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SLUMDOG DEBATE : Let’s not be in denial of reality

Posted in Dr.Ambedkar, Mumbai, Tamil, blogging, book, caste, dalit, fiction, india, influence, love, media, money, sex, subaltern studies, tamil films, violence, vulgarity, women, work, writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 26, 2009 | 12 Comments »

(My article first appeared in the Sunday Magazine i.witness of The New Indian Express. Read the official online version here.)
“There is no nation of Indians in the real sense of the world, it is yet to be created. In believing we are a nation, we are cherishing a great delusion.” — Dr. B R Ambedkar
 
Indian [...]

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the winner will be

Posted in book, culture, fiction, novel, reading, writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »

As the Man Booker Prize enters its fortieth year in 2008, it retains its position as the most respected literary prize for English language fiction published in the UK and the Commonwealth. Despite its glamorous halo of quality, the prize has attracted attention because of its controversial nature — a wife on the jury fought [...]

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Book, booker, booked

Posted in book, culture, fiction, india, media, novel, writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 13, 2008 | 21 Comments »

“The future was a casino, everyone was gambling, and everyone expected to win.” Salman Rushdie (Fury)
Every time an Indian has won the Booker, it has triggered off a boom in the publication of Indian English fiction. This book boom, this opportunity-knocking-repeatedly-on-many-doors, this “democratization” (if it could be called that) of the publishing industry has ensured [...]

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Beautiful, Beautiful Dalit Men…

Posted in academics, book, caste, culture, dalit, fiction, india, marriage, men, sex, sexuality, short-stories, untouchability, violence, women, writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 9, 2008 | 29 Comments »

For die-hard fans of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, here’s a captivating interview with her. She is, as always, at her best. And do read the rest of the journal too, put together by students of EFL-U, it gives a lot of food for thought.
But in my blog, since the flavour of the [...]

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The longest post in a while

Posted in atheism, feminist writing, poetry, women, writing, tagged , , , , , , on September 12, 2002 | Leave a Comment »

Hi dears….
Just came back from the library….. Did take some 4 books. Actually I had wanted to take Gregory by D. H. Lawrence (my favorite author) but I couldn’t because it was yet to be indexed. The other books that I borrowed are: Selected Poems by A. K. Ramanujam, Women Writers in the Twentieth Century [...]

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