in my search for the more liberal Desi

[gayathri]

I did come across this interview with Vijay Prashad, and while I havent read it all, a particular comment caught my attention:

"...we are in a condition of McJihad, where the forces of capitalist globalization and those of retro-Islam and retro-Hinduism and retro-Christianity seem to emerge from the very same flat approach to our current political, economic and social crises. Whereas the fat cats and the running dogs sap the ability of people to transform their rights into reality, the forces of McJihad offer tired eschatological visions of a heavenly future (the American Dream, Paradise) that is without a program for actual social change.

McJihad! that really does fit the completely rabid NeoCon Right, and the Radical Fundies of all religions.

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[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

The same flat approach, indeed. "Traditional family values" types would blow a gasket if they understood the eerie similarities between their own romantic fiction of the past, and the Islamists' romantic fiction of the days of the Caliphate.

While you're looking for right-on desis, BTW, most definitely don't overlook Arundhati Roy. Every time I hear her speak, I want to have her love child.