Mahesh Murthy [24/03/10 11:34 +0530]:
What's common to the lot that despise her is that they're all intellectuals
(or literary critics) - and to me it seems they think she hasn't paid her
dues in the Kanu Sanyal or Potti Sreeramulu sort of way to claim the
intellectual high ground that she does s
Shoba, I had deliberately mis-stated the quote :-)
Salil
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From: Shoba Narayan
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:02:20
To:
Subject: [silk] For the Arundhati Roy haters out there
>
> Erm. I'm a Gujju, not a TamBram. more seriously
>
>> Erm. I'm a Gujju, not a TamBram. more seriously, there are several
>> problems with her writing. "Why don't I love thee? Let me count the
>> ways..."
>>
>> The TamBrahm analogy was because I know so many men who hate Roy and they
> always describe their dislike of her with this dispassiona
Shoba Narayan wrote, [on 3/24/2010 11:02 AM]:
> The TamBrahm analogy was because I know so many men who hate Roy and
> they always describe their dislike of her with this dispassionate,
> rational, logical, arguing-equations-in-IIT tone that bugs the shit out
> of me. As if it was self-evident th
Utterly fascinating, and one of my longtime hobbyhorses (sleep, I mean).
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/all-nighters/
Udhay
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((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
i couldn't agree more, Shobha - extremism works for A. Roy. connecting the
farthest dots is the proper provenance of a writer - showing us essences in
apparently disparate situations.
Madonna and Aamir don't pretend to be full time members of the chatterati civil
society activist set.
My contempt for various of those isn't restricted to arundhati roy, or to
various left leaning types. It cuts across the political spectrum.
--
srs (blackberry)
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Erm. I'm a Gujju, not a TamBram. more seriously, there are several
problems with her writing. "Why don't I love thee? Let me count the
ways..."
Salil, you are clearly very well-read and I don't mean that in a
snarky way-- my Dad's an English prof. so I have a great deal of
respect for
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>> More on this theme, with another in
Top-posting, just to say that I find Shiv's summary the best.
On 24 March 2010 07:15, ss wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 Mar 2010 9:45:17 pm Shoba Narayan wrote:
> > Why does she evoke so much ire?
>
> A Roy has made more enemies than I could have hoped for. I for one am
> greatly
> pleased at the ire
On Tuesday 23 Mar 2010 9:45:17 pm Shoba Narayan wrote:
> Why does she evoke so much ire?
A Roy has made more enemies than I could have hoped for. I for one am greatly
pleased at the ire she evokes. This has nothing (IMHO) to do with male
inferiority TamBram or non TamBram, which is is a "You
this discussion is worth it for the new reading list i have acquired!
At 2010-03-23 17:31:36 +, sali...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> OK, I recall she was given one-month's prison or fine; she decided to
> go to prison, then paid fine after a day in jail. If that's wrong, I
> stand corrected.
Oh, no, that's definitely not what happened.
http://www.thehindu.com/2002
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
> At 2010-03-23 16:25:18 +, sali...@googlemail.com wrote:
>>
>> … and her ignoring the more serious criticism from Gail Omvedt.
>
> Thanks, I hadn't read Gail Omvedt's letter and response to some of
> Arundhati Roy's writings on dams. I
At 2010-03-23 16:25:18 +, sali...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> … and her ignoring the more serious criticism from Gail Omvedt.
Thanks, I hadn't read Gail Omvedt's letter and response to some of
Arundhati Roy's writings on dams. I found them quite interesting.
> She went to jail for one night, pr
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Shoba Narayan wrote:
>
>
> I could go point by point and refute everything the Indian Express article
> said. We all know of older Indian aunties with necks that have threads of
> talcum powder. I think GOST was more an autobiography than plagiarism.
> Ammu see
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From: Salil Tripathi
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Many years ago, as I faced the keyboard, I remembered that distant
Your blog was far too long, JAP*da (*see, I'm honest!), so I spent barely a
minute there, but I managed to spot two gems- Samit Basu's Simoqin etc
trilogy, and the brilliant Mammaries of the Welfare State. Both were superb,
enjoyable reads.
Speaking of pulp, no Alistair MacLean? To each their own,
Nick carter to a far lesser extent. Too many authors running that franchise
James Hadley Chase forever
--
srs (blackberry)
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From: Deepa Mohan
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:31:22
To:
Subject: Re: [silk] Mockingbird, Brooklyn and other favourites
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
>
> its betty smith's "a tree grows in brooklyn" if any of you can find the
> book + has a spare copy.
>
Ah. Let me see if the St.Louis Public Library has a copy...thank you!
Deepa.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
> which is why you need to expand your horizons a bit beyond jt edson / zane
> gray / l'amour :) Try the longarms for example if you can find them. Some
> of them are really very good. Or the Elmore Leonards (including the classic
> 3
On 23 March 2010 14:17, Jude Britto wrote:
> > - Onions in the Stew, Betty Macdonald (not even available on Amazon)
>
> Ah, good to know there are other fans of this book; brings back
> memories of when I first read it in a Readers Digest condensed books
> collection.
That's where I read it too.
Many years ago, as I faced the keyboard, I remembered that distant
afternoon when a journalist near Ayemenem carefully destroyed
Arundhati Roy's plagiarism
OK, back in 2001, I read this piece in the southern Indian Express,
which effectively demolishes Ms Roy's claims of originality. I found
t
> - Onions in the Stew, Betty Macdonald (not even available on Amazon)
Ah, good to know there are other fans of this book; brings back
memories of when I first read it in a Readers Digest condensed books
collection. I still have a hardcover copy that I found in an old book
store.
J. Alfred Prufrock [23/03/10 13:22 +0530]:
"Sir Richard Burton's "The Arabian Nights". Complete and unexpurgated."
Where can I get it?!
Jaico publishes it, pick it up at any landmark or odyssey.
"Westerns by Louis L'Amour"
The only Western writer I really liked, even though he does recycle
es
Suresh -
lots of Kipling.
>
I missed that in the post. Kipling is a favourite, and I find *Stalky
& Co.*one of the best boys' books ever.
"Sir Richard Burton's "The Arabian Nights". Complete and unexpurgated."
Where can I get it?!
"Westerns by Louis L'Amour"
The only Western writer I really lik
For quite a few of them, certainly. Devreux's "Venus in India" was
accompanied by John Cleland's "Fanny Hill" for instance.
Wodehouse on Wodehouse certainly. Ditto Spike Milligan, Zen and the Art ..,
lots of Kipling.
Terry Pratchetts of course.
Then, Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey Maturin novels .
Top-posting! Give her the Goblin treatment ("batter and beat, yammer and
bleat", if I remember aright)
As far as La Ray is concerned, can we all please adopt the Rhett Butler
attitude? And move on?
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