I strongly disagree. I think the standard of writing in India is very poor
at the M. Phil or Ph.D. level. As engineers we might be good at math, as
doctors we might be good clinicians. But by and large Indians are very
poor at technical writing. Our school education never emphasized writing
term papers.
> :That may be dishonest writing, but still it can be good writing. Can a piece
> :of prose be good, yet be prejudiced? Yes, I believe it is possible.
>
> I disagree. If clarity is one of the hallmarks of good writing,
> how can a piece of good prose mislead a reader? If the argument is
Well, Pat Buchanan's might have a lot of clarity but I find contents
completely distasteful. Dishonesty is a completely different
issue from lack of style. Rama's complaint was that most writers
in telugu have awful writing style. For example, I don't know how much
training does an average Eenadu journalist gets. Consider the examples:
'ataDu vivAhituDayyaDu' ---- eeks!!!
'ataDiki peLLI ayyindi' ---- probably unnecessary split
'ataDiki peLLayyindi' ---- preferable
Beleive it or not it is not uncommon to find expressions like
'ataDu vivAhituDayyaDu' in papers like eenADU. The grammar that we
learn in school consists learning sandhulu, samasAlu and chandassu.
None of that is of any help when it comes to good writing.
Ramana