[Reader-list] About Accusations on this List

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Dear all,

On 10-Nov-08, at 11:15 PM, you  wrote:

> Why not ask for proof from Inder Salim, Shivam Vij, Shuddha and  
> Aarti ?

I would like to take this opportunity to ask "Proof, for what, Aditya?"

I do not recall that any one has ever accused Aditya or Pawan on this  
list with receiving money for what they write. Many list members have  
discussed and criticized their opinions, beliefs and actions on the  
basis of what they themselves have made visible on this list. No one  
has ever accused them of doing or believing things that they have not  
admitted to, not allied themselves with and not implicated themselves  
in openly and in a transparent manner.

I believe that they write as they do because they believe in their  
cause. I may disagree with them, but I have never said that they are  
mercenaries - people who's words or actions are available for hire.

The list is still waiting for Aditya and Pawan to reply to my very  
specific questions. Do they have any proof that any of the people  
they have both addressed in a string of their previous mails that I  
had quoted in my last post on the subject have ever received money  
from 'foreign agencies' or 'terrorists' for their writing?

I would like to see that proof.

Shuddha