SIKKIM OBSERVER Page 1 Saturday
Feb 22-28, 2014
Vol XXIII
No 2: Blog:jigmenkazisikkim.blogspot.com;Email:jigmekazi@gmail.com,sikkimobserver@gmail.com
Obama to meet Dalai Lama in White House
(Left)US President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama at the
White House in July 2011.
Washington, Feb 21: US President Barack Obama will meet Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai
Lama, a fellow Nobel peace laureate, at the White House today.
"The President will meet
the Dalai Lama in his capacity as an internationally respected religious and
cultural leader," National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden
said.
Obama met the Dalai Lama in
February 2010 and July 2011, she said, adding the US presidents of both parties
over the past three decades have met with the Tibetan spiritual leader.
Hayden said the United States
supported the Dalai Lama's "middle way" approach of neither
assimilation nor independence for Tibetans but recognised Tibet to be "a
part of China".
"We do not support
Tibetan independence," she said. Hayden said the US strongly supports
human rights and religious freedom in China.
"We are concerned about
continuing tensions and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibetan
areas of China. We will continue to urge the Chinese government to resume
dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives, without preconditions, as
a means to reduce tensions," Hayden said.
The Nobel peace prize winner,
who is here for a two-week tour of the US west coast, on Thursday told a
Washington audience that he is warming to capitalism.
Can Golay halt Chamling’s forward march?
Gangtok, Feb 21: “From now on if any SKM supporter is assaulted, I say take the fight
to Mintogang itself. Youth and women of the party must now be ready for this,”
declared PS Golay during a public meeting of his party, Sikkim Krnatikari
Morcha (Sikkim Revolutionary Front), in Singtam, east district, last week.
What is attracting the
Sikkimese people towards Golay is his simplicity and straightforwardness. “I am
a simple man. When I was a minister for 15 years, I did not build even a single
building on government land, nor did I set up hotels or other businesses or add
to my bank balance,” said Golay.
Taking a dig at Chief Minister Pawan Chamling,
Golay adds, “If SKM forms the government tomorrow, I would not be the one to
usurp government land or build a casino. Our aim is to make our youth
millionaires and not to become one ourselves.”
Meanwhile, the ruling Sikkim
Democratic Front (SDF), which has been in power since 1994 for four consecutive
terms, is planning to hold a massive public meeting in Jorethang, south
district, on March 4 during its anniversary celebrations.
AAP to field Medha Patkar from Mumbai
Manipur’s ‘Iron Lady’ says no
to politics
New Delhi, Feb 21:
The Aam Aadmi Party decision to field Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and
activist Medha Patkar from Mumbai’s Northeast Lok Sabha constituency is likely
to increase troubles for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
The seat is now held by NCP MP Sanjay Dina Patil. Ms.
Patkar, last month, announced her full-fledged support to the Aam Aadmi Party.
At the time she said she would extend only outside support.
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| Medha Patkar |
She has been active in the Northeast constituency through
her several agitations for the slum dwellers. The constituency has large number
of slums in Mankhurd, Govandi and Deonar. The seat is divided into pockets of
Gujarati, Muslim and Dalit population, along with sizeable Marathi voters.
Patkar said that the
main agenda of her campaign would remain corruption by the established parties.
“I took this decision after consultation with various organisations. The AAP is
raising the issues which we always wanted to raise and hence I found this party
a good platform,” she said, The Hindu
reported.
Earlier, Patkar had said that she would support the party
only from the outside, and in return, ask for AAP's support for her 25-30
candidates all over the country. But Kejriwal insisted AAP will back all
candidates of Patkar's National Alliance for People's Movement (NAPM) only if
she joins the party.
Spreading its wings nationally, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
approached activist Irom Sharmila Chanu to contest the Lok Sabha elections from
the inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat.
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| Irom Sharila Chanu |
AAP leader Prashant Bhushan had proposed the idea to contest
the elections to Sharmila, which she later refused. Sharmila has been on a fast
for the past 14 years demanding to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act
(AFSPA). "Since I don't want to enter politics, I have applied my mind and
rejected the offer this morning," she said. She added that politics
according to her was uncertain and vague as people could not keep their faith
and trsut on the politicians. In 2012 during the Manipur Assembly elections,
Sharmila had termed the politicians as 'shameless people' as they had failed to
act on the presence of AFSPA in the state.
Name Nam Nang road after
Prince Tenzing: Bhandari
Gangtok, Feb 21: Former chief minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari, who was close to the
Palace, has reportedly urged the authorities to name the steep Nam Nang Road
linking MG Marg with Deorali in memory of the late Crown Prince Tenzing.
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| Prince Tenzing |
The suggestion, if it
receives positive response from the Chamling Government, would be a fitting
tribute to Prince Tenzing, who was killed in a car accident on this road on
March 11, 1978.
Prince Tenzing was the eldest son of Chogyal
Palden Tondup Namgyal during whose rule Sikkim was taken over by India in 1975
in the guise of ushering in democracy in the former kingdom.
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| Bhanndari |
Bhandari’s Palace-baked
Sikkim Parishad party, which fought the 1979 Assembly polls on an anti-merger
plank, routed pro-merger LD Kazi’s party and formed the government on October
18, 1979.
Prince Tenzing was a dashing
young man who was very popular among the people. More than 30,000 turned up in
Gangtok from all over Sikkim during his funeral.
Bikers against racial discrimination
Bangalore, Feb 21: More than 200 riders of several bike-riding clubs and individual
riders, vroomed on about 150 bikes cutting through the heart of the city
unequivocally condemning the racial discrimination, as part of the 'Bikers
Against Racial Discrimination’ ride under the aegis of Brotherhood of
Bulleeters Motorcycling Consortium (BOBMC) here last Sunday.
Several women riding the
bikes, some really heavy machines, attracted the attention of onlookers. The
rally had a long contingent of bikes from Royal Enfield, Honda, Duke and
others. Thousands of pamphlets were distributed throughout the route of the
rally to educate people about the event and the cause.
There were many placards with
messages including 'Racism is Wrong’, 'Racism has no place in a democratic
country', 'Friends Are Made by Heart, Not by Skin Colour', 'We, the riding
family, won't stand racial discrimination', 'Stop All Violence Against
Northeast' and 'We All Have Eyes, But to See Right, We Should Use Our Brains'.
A very diverse set of people in terms of race, religion, region, age, gender
and language participated in the rally. Large number of people from
North-Eastern states and Caucasians took part in event.
The bike rally, led by senior
bikers Prem Menon and Ajit Lakshmiratan,
was flagged off from the Town Hall at 8:40 am and passed through Hudson Circle,
Mission Road, Lalbagh Road, RV Road, Nanda Theatre Road, JP Nagar, BTM Layout,
Silk Board, Outer Ring Road and culminated at the BDA Complex in HSR Layout at
10 am.
Lakshmiratan, a Biker from
50+ Bulleteers said: "We are very much concerned about the racial
discrimination prevalent. It is a blot on our society and we condemn it. We as
a responsible biking community and express our solidarity with North East
brothers and sisters."
Professor Rini Ralte from
Mizoram, who made Garden City her home, addressed the bikers and said:
"Racial Discrimination is a violence faced by us every day in Bangalore
and in other cities. The recent exodus of thousands of North East people from
Bangalore indicates the kind of constant fear we live under. Ours is a struggle
against discrimination, ours is a struggle for justice and peace."
Human Rights activist Manohar
Elavarthi from Praja Rajakiya Vedike appreciated the efforts of the biking
community in fighting against racism. He demanded that Police should be
sensitized on the issues of North East people and to recruit people from the
region into Karnataka police force to make it racially diverse. He appealed to
the bikers to continue this long struggle to change people’s attitudes and to
bring lasting changes against racism.
Bishwajit Singh Rajkumar, a
biker from Manipur said: "As a biker, I have never faced any racial
discrimination inside the biking community. I am proud to be part of this
community and want the larger society to emulate our biking community and learn
to accept the people who are different from you. If you want to understand
people, you should visit their places and meet them; spend time with them. Then
only one will start to understand that they are as beautiful as you."
Ringo Pebam, a biker from
Manipur, who works in this city, said: "North East people face insults,
harassment, sexual harassment, physical violence and humiliation on a daily
basis. People here know very little about North East people, our history,
culture, food habits, languages; people don’t know that India is home to people
of different races. We demand changes in school and college curricula to
include information about North East so that all Indians are aware about us.”
Sikkim bags national tourism award
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shashi
Tharoor,presenting the National Tourism
Award 2012-13 to Sikkim Tourism Minister Bhim Dhungel during a function at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on
Tuesday. (Right)
Gangtok, Feb 21: Sikkim
has been declared as best state in the country in implementation of Rural Tourism Projects by the Union Ministry of Tourism.
Union Minister for
Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor,presented the National Tourism Award 2012-13 to Sikkim Tourism
Minister Bhim Dhungel during a function held
at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on Tuesday.
According to Union
Tourism Ministry, Sikkim is the perfect destination to experience warm hospitality,
rich culture and scenic splendour of natural beauty, an official release said.
Dhungel said that
Chief Minister Pawan Chamling has
launched an ambitious Rs 140 crore project for developing various tourism
convenience facilities,view points,halting points and other infrastructural
facilities project in the State .
Dhungel said at present around 80,000 tourist visit rural
tourists destinations in the state annually and added that target has been
fixed to attract 1.50 lakh tourist to rural tourist destinations in next five
years by creating additional infrastructural
facilities in the State..
Sikkim tourism Secretary C.Zangpo, Sanjay Singh DE(P), Shova
Lama AD, Binita Rai, PRO Tourism and
Vijay Thapa were part of the official delegations who attended the function
Seemandhra TDP leaders raise
demand for separate Telugu nation
Hyderabad, Feb 21:
Exasperated Telugu Desam Party leaders from Seemandhra have sprang a surprise
by raising a new demand of a separate country with its own parliament if the
Centre is unable to keep the state of Andhra Pradesh united.
No less than half a dozen senior TDP leaders, including MPs,
have echoed this demand in the last few days. Leading the bunch is TDP MP and
industrialist Modugula Venugopal Reddy, who shot to infame after threatening
suicide with a broken microphone in the Lok Sabha moments after the Telangana
Bill was to be tabled on Thursday. “Give us our own parliament. We will be a
separate country like Bangladesh and Pakistan,” he told mediaperons here.
“When Parliament does not bother about sentiments of
Seemandhra people and give respect to the region’s MPs, what is wrong in the
demand for a separate country,” he said adding, “five crore denizens of
Seemandhra are subjected to `genocide’ by Sonia Gandhi who is not bothered
about their concerns.”
Incidentally, many Seemandhraites active on social media
have been posting comments echoing these sentiments. A Facebook group on
“Seemandhra, a separate country” has been created, though it has few takers.
One of the comments was: “When there is no respect for Andhras, there is
thinking whether we should be part of this country or not.” Former minister and
Telugu Desam legislator Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu has been repeating the demand
for a separate country is also part of the separatist chorus.
Senior legislator Payyavulu Keshav, who has been the face of
Samaikyandhra movement in the Telugu Desam, said, “Are we living in India. Are
we not part of India? We are forced to feel like aliens in our own country.”
Former minister Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy was the first
senior TDP leader to voice the nation desire. He repeated the statement several
times, the latest being on Friday. “If a separate state can be created on the
basis of self rule, why should south India not be a separate country on the
same plank,” he said adding, “that day is not far away”.
Former minister and TDP leader Bojjala Gopalakrishna Reddy
did not see any fault in the demand. “In fact India should be like the European
Union, where countries have their own independence.” He even named the
Seemandhra `country’ as Telugu Desam or the nation of Telugus.
Press freedom: from Talk Sikkim to Sikkim Talks
Gangtok, Feb 21:
Sikkim’s monthly newsmagazine Talk Sikkim
has, once again, bounced back. This time in its new avatar: Sikkim Talks.
Mita Zulca, editor of the magazine, has taken the lead in reviving
the publication. According to reports, the Talk
Sikkim, owed by Deependra Khati, was under much pressure to close down Talk Sikkim as it highlighted activities
of former minister PS Golay’s Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (Sikkim Revolutionary
Front).
“The magazine was launched in September 2008. It is now
2014. Hardly ever in the stands on the scheduled date, it nevertheless sold out
each time it did make it there,” says Zulca in Facebook.
She adds, “It ‘shut down’ twice but came back again to great
support from the readers. This time with a name-change but no one seems to care
about that at all.A special thanks to advertisers who saw us through good times
and bad. And to all readers who kept us motivated with their support.”
Meanwhile, local journalists are not too happy of the lack
of action taken by the authorities to nab the culprit who attacked the printing
press of Sikkim Express here at
Daragaon recently.
Anna joins hand with Mamata to launch 'Fight For
India' campaign
New Delhi, Feb 21: After India Against Corruption,
social activist Anna Hazare will now launch 'Fight for India' campaign with
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Anna and Mamata met on Wednesday
and have decided to launch this campaign ahead of Lok Sabha elections. This
comes after Mamata hosted a dinner in honour of Anna in Delhi.
The Gandhian has been growing
closer to the West Bengal Chief Minister ever since his split with former Delhi
chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Te duo have decided to campaign in the eastern
states and UP from middle of March, CNN-IBN reported.
Anna wanted a commitment from
Mamata on delivering on promises if she comes to power. Anna also wanted to
support and campaign for other candidates as well.
Anna joins hand with Mamata
to launch 'Fight For India' campaign
The Gandhian has been growing
closer to the West Bengal Chief Minister ever since his split with Arvind
Kejriwal.
Anna had earlier praised
Mamata after meeting Kejriwal and reportedly compared the lifestyle of the chief
ministers.
Talking about the VIP
culture, Hazare said that Mamata wears slippers even after she became CM but
persons take bungalows despite promising not to do so in a veiled dig at
Kejriwal.
Anna had, however, said that
he had never endorsed anyone and that he had written to political parties about
17 issues that need to be taken up for the welfare of nation. "I sent 17
points to every political party. The points if implemented will change the
nation for good. Nobody responded. Only West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee sent a reply. We need such people," he reportedly said.
KS Tobgay was an upright
person: CM
Gangtok, Feb 21: Condoling the death of KS Tobgay, Secretary Land Revenue and Disaster
Management Department, Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, while expressing his
“profound grief, sorrow and deep anguish over the sudden demise”, said Tobgay
was “an upright person with impeccable integrity.”
In his condolence message,
the Chief Minister said Tobgay was “a man with amicable disposition, was known
as a calm, soft spoken, hard working and an upright person with impeccable
integrity.”
Chamling described Tobgay as
a “thorough gentleman” and “an experienced bureaucrat” and his death created a
“great void” in the State administration.
Army jawans rescue 584 tourists stranded in Sikkim
Gangtok, Feb 21: Army jawans rescued 584 tourists, including 106 women and 14 children,
who were left stranded when unexpected heavy snowfall caused major road blocks
in Sikkim's Nathula, officials said in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Army personnel under
Trishakti Corps cleared over 100 vehicles in two separate locations in Nathula
on Sunday, PTI reported.
In the first incident, 250
tourists got stranded near milestone 17, where a tourist vehicle tilted
precariously due to heavy snowfall blocking nearly 40 other vehicles.
A team of army men comprising
two junior commissioned officers and 10 jawans led by Subedar major KM
Chandgude from a nearby army transit camp on patrol cleared the snow, making it
possible for the stranded vehicles to return to Gangtok by evening.
Elsewhere near Nathula, 334
tourists, including 106 women and 14 children, in 65 vehicles got stranded due
to inclement weather and heavy snow were also rescued, Army officials said.
With weather turning worse
and life threatening, the men in olive greens swung into action and rescued all
tourists to a safe place.
Besides sheltering them
through the night the army men also provided them hot beverages and food.
Telephone facilities were
also provided to them to contact their near and dear ones. On Monday morning,
after breakfast, vehicles were arranged to transfer them to Gangtok.
Located around 56 km from
Gangtok at an altitude of 14450 ft, Nathula is close to the Indo-China border
and is a major tourist destination in Sikkim.
PEOPLE&PLACES Chogyal of Sikkim
Chogyal was placed under house arrest before Sikkim’s annexation
This article on
Palden Thondup Namgyal, the 12th Chogyal (king) of Sikkim, was
written on May 23, 2008 by the Radical Royalist during the Chogyal’s 85th
birth anniversary.
Sikkim Observer brings this article to light on the occasion of the
32nd anniversary of the historic funeral of the Chogyal in Gangtok
on February 19, 1982.
This spring (May 2008) the
world’s attention was drawn to Tibet, where on 10th March this year the people
commemorated the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan upheaval against the Chinese
occupation. The protests spread from Tibet across the whole world and along the
route of the torch relay for this year’s Olympic games people demanded: “Free
Tibet!”.
In the Southern part of the Himalaya another
occupied territory did not attract any attention at all: Sikkim. The Kingdom
which had defended its independence for 300 years against powerful neighbours
was annexed by India in April 1975 and became the 22nd state of the Indian
Union. The 85th birthday of the 12th Chogyal of Sikkim gives me the opportunity
to focus on the fate of the tiny Himalaya Kingdom.
Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal,
Twelfth Consecrated Ruler of Sikkim, was born in Sikkim’s capital Gangtok on
22nd May 1923. The Denzong Chogyal was the second son of the late illustrious
Chogyal Sir Tashi Namgyal, who will always be remembered as Sikkim’s gracious,
enlightened and benevolent ruler.
In 1935 he continued his
studies at St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling, and completed his studies at
Bishop Cotton School, Simla, in 1941.
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Funeral of the Chogyal in Gangtok on February 19, 1982. |
As the Heir Apparent, Gyalsay
Palden Thondup Namgyal undertook the Indian Civil Service Training Course at
Dehra Dun in 1942 and thereafter returned to Sikkim to look after the
administration so that the needs of the people could be taken care of.
Chogyal Palden Thondup
Namgyal was keenly alive to the needs of the people and as Heir Apparent had
exercised direct personal supervision over various departments of the
government of Sikkim. He was his father’s adviser on external affairs and led
the Sikkim team, which negotiated the Treaty with India in 1949-1950. By
contract Sikkim became India’s “protectorate” on 5th December 1950, not unlike
Nepal and Bhutan that were forced to sign similar treaties after the British
had left the subcontinent. So far the other two Kingdoms could maintain their
independence. If Nepal will be able to keep the two greedy neighbours outside
the borders should the country be declared a republic, is in doubts.
The Chogyal was connected
with a number of cultural and academic bodies in Sikkim, India and abroad. He
had been the President of the Mahabodhi Society of India since 1953 and he led
the Sikkim delegation to the Sixth Buddhist Council that was held in Burma in
1954. He participated in the 2500 Buddha Jayanti Celebrations in India in 1956,
and was the only member of the Working Committee from Sikkim. In March 1959 he
attended the 2500 Buddha Jayanti Conference in Japan and represented Sikkim at
the Sixth World Fellowship of Buddhists conference in Cambodia in 1961. In
1958, under the patronage of Maharaja Sir Tashi Namgyal, he set up a centre for
Mahayana and Tibetan studies at Gangtok , and this world famous centre bears
the name of “Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.”
In August 1950, he married
Sangey Deki, daughter of Yapshi Samdu Phodrang of Tibet. Sangey died in June 1957.
In March 1963 he married Hope Cooke, grand daughter and ward of Mr. and Mrs.
Winchester Noyes of the United States of America, which drew a huge media
attention to the tiny Kingdom. The Chogyal had three children from his first
wife, namely Tenzing, Wangchuk and Yangchen. His second wife bore him Palden
and Hope. After his father’s death, Palden was crowned as the Twelfth Chogyal
of Sikkim on 4th April 1965. (Please note the photo, where his US-born wife
Hope Cooke is sitting at his right on a lower throne.)
Among the honours and
distinction the Chogyal held were: The Order of the British Empire (1947),
Padma Vibushan, India (1954) and Commander de l’Ordre de l’Étoile Noire, France
(1956).
The Indian invasion
Small numbers of Nepalese had
been migrating to Sikkim from about the 15th century, but it was only under the
British that the Nepalese began entering Sikkim in great numbers, entirely
upsetting the traditional ethnic balance of Sikkim. This social engineering was
done by the British to weaken the traditional Lepchas – Bhutia strength. The
Eleventh Chogyal and representatives of two of Sikkim’s largest parties, the
Sikkim State Congress and the Sikkim National Party, agreed in May 1951to a
parity formula . According to this formula, the seats in the state council were
to be divided equally between the Bhutia-Lepcha group, and the Nepalese. The
Sikkim State Council was then institute in 1953.
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In April 1973, after making
allegations that elections had been rigged, ethnic Nepali protested in front of
the King's palace, demanding civil rights and the sidelining or even removal of
what they called the "feudal" monarchy. Palden Thondup Namgyal, the
King of Sikkim, ultimately gave in and signed an agreement on 8th May 1973.
The document called on India
to provide a chief executive, and to hold elections for an assembly. The
agreement was the first step in the disappearance of the Kingdom of Sikkim. The
inhabitants of the Kingdom are in no doubt that the Indian Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi and her local agents fomented the unrest. Indira Gandhi’s
dictatorial and imperialist attitudes were are a major concern in the 70s.
Asked in 1998 by the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, why the
Sikkimese army did not resist the Indian invasion, a former captain of Sikkim's
army replied: "The Indians soldiers had joined the army because they were
hungry and received a warm meal; to shoot at them would not have been in
accordance with our Buddhist faith. We knew four days in advance about the
invasion, but the King had ordered not to fight."
In 1975, Sikkim’s Prime
Minister “appealed” to the Indian Parliament for representation and change of
Sikkim's status to a state of India. In April 1975 the Indian army moved into
Sikkim, seizing the capital city of Gangtok, disarming the Palace Guards and
putting the Chogyal under house arrest.
A “referendum” was held in
which 97.5% [!] of the votes cast (or counted!) agreed to join the Indian
Union. China did not recognize India’s occupation of Sikkim until 2003, which
led to an improvement in the Sino-Indian relations. In return, India announced
its official recognition of Tibet as an integrated part of China.
The Chogyal never renounced
his throne and hoped till the end that justice would win.
On 29th January 1982 Chogyal Palden
Thondup Namgyal died a heartbroken man from cancer in New York. His second son
Wangchuk inherited the rights to the throne after the Chogyal's eldest son
Crown Prince Tenzin had died in a car accident on 11th March 1978.
LITERARY
Wendy Doniger's book: 'You must tell us
what terrified you'
Arundhati
Roy writes to Penguin India
Everybody
is shocked at what you have gone and done—at your out-of-court settlement with
an unknown Hindu fanatic outfit—in which you seem to have agreed to take Wendy
Donniger's The Hindus: An Alternative History off the bookshelves of 'Bharat'
and pulp it. There will soon no doubt be protestors gathered outside your
office, expressing their dismay.
Tell
us, please, what is it that scared you so? Have you forgotten who you are? You
are part of one of the oldest, grandest publishing houses in the world. You
existed long before publishing became just another business, and long before
books became products like any other perishable product in the market—mosquito repellent
or scented soap.
You
have published some of the greatest writers in history. You have stood by them
as publishers should, you have fought for free speech against the most violent
and terrifying odds. And now, even though there was no fatwa, no ban, not even
a court order, you have not only caved in, you have humiliated yourself
abjectly before a fly-by-night outfit by signing settlement. Why?
You
have all the resources anybody could possibly need to fight a legal battle. Had
you stood your ground, you would have had the weight of enlightened public
opinion behind you, and the support of most—if not all—of your writers. You
must tell us what happened. What was it that terrified you? You owe us, your
writers an explanation at the very least.
The
elections are still a few months away. The fascists are, thus far, only
campaigning. Yes, it's looking bad, but they are not in power. Not yet. And
you've already succumbed?
What
are we to make of this? Must we now write only pro-Hindutva books? Or risk being
pulled off the bookshelves in 'Bharat' (as your 'settlement' puts it) and
pulped? Will there be some editorial guide-lines perhaps, for writers who
publish with Penguin? Is there a policy statement?
Frankly
I don't believe this has happened. Tell us it's just propaganda from a rival
publishing house. Or an April Fool's day prank that got leaked early. Please
say something. Tell us it's not true.
So
far I have had been more than happy to be published by Penguin. But now?
What
you have done affects us all.
Arundhati
Roy
(Author of The God of Small Things,
Listening to Grasshoppers, Broken Republic and other books all of which are
published by Penguin India)
Just Out!!
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Book: The Lone Warrior: Exiled In My Homeland
Publisher:
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