The Many Faces of Dissent - A Counter view to Popular Political Narration
Indian polity is a cocktail of myriad layers of individualistic aspirations competing with the advent need to challenge the preconceived notions of the society together to emerge as a strong substitute for the brand recall. In all this, a strong condiment is added on time to time basis when personal interpretations and not personal experience forms the part in general declarations of advent of particular event in the nation as the whole. The latest in the list is the letter and counter letter from intellectuals, self-declared intellectuals, retired, semi-retired and professionals. The idea of 1 st letter by 49 prominent scientists is very clear – listen to us as we are intellectuals and understand what is happening in the society. The second letter of 62 prominent faces is more direct – it is directed not towards idea or the incident but towards the 1 st letter ascribing proper motives in the same. So the net result – an indirect bickering broke out between the...