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Monday April 12, 2010 15:57 by Raj Patel
Coincidence led to my being hailed as a prince of peace. But change will come from our own hard work, not a deity The much arrested activist writer and Abahlali baseMjondolo member Raj Patel on why he is NOT the messiah. Firstborn sons of British Asian families aren't so much raised as feted, and as a child I became quite comfortable being a little prince. At seven years old, I wanted the privileges of primogeniture to carry on forever. When people asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I responded with the full spectrum of acceptable answers: Accountant! Dentist! Quantity Surveyor! Secretly, though, I wanted to be full-time royalty. From what I saw of the British monarchy – and I have yet to be disabused of this view – it seemed that if you were born in the right place and time, you could enjoy almost permanent adulation, free money and long hours of indolence. |
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