CRITICISM

When you write something on public website or forum, there is every chance of getting criticised and even abused, especially if you are writing on politics. Only thing is, some use sophisticated language to abuse you, others blunt. The sophisticated abuse is like having a tooth uprooted with some use of local anaesthesia, while blunt is without. Quite same same, but different. Today someone plucked my tooth again, unfortunatly with no anaesthesia. I had written a "feel good" (this word was used by another critic at my article) article on unity of various communities in Darjeeling. My vision was something in the line of 'one world' while writing the article. I don’t have the slightest clue what pissed off this gentleman.
It says:
Dear Wannabe Paper Tiger, wannabe Vikram Seth, no matter how educated you are, doing Ph.D in France or statying in UK, no matter you have good IQ, plenty of cash, strong network, influential family background, have ability to register homepage, strong finance but what is your contribution to the society? Do you have any contribution in Mass education development in Darjeeling, did you support any NGO working against HIV, Drug addiction(Organising Rock Concert is Drug addiction facilating programme),have you ever made survey to remote areas of Darjeeling to get first hand information about the most common diseases our people suffering, why so many kidney damages, how mauch you paid to Dr.Bhutia of Planter’s hospital for that scanning machine, have you ever voiced against rising price of commodities, Child Labour, did you published any article about corrupted & Corruption, contractors and their dada giri? Now stop this historical crapyou’re your pondering on unity and Gorkhaland. Gorkhaland will be true one day when Central will make the resolution that smaller states should depend on their own resources and henceforth no more central fund will be provided. So there will be no special packages from the central. Niche ajao vai, nowadays my son can give you long lecture on Unity and Gorkhaland..se ya man! Atlast, great Da! Heavy da! Keep up man..cool! You are jewel of Darjeeling...please do more da! France ma ta jado cha hola hai! President ko GF lai chai akha na jhim kau hai bro badd gardela ni.

People have written harsher comments than this in the past. But I hardly replied to anyone. But somehow, I found this person is right as well as wrong. Right, because whatever issues he has talked about are genuine. Wrong, he could have conveyed the same thing in much better words like many others. I mean with use of local anaesthesia.Instead, he started off strongly addressing me as PAPER TIGER. Paper tiger? It wasn't amusing at all, so I wrote him back.
P.S. I wrote him back not because he called me paper tiger though, let me clarify quickly or somebody will criticise this blog too, bluntly I mean. There are serious issues! seriously!

So, I wrote:

Dear critic, since you seem to throw personal attack on me rather on my above article, I can’t keep quite for god sake. So, I have addressed all of your concerns here:
Thanks for calling me wanna be “Vikram Seth”, though the “paper tiger” was a little bit off bit and uncalled for. Good IQ? While writing an article or something, I depend on emotion and my attachment to this very place of mist and fog rather than IQ, unlike many of the journalists who come to Darjeeling with half of the sight blocked with monkey cap and robust wrap of mufflers and write ‘wonderful’ history or something about Darjeeling. Plenty of cash? I come from a middle class family of a remote place called Ranglee Rangli ot Tea Garden and I am proud to have seen all the colours of life including poverty. Thankfully, French Government has provided some fellowship to sustain a single life now. Quite ok for a Ph.D. student. Strong network? Well, trust me. Besides my strong will, I just used my bio data and some internet networks to reach where I am now. Influential family background? My father got job (group C) just in early 90s and he looks after two other siblings besides me. Plus he looks after his old dad too. My mother is a house wife. So where did you see a rich and influential family background? My contribution to the society: A) writing songs from last 10 years for almost all the (current) singers and bands of Darjeeling without a single penny from band members. Most of them sustain their living from whatever they earn from music. B) Whenever I come to Darjeeling, I make it a point to donate whatever little I can to beggars vying for attention at Mahakal temple and other areas. I know you will laugh at my miniature contribution to needy ones, but it is not too bad given the fact that I am still a student. C) I was personally associated with various tutorials while I was in siliguri and Darjeeling and am sure many of my students from Darjeeling, Kalimgpong, Kurseong, Siliguri and Sikkim have passed B.Sc. and MSc. with good marks and have better opportunities in their lives. Though I tried to keep the fees as low as possible, couldn’t keep it free as I was also not in very good shape financially. Moreover they say, free means bad or No. I am quite young, just 26 year old, and have some time to do something for my society without being known or heralded or appreciated for what I will do. Perhaps for my own contentment. Well, I have not been associated with any NGO till date, and have not written any article on Child labour, HIV AIDS, corruption, inflation and any of the things you mentioned. But I welcome your suggestion and will do what I can in near future. Thank you for that. Coming back to your remarks on my article, where did you manage to summon “historical crap”? in above article. Please explain to me in next comment.
P.S. Please let us also know about your contributions to society Mr. real tiger.
sincerely, the author