My reaction to the linked article was decidedly unfavourable, because to my mind (and without having read any of the person's fiction), the gist of it was thus:
"My relative lack of success as a writer, and the difficulties I have faced producing economically viable work, are the result of systematic factors that tend to exonerate me personally, and simultaneously damn many other writers and more or less the entire publishing industry."
In short, it was a giant, self-absorbed whine that included such distasteful features as
traducing the huge disadvantage faced by India's vast population relative to people in wealthier countries in terms of health, education and employment, into a whinge about the small size and influence of the Indian publishing industry and how beholden therefore, she must be to the norms of Anglosphere publishing
marginalising the cultural difference of people from "hyphenated manifestations" of Indian culture
completely ignoring cultural differences within "the West"
So, in short, reaction not good.
My reaction to your post was similarly unfavourable, because I'm really not keen on the idea that the possibility for fictional portrayals giving someone, or some group offence is a good, or complete grounds for canning entire works, or even necessarily worth thinking about beyond the requirement that an artist take some moral responsibility for the social impact of a work of art.
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My reaction to the linked article was decidedly unfavourable, because to my mind (and without having read any of the person's fiction), the gist of it was thus:In short, it was a giant, self-absorbed whine that included such distasteful features as
- traducing the huge disadvantage faced by India's vast population relative to people in wealthier countries in terms of health, education and employment, into a whinge about the small size and influence of the Indian publishing industry and how beholden therefore, she must be to the norms of Anglosphere publishing
- marginalising the cultural difference of people from "hyphenated manifestations" of Indian culture
- completely ignoring cultural differences within "the West"
So, in short, reaction not good.My reaction to your post was similarly unfavourable, because I'm really not keen on the idea that the possibility for fictional portrayals giving someone, or some group offence is a good, or complete grounds for canning entire works, or even necessarily worth thinking about beyond the requirement that an artist take some moral responsibility for the social impact of a work of art.