Excellent write up. Posts like these make Instablogs a platform so different from the rest ’run of the mill’ stuff. Keep them coming!

Dear Desert,

I hope that Pouring Rain melts and pours herself over you soon. I completely agree that such anti-national elements in the getup of intellectuals should be kicked out of the country. Making such irresponsible statements doesn't help any cause but only the terrorists of Kashmir.

Dear Ankita,

Thanks a lot for being with me. You are right, making such irresponsible statements doesn’t help any cause but only the terrorists of Kashmir.

Thanks once again!
The Desert!

The Kashmir problem has been going on and on and on and in the next 50 years things will not change much from how it is now if the government of India and the Kashmiris don't come to a solution acceptable to both sides. But before that happens terrorism must stop.

Both sides are guilty. This is a matter of freedom of speech. I don't blame Arundhati because she is as frustrated as I am.

It doesn’t matter what she says or she doesn’t say. She is an activist and she has to show that she is different from the mob. That’s the reason she is always controversial. Just ignore her.

Dear Desert,
I agree with you. Intellectuals are becoming activists and creating confusions with rhetoric statements. Maybe they should take more concrete responsibility by going a step ahead and doing some grassroot level work.
One writer, intellectual I respect is Mahasweta Devi, only because of her grassroot level involvement.
About Kashmir, I think its unfortunate, But India has turned this heaven into hell...

You mean to say that we ignore people making anti-national statements and encouraging terrorists and separatists? This way one day India will be divided into thousands of pieces where every one will have a country based on religion, caste, creed and language. I disagree with you.

Yeah, we need to ignore her only. Media should understand the fact.

Arundhati Roy, Vir Sanghvi and other journalists should stay in Kashmir. Muslim terrorists will kill them in the name of religion. Even her Pope would not be able to save her.

BALAM:

Arundhati Roy, Vir Sanghvi and other journalists should stay in Kashmir. Muslim terrorists will kill them in the name of religion...

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. DON'T FORGET BARKHA DUTT. SHE IS ONE OF THE WORST. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY OF HER. SHE IS SUCH A DISGRACE. I WONDER IF SHE IS PAID BY THE HURRIYAT TO REPORT AS SHE DOES.

Barkha Dutt may be raped, purchased and sold by the terrorists as Muslims consider female as a ”maal” (goods) and treat them as purchaseable commodity.

They are birds of the same feather. Barkha Dutta is the senior journalist working with NDTV and Arundhati Roy is the family member of Pranoy Roy, of the same news group.

Sorry for the caps, but I was totally mad about how some of the journalists are bum-licking the Hurriyat Conference guys and the terrorists in the name of neutral journalism. Vir Sanghvi should be flogged in public. This guy thinks he is a Mr-Know-It-All. He writes on food, presents himself as a rock music expert etc. Bastard.