[Reader-list] A suggestion for Arka

[radhikarajen at vsnl.net]

Snobbery at its best, ?  Come on, all can not go to Singur or nandigram to protest and make lives of these villagers a life full of misery,  as it is they are suffering enough of rape and ravages.More over it is well known how medha wants her air fare borne by some one if she has to come to bangalore for your type of protests, stop being such a hypocrate.!

   Regards.

----- Original Message -----
From: Arundhati <arundhatighosh at indiaifa.org>
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008 3:28 pm
Subject: [Reader-list] A suggestion for Arka
To: reader-list at sarai.net

> Arka,
> 
> I have been reading some of the stuff that you have been writing 
> on the Sarai list - your opinions about the Tatas and IFA - which 
> is supported in its various programmes by institutions like the 
> Tata Trusts, the Ford Foundation and many other organisations and 
> individuals who find IFA's work worth supporting. 
> 
> You have suggested to artists not to accept funds from 
> organisations that are supported with money 'tainted' because of 
> its source ( which makes almost all money tainted if you really 
> look hard and find the 'source' where it originally came from one 
> way or the other). 
> 
> I recall that you have received an award of Rs 25,000 (Rupees 
> Twenty five Thousand) from Toto Funds the Arts (TFA), for creative 
> writing in Feb 2008. TFA is an organisation that is mainly funded 
> by individuals like me, Mr Suresh Kumar, and many others who 
> believe that TFA is doing great work supporting young artists. 
> Both Suresh and me work for IFA, an organisation supported by the 
> Tata Trusts thus our source of money that we donate to TFA is 
> tainted as well according to your logic. As a donor to TFA, I 
> would suggest to you to return the award to TFA if you want to 
> really walk your talk. 
> 
> While you may find it more convenient to sit in Bangalore and 
> 'email' protest campaigns against the Tatas and not really go down 
> to Singur and Nandigram with hundreds of young people in Kolkata 
> who are really trying to understand and engage with the issues 
> there, the least you can do is practice what you preach.
> 
> Arundhati
> (works at IFA, supported by the Tata Trusts among many, donates to 
> TFA) 
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