Please maintain civility people. Calling Arundhuti traitor is stretching the matter too far!
1. A traitor is one who betrays a principle, here Arundhuti rather sticking to her principle, which can be wrong but she isn't deceptive.
2. As I said before, state is always answerable to her citizens, if there's anything outlandish in her claims, refute those logically and firmly.
3. All Arundhuti gave a statement, however wrong that was, in no way it's gonna promote or help secession. She doesn't carry that much weight, all her brouhaha about Maoists didn't help a bit to solve tribal problem, except for making headlines in corporate driven media which she apparently loathes. Please don't give the undeserving importance to her.
1. She betrayed the principle of a strong Democratic United India .
2. State is always answerable to the citizens . The citizens have a duty towards the state .
3. Arundhati has written extensively on Kashmir and Maoist Movement . Her writings are thought provoking and reflect the true suffering and aspirations of the people . Besides , she brings their grievances out in open to the aware citizens of the country .
Till here all well and good
Here she shares a stage with Sayed Geelani , a known critic of any democratic institution in his future Kashmir Utopia . I personaly dnt have much problem with him shunning democracy when it comes to governing Kashmir because he anyway wants Kashmir to be with Pakistan , where democratic institutions are still taking roots and certainly the record of elected popular governments isnt as good as it is in it's Eastern neighbour . He doesnt finish here . Sayed Geelani wants implementation of Sharia ( an orthodox translation ) laws governing the lives of citizens of Kashmir . He's still not finished . Sayed Geelani has no provision what so ever for safeguarding life and civil rights of Hindu and Sikh minority in his 'future' Utopia . Hes still not FINISHED .
Now , lets compare the personalities of Arundhati and Sayed Geelani . The ideologies they stand for . The ability to question the authority and self-held ( or indoctrinated ) beliefs in order to seek the solution to historic social and political problems .
Atleast she should share the stage with men and women of her standing and 'intellectual' ability instead of some indoctrinated and closed minds .
As far as the presence of Maoist sympathisers , I dnt have much to say but :
Maoism till date hasnt provided a 'Solution' to existing 'Problems'
There is more productive way in which the intellectuals in a society can challenge the authority head-on and I 'am sorry to all the Arundhati supporters but Arundhati's actions are certainly not Productive , simply because instead of building a consensus they end up bashing the authority alone .
I would also like to know what her Indian supporters and Pakistani fans have to say on her report depicting the condition of Tamils after the end of war in the island nation .
