The novel depicts the lives of a transgendered character in its complexity. Also, there are interesting women characters who impersonates as men in order to enter the ship. Thus the economy of pleasure deployed in this novel defies simple dichotomies.
Let me quote a response by Fooucault in an interview with james O'Higgins. J.O'H : I'm reminded of Cassanova's famous expression that "the best moment in life is when one is climbing the stairs".One can hardly imagine a homosexual today making such a remark. M.F: Exactly. Rather , he would say something like: "the best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi." On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:15 PM, ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sorry disturb the "intellectual" pleasure > > but i wonder when will his budding penis (or something else) becomes his > lovers toys in poems/songs/novels > > > > > On 6/20/08, Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> pleasure reading it..research combined ( or dissolved?) with creativity >> >> here's a song >> >> ...uthle ha chati ke jobanwa >> piya ke khelawna re hoi... >> ...her budding breasts are ready >> to be her lover's toys >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 3:07 PM, damodar prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> pls find attached an interesting reading of sachimash on amitav ghosh's >>> new novel- sea of poppies (pdf version) >>> >>> damodar prasad >>> >>> an excerpt: >>> >>> >>> ..."The story is set in the 1830s in the company days when the opium >>> trade had become the main sustenance of the Empire. "The Empire was not >>> simply possible without China consuming opium", Ghosh remarked in the >>> dialogue referred to earlier- held in Delhi on the 17th of June-and >>> went on to detail the unfair trade practices that sustained the export. No >>> part of the trade benefitted India;they used Indian farmers to cultivate >>> opium, and Indian merchants to do the trade as they did not want to >>> directly take the responsibility, but the money- a revenue that was equal >>> to the total revenue of the United States at that time- did not come back to >>> India; it was used to purchase tea and similar commodities from China to be >>> sold in England. The cruelty the so-called 'Free Trade' engendered was >>> beyond imagination" >>> >>> >>> >>> -- Dileep R I thuravoor --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
