest my case.

4. And he keeps talking about his “background”. Like he’s a Monet watercolour or something.

5. “This is a country that prides itself on its English-speaking youth”. Yes and on its complete apathy to even try and educate the “non-English speaking” youth.

6. “As sophistication deserts our politics”. I give up.

7. “Then perhaps one day I’ll have to leave”. oooh, threats! I have a question: if a threat is voiceless, is it still a threat?

n!

]]> by: Sumant http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1037 Mon, 21 May 2007 09:31:58 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1037 So the man says that from his urban background and cosmopolitan sensibilities, he finds it difficult to accept that people vote for candidates based on criteria that are driven more by communal, religious and other similar factors than based purely on policy or ethics. What's so offensive about that? He doesn't think Mayawati is going to do anything different than in her previous tenures as CM of UP. He doesn't think that Manmohan Singh would be PM if not for his blind loyalty to the Gandhi/Nehru clan. He finds it shameful that a religion as deep-rooted and supposedly secular and inclusive is turning into something ugly and hyper-sensitive, restricting the way the common man expresses himself. There are a good number of people who feel the way he does. These people also think that it makes more sense for them to walk away from the current situation because the odds of changing the status quo into something that is more tolerable to them are insurmountable. What on earth is so offensive about that? And if there are a few typos along the way, that's unfortunate, but they don't quite dilute the matter in question - which is that our democracy is ruled by all the wrong factors, and is fast turning into a farce. So the man says that from his urban background and cosmopolitan sensibilities, he finds it difficult to accept that people vote for candidates based on criteria that are driven more by communal, religious and other similar factors than based purely on policy or ethics.

What’s so offensive about that? He doesn’t think Mayawati is going to do anything different than in her previous tenures as CM of UP. He doesn’t think that Manmohan Singh would be PM if not for his blind loyalty to the Gandhi/Nehru clan. He finds it shameful that a religion as deep-rooted and supposedly secular and inclusive is turning into something ugly and hyper-sensitive, restricting the way the common man expresses himself.

There are a good number of people who feel the way he does. These people also think that it makes more sense for them to walk away from the current situation because the odds of changing the status quo into something that is more tolerable to them are insurmountable.

What on earth is so offensive about that? And if there are a few typos along the way, that’s unfortunate, but they don’t quite dilute the matter in question - which is that our democracy is ruled by all the wrong factors, and is fast turning into a farce.

]]> by: Vishnu http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1034 Sat, 19 May 2007 17:18:15 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1034 I can't understand this: why an "educated, metro bred, christian-education raised" person can't spell properly. No comments on the rest, it's his opinion. I can’t understand this: why an “educated, metro bred, christian-education raised” person can’t spell properly. No comments on the rest, it’s his opinion.

]]> by: Antara http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1033 Sat, 19 May 2007 15:28:09 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/05/19/the-great-disconnect/#comment-1033 Thanks for commenting about this. I thought of ranting about it on my blog, but was so disgusted I didn't know what to say. Some of the comments below the article are quite disturbing to say the least. Thanks for commenting about this. I thought of ranting about it on my blog, but was so disgusted I didn’t know what to say. Some of the comments below the article are quite disturbing to say the least.

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