Guest guest Posted May 23, 2002 Report Share Posted May 23, 2002 Kriben Pillay, from Noumenon, a foremost publication dedicated to nonduality, sends the following. His website is at <http://users.iafrica.com/n/no/noumenon/index.html> Last night a new, and very important, book was launched profiling 27 South African writers of Indian origin. Compiled by Dr Rajendra Chetty, the fact that a book is still required in South Africa to alert academia and the general public to writings of South African Indians speaks volumes about the continued marginalisation of this group - in all walks of life. In the past Indians were not white enough; now there is evidence that we are not black enough. The ill-considered closure of the departments of Drama, Music and Fine Arts at the University of Durban-Westville in 2000, which were staffed mainly by South African Indians - and which resulted in my own retrenchment - effectively closed the door on many creative voices within this community. In a strange way, the new democratic South Africa might be spawning ethnic activity that hearkens back to the apartheid era - but in this case it might be justified. Kriben Front cover of book: Back cover: Attachment: (image/jpeg) C:\DOCUME~1\Jerry\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsmail24.jpeg [not stored] Attachment: (image/jpeg) C:\DOCUME~1\Jerry\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsmail7P.jpeg [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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