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Comment on Best of 2009 list excludes women writers by Anil

Anil — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:57:43 +0000

John Cheever? Aha. Updike once said “John Cheever wrote as if with the quill from the wing of an angel.”

Would await an Indian writer in English write as effectively of suburban alienation in India. I wouldn’t know if there’s any that has been written already though.

Good to have him on that list, his writings could do with renewed interest. Deserving. I remember his Falconer.

Comment on Love, Pray, Eat (dessert): Lucky Everyday by Bapsy Jain by Jimmy

Jimmy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:51:59 +0000

Cool website, I’ll bookmark it

Comment on Best of 2009 list excludes women writers by Niranjana

Niranjana — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:09:17 +0000

@ Susan: Thanks! The WILLA list is a great opportunity to bring works by women authors (of color) to the attention of the reading public. Some familiar names there already–Zetta Elliot, Neesha Meminger etc.

Comment on Best of 2009 list excludes women writers by susan

susan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:08:33 +0000

Thanks Niranjana,

I’ll be linking this for my Little Lov’n Monday feature. Folks need to speak up!

Comment on “India’s Number One Magazine” copied my work. by neeraj

neeraj — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:30:27 +0000

Apology by IT would mean admission of wrong doing… never going to happen!

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Comment on Hilary Mantel on feminism by Niranjana

Niranjana — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:34:35 +0000

@ Pearl: “no need to throw out the whole notion of pillow for the sake of the fringe.”
Another rocking line right there.

Btw, a heads-up that Beyond Black isn’t really a feminist work. But it is bloody good.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Comment on Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup by Niranjana

Niranjana — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:27:36 +0000

@ Karthik: Thanks! Do let me know your reaction to the book once you finish it.

Comment on Hilary Mantel on feminism by Pearl

Pearl — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:13:22 +0000

> for a woman to say ‘I’m not a feminist’ is [like] a lamb joining the slaughterer’s guild.
what a rocking line.

I clearly am behind, having missed the play by play evolving of first, second and third wave feminism and what each meant in context and yet I’d still call myself a feminist because of misogyny that greets me as pushed into role of female regularly.

to be an environmentalist is not exclusively to bomb factories.

the radical element is never the whole. no need to throw out the whole notion of pillow for the sake of the fringe.

thanks for referencing the book. I’ll look into it.

Comment on Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup by Karthik

Karthik — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:22:37 +0000

Very nice review. Thanks a lot!
I enjoyed Q & A very much (but the movie was pathetic) and was eagerly waiting for Vikas Swarup’s next book. Now your review has intensified my urge to pick it up as soon as possible. Thanks again.