Honestly, I felt amused reading through
the two letters written by the AW and
the correspondence of the well known
persons, reacting to the contents
of these letters, not very charitably.
I am reminded of an incident which may not be parallel completely but is definitely relative to the present issue.
It happened about 55years back. Prof. Ish Kumar, Head of the English Dept, Govt College Ludhiana wrote an article in the Tribune, the only English Daily published in the Punjab those days. I read the article with interest because once I had interacted with Prof.Kumar when he had visited my College earlier to give a lecture on LIfe in Cambridge.
The subject of this article was WE INDIANS HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOUR. All hell broke loose and from next day onwards there were upto six letters a day condemning the foreign language and education and eulogising the ancient Indian culture.
It continued for weeks.. At the end of 30 days, Prof.Kumar sent a brief note -
I have read with interest all the protests.
Very fact that we cannot accept any criticism
proves my point that we Indians have no sense
of humour.
At the bottom was a note from the Editor "This correspondence is closed."
Thanks