i'm sorry, but that is pityful Ash, and KSR. humanity is for everyone, and often, people become criminals because they were not treated in a humane way. think about what you say, or better, feel about it.
if you feel the need to judge so strongly, then you are really judging parts of your shadow, and thus yourself.
i hope others won't treat you the way you would treat yourself though.
I've read Shantaram. Its one of the best novels I've read in a while.
Very well narrated. Very well written.
I hope Lin baba returns the favor to the slum people in Bombay and around the country. I also look forward for him to take steps to curb child labor and children's education.
Good luck Shantaram! I think you have about 100 names by now!
the novel provided me a great information which the normal mum resident wont even know. The way gregory david roberts had been sufferred in mum jail was one of the most touching part to read. excellent piece of work..
RE:''I found a lot of love in India''
by KSR on Jun 21, 2006 12:44 PM
Hi sydney, I think you better change your mind, for humanity is only for those who deserve and not for criminals. If you are humane to criminals and terrorists like what you told, you have to pay for it by losing innocent civilians. Just because one has matured now by his learning from one's own past experience doesn't mean that he can be forgiven. What is the guarentee that he will not become a threat to our country again?
This guy should not be let get away with all the laws he broke while in India.
"He arrived in India under a false passport in 1982..." "... the local underworld recruited him to smuggle passports and foreign currency"
If these are not considered to be serious offenses as per India's law, pretty soon, we will be a destinition for all the world's outcastes and runaways!!!
You will get abundunt of love in India, no doubt, but you should respect the laws of this land too!
Roman Polanski, the Oscar winning director of 'The Pianist' still has a arrest-warrant against him in the US... that's how seriously we should implement our own laws.
RE:Prosecute this phoney guy...
by sydney on Jun 13, 2005 04:50 PM
How can you say he's phoney? People are complex, can make mistakes and find themselves swept along by the resulting circumstances. I f you read his book, you might have more understanding of this, and also see that he has thought and felt very deeply. I am sure he regrets breaking India's laws, and to simply say "prosecute" is to adopt a bureaucratic rather than humanist mindset, is to seek revenge rather than redemption. Before you call him phoney, take a look at your own simplistic response to his humanity, and contrast the attitudes displayed by his repentance and by your denigration of his humanity.
