Comments on: And then Saeed http://www.caferati.com/kgaf/2008/02/07/and-then-saeed/ The official blog of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:25:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Sidhusaaheb http://www.caferati.com/kgaf/2008/02/07/and-then-saeed/#comment-5893 Sidhusaaheb Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:30:40 +0000 http://www.caferati.com/kgaf/2008/02/07/and-then-saeed/#comment-5893 I suspect young people (I am not particularly old myself!) are fully aware of the realities, but they would rather be a part of the 'system' and realise their 'cars and malls' dreams. Those like Satyendra Dubey and S. Manjunath are eulogised by the news-media, but are, in fact, treated as odd-men-out by the majority of their peers. They might be eulogised in public, but, in private, they are termed as 'ideological fools' who didn't know how to 'make it big' and whom no one should emulate. I suspect young people (I am not particularly old myself!) are fully aware of the realities, but they would rather be a part of the ’system’ and realise their ‘cars and malls’ dreams.

Those like Satyendra Dubey and S. Manjunath are eulogised by the news-media, but are, in fact, treated as odd-men-out by the majority of their peers. They might be eulogised in public, but, in private, they are termed as ‘ideological fools’ who didn’t know how to ‘make it big’ and whom no one should emulate.

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