tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15082857.post5424674998635025081..comments2024-01-29T11:25:25.529+01:00Comments on Writing Life: Thanks for the MiseriesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934380378741960230noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15082857.post-5370537076323769002008-02-06T23:28:00.000+01:002008-02-06T23:28:00.000+01:00Well said...anonymous. Who are you? Do I know you ...Well said...anonymous. Who are you? Do I know you :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14934380378741960230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15082857.post-3581999507937324022008-02-06T21:45:00.000+01:002008-02-06T21:45:00.000+01:00no time to locate the id/password etc, so posting ...no time to locate the id/password etc, so posting an anon.<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of what Jean Webster wrote in her novel 'Daddy Long Legs', where the orphan heroine is making the following observation about a preacher's view of the poor, in a letter to her friend :<BR/><BR/>"We had a bishop this morning, and WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SAID?<BR/><BR/>`The most beneficent promise made us in the Bible is this,<BR/>"The poor ye have always with you." They were put here in order<BR/>to keep us charitable.'<BR/><BR/>The poor, please observe, being a sort of useful domestic animal. <BR/>If I hadn't grown into such a perfect lady, I should have gone up<BR/>after service and told him what I thought. "<BR/><BR/><BR/> So you see, the attitude 'think of the poor kids in India' is nothing new. That said, I have nothing but contempt for those desis who use the fate of the unfortunate in India as some kind of example for their children. They do not realize that in todays connected world, a trading of places between them and those poor kids might not be all that impossible/improbably.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15082857.post-74540208467796719472007-11-23T17:09:00.000+01:002007-11-23T17:09:00.000+01:00J - There is no romance in poverty, no satisfactio...J - <I>There is no romance in poverty, no satisfaction in suffering</I><BR/>Precisely! I get so damn mad when people try to make the point that being poor is some kind of virtue. It is NOT. seeing your kid scavenge for food and live malnourished is not a noble thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15082857.post-44573501878879480402007-11-19T17:56:00.000+01:002007-11-19T17:56:00.000+01:00Sujatha, it took me a few seconds to grasp that. A...Sujatha, it took me a few seconds to grasp that. Are these people for real? Do they think they are trapped in A Beautiful Life? Damn! I enjoyed your summary of all of our reactions to that article.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14934380378741960230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15082857.post-56847627838531997452007-11-17T16:55:00.000+01:002007-11-17T16:55:00.000+01:00Jawahara, at the other end of the extreme, which I...Jawahara, at the other end of the extreme, which I found unpalatable as well, we heard of some expats who told their children that the families living on pavements in tents and abandoned fields were out on some adventure!<BR/><BR/>Other bloggers have written about this and other issues stemming from the article as well - http://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2007/11/immigrant-voices-reactions-to-shoba.htmlSujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15082857.post-59926484227117911952007-11-17T07:31:00.000+01:002007-11-17T07:31:00.000+01:00Wanted to e-mail you but I couldn't locate an addr...Wanted to e-mail you but I couldn't locate an address. This is just to say that I just read your book and enjoyed it very much. It was wonderful to read 'known', familiar history with such a unique perspective. Eagerly awaiting your next.<BR/><BR/>Agreed with the sentiments expressed in your post. Such 'magnanimity' really sucks.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.com