Desicritics Comments on The Last of the Macacas

Comment by Sujatha

Thu, 9 Nov 2006 02:04:10 EST

"it": Not just Webb's election but the control of the senate.

Comment by Deepti Lamba

Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:13:26 EST

Lol, can't believe it but it all boiled down to one word!

Comment by Sujatha

Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:11:12 EST

Webb has been declared winner.

Comment by Sujatha

Wed, 8 Nov 2006 23:48:18 EST

Wonder just what Sidharth is thinking right now. Man, what a ride!

Comment by Deepti Lamba

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:04:11 EDT

Egawd, my sexual orientation?.hhehee... She is from the village and believes in the caste system, which says it all

Comment by Sanjay

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:39:05 EDT

Deepti, are you saying you have a white racist Nanny, or a brown-skinned casteist Nanny? Or is she just uncomfortable with your sexual orientation? I've been cautious at times about food prepared at Indian eateries, especially since so many exhibit horrendous hygiene practices. Anyway, Businesweek feels that Indians are model immigrants: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2006/sb20060913_157784.htm And being a model means less wearing of one's ego on one's sleeve and taking umbrage at as many things as possible, but instead more of a sense of civic duty. JFK famously said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." Today's liberals would jeer him for that, and so would many immigrants, unfortunately.

Comment by Deepti Lamba

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:19:39 EDT

Laks, good points to ponder over. We need to address thess issues of discrimination within our own country. What irks me even more is the way the rich tend to treat the poor as if they are less than human. It seems weird to me that my daughter's nanny refuses to sit on the sofa while I am around or eat/drink from my utensils despite my constant assurances. Economic discrimination seems to be as bad as caste and skin discrimination

Comment by Aaman

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:08:57 EDT

Laks, why is that not an article - you seem to have a lot to say on the topic

Comment by Lakshmikanth

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:03:34 EDT

This is one of the best short stories that i have read for a long time. I believe that one cannot dichotomize the wide spectrum of people that one comes across. Given that racism carries over mostly from influences in the society (parents, fraternities etc etc), its hard not to see this kind of kids even in our midsts. As long as there is a distribution in the spectrum of beliefs, there would be racists, communalists, fundamentalists. Racism was here when the brits landed in India, they instituionalized it with the slogan "No Dogs and Indians", It was there when the upper castes use to drink water from a different dispenser from the lower castes, and when the blacks used to drink water from a different dispenser than the whites. Racism is here to stay! For one thing, there are a lot of Idiots in this world, they maybe intelligent in one or the other ways but extremely stupid or immature in some areas. For many people seeing people who have different color than u do, obviously raises the curiosity in the minds, and when they do not know much about the different skin color people they turn to their influences, which may be extremely racist/communalists/fundamentalists etc. As long as there is ignorance in this world, racism/communalism/fundamentalism/McCarthyism/Macacism etc would be around. Ignorance will be around the world as long as there are people alive. ANd hence shall racism and fundamentalism. THe only way, the only soiution that i see, is to get as economically strong as we could. Economy is the only way to do whatever u want to do. In a fight with the rich man pitted against the poor man, the rich man almost always wins no matter on whose side justice lies. The same is true with any nation or race. Cheers! Laks

Comment by Aaman

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:54:43 EDT

Strangely enough, they have the same name, being remakes, they wanted to keep it simple, I guess:)

Comment by Sujatha

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:51:04 EDT

Gosh, you da man. Quite the culture vulture aren't you? :)) What's the name of the original movie?

Comment by Aaman

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:44:31 EDT

I couldve told you that one, and that it's a remake of a far better film:)

Comment by deepti lamba

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:42:44 EDT

thanks Suj, added it to my must watch list:)

Comment by Sujatha

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:51:28 EDT

Took me a while, but here it is.

Comment by deepti lamba

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:08:44 EDT

thanks, guys:) This is my second science fiction story. Still learning the tricks of the trade. Suj, could you tell me the name of the movie?

Comment by Kishore

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:47:34 EDT

Delectable it is.. :) Loved it...

Comment by temporal

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:08:19 EDT

dee: a good one...just the right ambience understated yet got the point home delectably:)

Comment by Sujatha

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:20:40 EDT

Hmmm, I thought the kids got their ideas, especially the boy, from their parents. Much of this behaviour is learned, I think. Dee, the description of the children in this story brought to mind a Christopher Reeve movie in which his kids also acted, some kind of futuristic movie.

Comment by Deepti Lamba

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:14:11 EDT

Sanjay, maybe I will take some inputs from Lou Dobbs for my next Macaca story;) Shivani, thanks, children can be cruel in their innocence Aaman, if that be true then it was done unconsciously:)

Comment by Aaman

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:30:01 EDT

Is the title or story an allusion to 'The Last of the Mohicans'?

Comment by Shivani

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:32:15 EDT

Dark, edgy story...cruelty seems to be an ingrained human quality.

Comment by Sanjay

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:02:46 EDT

Gee, I was hoping for some job-stealer fan-fiction authored by Democrat politicians, since that's their prominent racial slur.