Anjana Basu, Outlook (Opinion), 13 October 2015
[…] The odd thing was that it all started in Santhal land where an honorary Santhal named Rabindranath Tagore threw his knighthood in the face of the British Government — albeit politely — on the heels of a massacre. ‘Advasi’ from Shekhar’s point of view equals entertainer of some kind — and he knows what he writes about. Writers and artists, are another kind of adivasi utilised for the purpose of entertainment and ignored whenever they form an inconvenient kind of barrier to whatever the system thinks it should or should not do — especially in a country where currently the only recognized form of literature is the epic. Add to the list other exotic species like tigers and teakwood trees whose territory is being divided by national highways simply because they too have no voice of their own but are only expected to dance. […]
Source: http://www.outlookindia.com/article/the-writer-will-not-dance/295567
Accessed: 11 November 2015
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