tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559110753602072603.post3759214069180204674..comments2023-11-05T03:02:55.515-05:00Comments on pretty blue salwar: I Saw Saawariya!Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875686468126571113noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559110753602072603.post-75830713619848925622008-01-07T15:33:00.000-05:002008-01-07T15:33:00.000-05:00Also I will not be bothering you anymore, as I can...Also I will not be bothering you anymore, as I can see you have returned to a fairly normal personal blog and no longer are approaching topics that would spark controversy with yours truly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559110753602072603.post-87235598585532706922008-01-07T15:31:00.000-05:002008-01-07T15:31:00.000-05:00Your point about your audience is fair enough. I s...Your point about your audience is fair enough. I see now that you have no malicious intentions. My problem is always when non-Indian people are treated as more expert on these issues than Indians, which you might be surprised to know happens quite frequently. <BR/><BR/>For instance, I work for a major publishing house here in the U.S., and occasionally we cover SOuth Asian issues such as Bhutto's death. But I am not allowed to cover those issues, because apparently my views are either biased or I am incapable of approaching south asian culture in a way that our readers will find identifiable (read: they want a white person's perspective, not mine). This happens again and again, and while it is not you fault, it is troubling to me as a young south asian writer that the only topic that I am not able to cover is the one that is closest to my heart, and the reason is because there is such a fixed, progressive, white-centric dialogue in the media here about what south asia is. Not excusing my behavior, just giving you the context from which I must appear to you and your friends a bit paranoid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559110753602072603.post-72131223883790167882007-12-20T00:39:00.000-05:002007-12-20T00:39:00.000-05:00Thanks. That makes sense and it was something I h...Thanks. That makes sense and it was something I hadn't considered.<BR/><BR/>I can see why it would read like my presenting India, or simplifying/objectifying India (and Ranbir Kapoor). <BR/><BR/>But you also have to consider my audience -- people who already have some connection to India and enjoy reading about my perspective. People who don't assume that I'm presenting anything to them because I'm touching on concepts they're already very familiar with. <BR/><BR/>Like Bollywood's tendency to wax every spare hair off of its leading men. <BR/><BR/>If I were writing to a completely uninformed audience, it would be one thing. But this blog's readership is not uninformed. (No doubt they're more informed than I am.) So does the readership change the message? <BR/><BR/>Now that my readership includes you, how should I work to modify my observations?Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875686468126571113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559110753602072603.post-88148195360219182082007-12-19T15:08:00.000-05:002007-12-19T15:08:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564172442767814171noreply@blogger.com