Disclaimer: This post does not indicate that this space will henceforth be used for citing my views on other blogs :P and it also does not carry with it the promise of writing continuously.
I read the article http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/my-mother-is-an-ugly-woman/ and I am not moved by this. I heard 2 people voicing their opinion, both taking opposite sides, and hence I m even bothering to write.
I find that the writer has got sentimental about some point, and hence his points seem biased to me . I is entirely my reflection; he might have presented facts but I see that he has not pointed one good point about the talk or even mentioned about what the lecture was. This brings about the doubt that the writer never even understood the presenter's point but got sentimental over the "motherland" insult.
It could also be the fact that the presenter had brought in those jokes to add in some light element in order to start his talk and proceed to mentioning the good things about India (there is a vague mention about ancient culture etc in writer's blog). In which case, the writer may not have listened to the presenter with an open mind. It is a possibility, but when looked at from this point of view it only makes the writer immature about issues concerning India.
Here is one scenario: If everyone agreed that the presenter was "wrong", then the presenter would have to apologize for having said bad things about India. And this would be a lesson to other educated people to be careful about what they say. In short, by saying that this is not what educated people should talk about, we are bringing in the same ways as what happens when someone says something vaguely referring to some race/caste/creed etc - "say sorry".
It seems like the issue co-founder of mindtree is talking about is being ashamed or not be ashamed. That is something someone, esp. such great thinkers, should not be thinking of. If the same effort was spent on fixing one of the issues, that would be something I would get sentimental on!
