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Wait, so the same idea or concept would be better if someone else said it? Nice strawman, criticizing the background of the author than the material itself :)
by mangamadaiyan 6y ago
Wait, so the same idea or concept would be better if someone else said it? Nice strawman, criticizing the background of the author than the material itself :)
- haltingproblem 6y agoI have criticized the material, please read the section on the qualifications of the Kazi and how they were glossed over in favor of characterizing him as a noble brute. Such a perspective would not flow from the pen of a western (read: non-indic) author in today's day and age. But plains Indians have an romanticizing gaze towards inhabitants of the Himalayan ranges. They view them as simpler nomads. The author applies a version of the "Oriental gaze" to Sikkim's political struggle and attributes the kinetics to the two western woman in their midst - one who was just 19 and on the scene for barely a dozen years. This reduces the natives and the major participants - both educated, one highly - as mere appendages of the two western women in the mix. You don't find this highly incredulous?