More on the elitist mindset

IN Opinion | 16/09/2002

Elitism and forgetfulness

This letter is to add to the most recent letter to The Hoot on elitist mindset. Let us add all the editorials and columns on "remembering Sept.11th" from Indian Express and The Hindu. Let us compare the number we get with the number of articles/columns on drought (which does not go
away overnight), or "remembering that two huge armies are still at India-Pakistan border" or "remembering Tehelka" or "remembering that George Fernandes is still the Defence Minister" or----one can go on.

What is worse, there was an article in the Indian Express by someone from CNN!! Such a phenomenon in the world of Mathematics is called "Old boy¿s network". How about something on Afghanistan and the mess all of us (including India) have contributed to. They are leading a Gujarat-size fearful life everyday for the past however many years.

Writing this letter makes me wonder whether such letters from anyone matter at all. Times of India will continue to have half-naked women on its pages (liberation of women they say; will they
please have a series on all kinds of clothing that men and women wear in India some which expose large parts of the body without being crude), The Hindu will continue to act noble, leftist and the Indian Express will continue to be "balanced", without "remembering that George Fernandes is still the Defence Minister".

Uma Iyer

Bloomington.

September 14, 2002

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