Noted British historian William Dalrymple, who has written several books on the Mughals and the early years of the British conquest of the subcontinent, yesterday fled from Delhi to Sri Lanka to escape the deadly second wave of the Wuhan virus.
In a post on his social media account, which now stands deleted, Dalrymple wrote “As casualties mounted and Facebook filled with “funeral pyres“, Sam (Dalrymple’s son) and I looked at our options and decided it would be prudent to get out while we could: although both of us had this plague last January and had one jab.”
Wow. He deleted this post but just look at this fuckery.. pic.twitter.com/A1qDHNOwzS
— Akanksha Mehta (@AjeebAurat) April 30, 2021
While one can understand Dalrymple wanting to keep himself and his family safe, however, in his social media post, he made his thoughts on the vaccine very clear. He said that although he had taken his shot, but the vaccine – in his words – is not good enough.
Dalrymple says, “The new “Indian variant” seemed to be no respecter of antibodies and social media was full of stories of people with both jabs in the ICU”.
For a historian to ascertain information and reach a conclusion that those who have been vaccinated twice are in ICU from social media posts, is not only laughable but also dangerous.
For a historian who claims to make meticulous research when he writes a book, it shows his pathetic and clearly racist state of mind when he uses the term ‘Indian variant’ to describe the virus. He uses the term ‘Indian variant’ when liberals in India and across the world took offense when the coronavirus was called the ‘Chinese virus’.
William Dalrymple, who is the Dionysus of India’s liberal literary circuit, did not fail to live up to his racist upbringing and Hindu hatred when he said that Facebook is filled with photos of “funeral pyres“, which was also on the front page of Time Magazine.
Realising that his post on fleeing India will be misconstrued, he soon deleted it, but alas it was too late. Dalrymple then sent out a tweet in which he said, “I need to apologise for a post yesterday about leaving Delhi to avoid COVID. It was intended to reassure worried friends & family, but caused understandable anger for being tone deaf & reeking with privilege. I am very sorry for the upset that it has caused.”
What Dalrymple says about taking advantage of the India-Sri Lanka air bubble and fleeing to Sri Lanka, is something Indians should never forget. Here is a man who spent decades in India writing books, engaging in poverty porn by moving about and eating with disheveled Indians and roaming the dirty allies of Delhi and Agra. Dalrymple even has an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) card. As he now flees, he is a flea off our back.
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