Go easy on the judges disco dancer. Just because their forefathers were colonizing India, it doesnt make them automatically pick an Indian writer. Besides, how can you say their forefathers....do you know if their forefathers, lets say grandfathers were really colonolizing India? If you don't trust the judges to make a sound literary decision, then you should say you dont believe in Booker Prize. Here you are saying you dont like the fact that they picked Kiran and you think its because it reminded them of the glorious past. It wasnt glorious for all, and they havent picked every Indian writer nominated just coz they think of their past. Why did they pass Anita Desai? Each and every Salman Rushdie's books? I am just asking.....