[Reader-list] Vast questions and the harsh machine : of answers

[ARNAB CHATTERJEE]

   Dear SARAI Readers and writers,
                                  In the wake of
Vivek's beautiful reminder that we keep up with the
Reader list's inheritance of nuanced, substantive and
laboured debate, you will remember I had asked you all
a question --particularly to those who believe that
religion is private or ought to be private--as to why
that should  be so! But this is not a simple nag since
it is relevant to my ongoing work ( even at SARAI)
which surmises that a religious belief could be
personal but not private and that which is personal--(
please recall my theoretical distinction)is not
necessarily opposed to the public. I might also add
that Vivek does mention it as personal which I shall
approve and not that of Shuddhabrata who bracketed it
as private.But I anticipate not an easy passage for my
theory  and thus expect a hard and strong rationale
which they must be holding on to --and if that comes
forth would help all of us to ground our
observations-- including myself. It might even help us
correct mistakes that atleast I'm not ashamed to
broadcast.
             And if it doesn't I think we have nothing
to complaint about the less nuanced debates that take
place on the list; the concerned persons have all the
right to pursue it in their own ways; they are not
complaining about us and our ways. 
 So let me ask this time too: aren't there any
substantive questions  to be answered in the Nandigram
context? if there are--what are they?

Please answer and oblige
yours in discourse and debt
arnab




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