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		<title>The Mediocre Indian</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raja Choudhury</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it about us Indians? Why do we tolerate the mediocre? If you were anywhere near Delhi this past month then you would know how consumed we are with all that makes us a mediocre, second rate nation. Things do not seem to have changed very much since Kipling’s father wrote these words as he took charge of the Architectural Sculpture Department at the JJ School of Art in Bombay over 140 years ago. Granted, he was Englishman with a predisposition for looking down at us Indians but the truth is that today we still live with an attitude of “that’ll do-ishness.” We tolerate everything mediocre. Corrupt officials, bad roads, crumbling leaky stadiums, polluted rivers, a collapsing environment, oil spills, derailed trains, destroyed towns, bronze medals, almost winning. <a href="http://www.thecreativeindian.com/2010/08/13/the-mediocre-indian/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Wendy Doniger Saga</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raja Choudhury</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was amazed to see how much virulent abuse my counter petition in support of Wendy Doniger received from mostly NRI Hindus (see some of the comments in  my earlier post). Both petitions I tried to run were attacked with &#8230; <a href="http://www.thecreativeindian.com/2010/03/17/the-wendy-doniger-saga/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hinduism or Talibanism: In Support of Wendy Doniger&#8217;s book &#8220;The Hindus: An Alternative History&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raja Choudhury</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a Hindu, I am shocked to see that thousands of Hindus and Indians are gathering online in a Taliban like way to force the withdrawal of Wendy Doniger's excellent book "The Hindus: An Alternative History" published by Penguin. Please join our petition in favour of the book and freedom of speech at http://petol.org/THAAH123. <a href="http://www.thecreativeindian.com/2010/03/09/hinduism-or-talibanism-in-support-of-wendy-donigers-book-the-hindus-an-alternative-history/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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