[Reader-list] AMAN KI AASHA

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Dear Rakesh,

Of course the poem is trash. And of course any person with a taste  
for trash has the right to send trash on to the list. I am not at all  
disputing the right of any person to subject us to garbage. And of  
course we should read such things patiently. I always do.

But, the right to send trash on to the list comes with the  
corresponding obligation to be prepared to be criticised for having  
done so. That is the responsibility that comes with practising the  
freedom of speech.  I am always open to be criticised on this list,  
provided the criticism is not defamatory or libel. I hope everyone  
else is as well.

best

Shuddha


On 17-Feb-10, at 5:29 PM, Rakesh Iyer wrote:

> The poem is a complete trash as it completely refuses to understand  
> that all
> Pakistanis are not of one kind and can't be brought under a single  
> umbrella
> of being those who are responsible for perpetrating terrorism. At  
> the same
> time, we should be prepared and have the patience to read and hear  
> such
> comments. Infact, it's not our mistake. Long back, when India had  
> chosen the
> path to be democratic, Nehru had said that India is for all. The  
> end result
> is there for all to see. It's for all kinds of religious  
> fundamentalists and
> secular humanity-oriented people who are against each other. We are  
> a nation
> of extremes and variations. So nothing wrong in writing such poems  
> from the
> freedom of speech point of view.
>
> But yes, the poem is a trash in terms of it's content, objectively.
>
> Rakesh
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Shuddhabrata Sengupta
The Sarai Programme at CSDS
Raqs Media Collective
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