so i was meandering some more through the bylanes of bloggistan when i came upon a rather disturbing phenomena. there are blogs upon blogs upon blogs dedicated to the Christian Right. I am sure that blogging lends itself to all sorts of fascists pontification but i seemed to come across only madmen and women sitting in some forgotten corner of Texas training their guns on everything from abortion to coca-cola (because they sponsor sporting events in the Muslim world). The cartoon controversy has obviously added fuel to fire. What really annoys me about these writings though is that though they extol virtues like freedom of speech,expression and choice they leave very little space for freedom of intellectual or political choice. This attitude of "your either with us or against us" comes shining through in pretty much every blog. i cant for eg condemn the reactionary mindless violence by sections of Muslims across the world and still be extremely critical of the cartoon, its connotation and the reaction of the Western press. I HAVE TO CHOOSE..............
I had a teacher like that in collage according to her there were only three types of people
the good ie the leftists/socialist/academics, children of mixed marriages, malyalis,tamilians,VEGETARIANS etc etc
the bad ie the people with somewhat right of the centre economic ideologies as also businessmen and ofcourse punjabis, people who ate meat or wore leather, MEN all men are bad,
and finally the potatoes ie people who had made the mistake of have more or less non-aligned ideologies and did not fall into the aforementioned categories.
you will find that these are people who shout the loudest and protest the hardest always at any fora that doesnt require a debate on solutions.
well to you my hair brained friends i have only one thing to say
"Tis my centrist potato ass"
thats poetic license for kiss morons
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I fall uder the left-of-centre meat-eating leather-wearing mallu liberal socialist christian male whatchamacallit category. Mixed bag.
You on the other hand, are a potato.
I wouldn't call myself a good "little" malayali boy. Good maybe. On occasion. But I have seen shorter folk.
Didn't know the crowd you mentioned, but the names are familiar... I take it you're from one of those schools: SPV or Modern or something? Pish-posh Delhiite! When you came to college did you sit around the Dhaba tree and smoke, perchance?
aha there is hope for you then oh ye small malyali one..........go forth in search of magic vermin of the small folk to improveth your nimble stature.
yes you are right tis the crowd of pish posh Delhiites but please sir why you are being insulting by asking about dhaba tree smokers. tis was never part of the plan never never NEVER................
had taken a vow to not become a pretend Stephanian.
no i think i might have seen you at Mukh Mem or something. its possible that i was halucinating ofcourse i did just have my ass whipped............
listen how do i put pictures on this blog???????
[There's a little button in compose mode...you can upload a pic using that. Preview the post to see if it works.]
So I take it you don't smoke. Heheheh.
Mukh Mem...I was an adjudicator in 2002. Man I hate the Deb Soc style of debating. But it wins me debates in Bombay, where no one reads a (real)newspaper.
yes yes yes 2002 was the year of the disaster..........so basically that person you saw hiding in the corner was me.
saw your other blog the harp of Lennon one. Serious question where are the pictures from? I showed it to my mum (she used to be commissing editor for Rupa)she thinks if you guys are interested with a little work you could get it published. India Ink just brought out something of the kind its called Wingless. what do you think?
Whoa! Are you serious? The pics are probably all copyrighted, i think. They're from images.com.
The Arbythea blog is shared between me and a Stephanian fiend named Madhu. He was in Akshay Tankha's class. I only wrote the very first post,actually.
My "other" blog is actually Culture Vulture. The music blog is the new one.
Tis, you appear to be intelligent, charming, witty and deep. How can this be. It boggles the mind.
Haii......... I wish i could delude myself into believeing that this is comment came from some unknown connoisseur of writing magar afsos i think i'm more or less convinced of where this came from................all ye who mock me shall pay i say PAY PAY PAY
agar maa ga dodh piya haii to samne aa....................
Immense charm, Sharp wit. esoteric, delicate beauty, Why does thee torment me like this.
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