~ The competitive spirit to dominate this political and cultural essence of India on global platforms impels the Savarnas/ Brahmans to make English an almost esoteric medium which would present them as the inevitable and obvious mediators and philosophical beings to exercise the sole fundamental rights to write books, articles etc. thereby maintaining their solid presence in the literary field of English. The recent controversy over the lengthy introduction by a Brahmin writer to Dr. Ambedkars seminal book Annihilation of Caste is a fitting example to explain this. Arundhati Roy, who wrote the introduction of the book, seems to have no active engagement with the movement towards the annihilation of caste. The book, written by Dr. Ambedkar, possesses philosophical merit and carries the potential to address and enlighten global readers on the horrendous issue of caste in India. Miss Roy seems to automatically earn philosophical royalty on the theory of caste through her introduction. All this while possessing only theoretical perception, however flawed, about caste, totally lacking in empiricism.~ Yogesh Maitreya
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:25:56 +0000
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