Magsaysay for Sainath
I have met "educated" and "knowledgeable" people who think that 95% of Indians can and do broswe internet regularly. There are others who think that Indians embrace inter-caste and inter-religion marriages the way Reaganites embraced terrorism, the state variety ie. And still others believe that Indian is SHINING. It is in the face of such ignorance that P.Sainath's continuing work becomes profoundly important. People like Sainath and Gurumurthy are probably the last information link between the urban "educated" class and the poor rural Indian. Sainath, an absolutely deserving receipient of the Ramon Magsaysay award.
6 Comments:
Sridhar,
Great news. "Aana, adhula paarunga"(VKR), namma blog-ulagil he is hated more than Osama is. EKSI :(
Bala,
Good news indeed....Adhula prunga :)
you are right about many blogeers hating him and his kind.....But then they are people who are not affected and don't care by what is happening in rural India.
We can't expect anything better from them.Can we?
Hmm, missed this one. Takes a lot to swim against the tide. Indha poli libertarians tholla thaangala.
"Takes a lot to swim against the tide. Indha poli libertarians tholla thaangala."...
Spot on BNB
BTW, here's an interview with him:
NDTV Interview
and a transcription of sorts:
Churumuri
Thanks BNB,
Will take a look....
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