[silk] Old Readers Digest

2012-07-15 Thread Deepak Misra
Udhay had been kind enough to give me his big collection of old readers digests from many years back. I am now running out of storage space and with his concurrence am offering them on this group in case anyone would like them. Please mail me offlist in case you are interested. Deepak

Re: [silk] Just So Stories

2012-07-15 Thread Aadisht Khanna
On 14-07-2012 11:35, John Sundman wrote: I wonder what you-all think of Kipling's Just So Stories? Do you find them innocent lyrical funny potent as I do, or do you find them obnoxious and all of the same cloth as his other white man's burden imperialist writings? In the entire

Re: [silk] Just So Stories

2012-07-15 Thread Aadisht Khanna
On 14-07-2012 21:39, Thejaswi Udupa wrote: I have no bones to pick with Kipling except one. His 'Kim' inspired Timeri Murari to write that utter tripe--'The Imperial Agent', a supposed sequel to Kim and filled with more sex and mystic mumbo jumbo than a hippie orgy. If you are holding 'The

Re: [silk] Just So Stories

2012-07-15 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 15-Jul-12 8:20 PM, Aadisht Khanna wrote: The most obnoxiously racist fiction I have read is Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu stories. Probably true, but for a more insidious version see Tolkien, JRR [1]. Udhay [1] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/5996 -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay

Re: [silk] Just So Stories

2012-07-15 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Aadisht Khanna li...@aadisht.net wrote: The most obnoxiously racist fiction I have read is Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu stories. In the service of the favourite silk pastime of thread drift, I will note that you have now reminded me of Shing Chi, Master of Kung Fu.

Re: [silk] Just So Stories

2012-07-15 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 15-Jul-12 8:35 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: In the service of the favourite silk pastime of thread drift, I will note that you have now reminded me of Shing Chi, Master of Kung Fu. [1] Argh. One reference I don't provide a link to, and there's a typo [1]. Muphry rules. Udhay [1]

Re: [silk] Old Readers Digest

2012-07-15 Thread ss
On Sunday 15 Jul 2012 5:14:37 pm Deepak Misra wrote: Udhay had been kind enough to give me his big collection of old readers digests from many years back. My sincere condolences to you shiv

Re: [silk] Just So Stories

2012-07-15 Thread Heather Madrone
On 7/15/12 7:51 AM July 15, 2012, Aadisht Khanna wrote: On 14-07-2012 21:39, Thejaswi Udupa wrote: I have no bones to pick with Kipling except one. His 'Kim' inspired Timeri Murari to write that utter tripe--'The Imperial Agent', a supposed sequel to Kim and filled with more sex and mystic

Re: [silk] Just So Stories

2012-07-15 Thread Thejaswi Udupa
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Aadisht Khanna li...@aadisht.net wrote: If you are holding 'The Imperial Agent' against him then in all fairness you have to count 'The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes' in his favour and that balances things out. Bah. Mandala is worse. Only the mystic mumbo jumbo

Re: [silk] Old Readers Digest

2012-07-15 Thread Deepak Misra
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:02 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 15 Jul 2012 5:14:37 pm Deepak Misra wrote: Udhay had been kind enough to give me his big collection of old readers digests from many years back. My sincere condolences to you shiv You disapprove in principle of