[nukkad] The fascination with Francois Gautier

[Harshal Chhaya <>]

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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you 
know that you would lie if you were in his place.-" H. L. Mencken
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The fascination with Francois Gautier

I don't understand the fascination with Francois Gautier. He is
certainly a good writer and he does write stuff that people want
to read but his fans seem to hang on to his every word as if it
were the truth.

In the 'Cry, My Beloved India' article that Gireesh posted, he
says "history shows us that the worst enemies of Hindus are 
Hindus themselves" and then writes "The Gujarat riots, however 
horrible, signalled for the first time that Hindus were not 
going to take things lying down; they were sending a strong 
warning to their enemies."

As reprehensible as that sentence is, it shows that he can't 
seem to decide who the enemies of Hindus are. If his first sentence 
is right, his second is wrong and vice versa. He writes in sound 
bites that when quoted sound grand but there is no cohesion to 
the overall idea.  (A few weeks back someone (I think it was Gireesh 
but I could be wrong) posted another of his articles on how the 
English-language Indian press does not print articles by authors 
like him. Guess where that article originally appeared? 
In an English-language newspaper.)

He then goes on to talk about the government's abject failure in 
foreign policy.  He complains "From France to the US, from Saudi 
Arabia to Malaysia, India is not taken seriously politically". 
And this is the fault of Hindus?  Will the 'awakening' of the Hindus 
suddenly make everyone respect India? Does he explain how? 
Obviously not.

I wish I had a dollar for every time sometime posted an article
by Francois Gautier to 'nukkad' (and accepted his opinion as the 
truth). I would have enough for a swanky dinner and a movie. 

Regards,

- Harshal


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