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In which English and India are yoked together… | Smoke Screen
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In which English and India are yoked together…. 21 February, 2011 at 12:51 am · Filed under English. 183;Tagged English in India. First, this utterly tiresome piece. In The New York Times by Manu Joseph, on English in India. Which gushingly equates English used in Bollywood and English used by Dalits. Jaw-droppingly cavalier journalism and writing. Second, this brilliant response. And finally, this biting review. Of Anand Giridhardhas’. Indeed of all books in that genre, as the opening line says:. Sorry;...
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Bowdler II | Smoke Screen
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18 January, 2011 at 10:35 pm · Filed under English. 183;Tagged politically correct. So we’re soon going to see a sanitized version of Huck Finn. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain himself defined a “classic” as “a book which people praise and don’t read.” Rather than see Twain’s most important work succumb to that fate, Twain scholar Alan Gribben and NewSouth Books plan to release a version of. In a single volume with. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. To substitute the word. Letters from the Earth. And t...
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8220;Casteing about”. 11 April, 2010 at 5:05 pm · Filed under Uncategorized. 8220;Before we have less of caste, we evidently must have more of it.”. Himal’s April issue on caste in modern India. Go read, folks. While I grapple with term papers, assignments, question papers, evaluations and other such April delights…. 3 April, 2010 at 3:02 am · Filed under Angst. Just thought I’d share this poem here. Did it in class a couple of weeks ago; it was just poetry then. To be no part of this hate is deprivation.
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Once upon a time… | Smoke Screen
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Once upon a time…. 12 January, 2011 at 1:48 pm · Filed under Uncategorized. 8230; I used to blog. Sigh That’s how long it’s been, no? To the small but discerning readership of this blog, apologies. (The best compliments are mutual, yes? Far too much happened over the last year for me to cope with. While on the subject of revival, if I had to choose the best thing that happened to me last year, it would be the revival of my vocal cords. I was 8 and my sister 10 when we were force-fed. But the music is no ...
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Rameswaram. And nostalgia. | Smoke Screen
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Rameswaram. And nostalgia. 9 February, 2011 at 10:57 pm · Filed under Uncategorized. On the plight of the fishermen of Rameswaram (who are being fired at by the Sri Lankan navy) triggered memories of a trip to Rameswaram 10 years ago. It was a trip to Madurai. Which can be difficult to stomach even for the fish-eating, I should think. Which makes the Sri Lankan navy seem that much more cruel. As also the lack of protection from the mighty, modern Indian state. Riders to the Sea. 2 Comments ». I wonder wh...
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The wealth of nations | Smoke Screen
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The wealth of nations. 14 April, 2010 at 3:56 pm · Filed under English. 183;Tagged Amitav Ghosh. Seeing as how people are celebrating Rana Dasgupta’s winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Perhaps it’s apposite to recollect that another Indian English writer (arguably the best today) turned down this prize in 2001. Here’s his letter explaining why:. Rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to The wealth of nations" class="permalink" Permalink. 5 Comments ». 15 April, 2010 @ 8:54 am. 15 April, 2010 @ 5:04 pm.
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The invisible nation* | Smoke Screen
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1 November, 2010 at 10:17 am · Filed under Uncategorized. The following is an extract from an e-mail from a friend. Thanks, PK.). Have you heard bamboo split? A guy fired a mortar. This was near a village. He just fired, in no particular direction, at no particular enemy. Nobody was hurt. My father, if I remember correctly, had to have his own colleague tried. When I came to India, he began. I guess they have yet to get to the two brothers of Kashmir. From a twitter comment. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.