The New Indian Express ·
Why the world remains numb to the genocide in Gaza
In a metaphorical sense, the newspaper is like a second skin. It absorbs the morning reader’s reactions. It absorbs his consternation, his indifference, his need for gossip, his sense of silence and his helplessness. In many ways, a newspaper also creates a field of interactions and responses. Probably the most interesting of these is the reader’s response. I wish to talk of some of them.
I found that many readers who have been reacting to my research recently seem to think it’s dated. They seem to think I belong to a different era and speak a different kind of radicalism, which is both old-fashioned and outdated. The example I would like to cite is the debate on Gaza, or when one discusses truth commissions or violence.
The Gaza Strip is almost forgotten today. It is now a piece of real estate. Donald Trump has taken over. But Gaza, at one time, should have promoted and instigated imagination into a festival of resistance.