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Ganadeva Bandyopadhyay, 30 November 2008
“A reader will have to acknowledge the clarity of thoughts that have gone into covering an extraordinarily wide swath of topics. This includes, among the many others, a very intense perspective on the English language and its undeniable love-and-hate relationship with Indians since the beginning of colonial rule, the analysis of democracy and its evolution in India and a scathing critique of our universities as they degenerated into getting into the center of politics rather than being the cradle of new ideas, opportunities, and movements to rejuvenate the national life.”