On the one hand there is the old feudal, hierarchical India, in which discrimination and injustice are rampant, life is heavily circumscribed by one’s caste or sex, and the free expression of personality is suppressed. As Rahul, an acquaintance in Banaras, says of life in many parts of Uttar Pradesh, “The modern idea of regarding people as individuals with their inalienable rights is still centuries away here. For the man with wealth and power everything in his domain, including land and human beings, is his property.”
The Middle Stage reviews Pankaj Mishra’s Butter Chicken In Ludhiana.
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Anirudh
Nov 25th, 2006 at 1:00 am | #
The Middlestage is excellent.
umesh patil
Nov 25th, 2006 at 10:41 am | #
your thoughtprocess on this topic is very good