tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post113341985473226708..comments2024-03-24T12:52:31.153+05:30Comments on Shadow Warrior: vikram seth interview on kqed forumUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133523678407303262005-12-02T17:11:00.000+05:302005-12-02T17:11:00.000+05:30Anonymous,Well, ok....I stand corrcted!But I suppo...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Well, ok....I stand corrcted!But I suppose Andhra,Kerala and Karnataka too would have similar cousins(dishes)...hence used the word south indian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133510469809007502005-12-02T13:31:00.000+05:302005-12-02T13:31:00.000+05:30A Tamil delicacy, Kalyani, not a South Indian deli...A Tamil delicacy, Kalyani, not a South Indian delicacy. You Tamils need to stop using 'South Indian' when you mean 'Tamil'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133507406452746232005-12-02T12:40:00.000+05:302005-12-02T12:40:00.000+05:30Rajeev,Off topic (may be)."she never once went to ...Rajeev,<BR/><BR/>Off topic (may be)."she never once went to india even though she was married to shanti for some fifty years",makes me write the following.<BR/><BR/>One of my very d..i..s..tant relatives married a German woman,and was summarily <BR/>branded 'persona non grata' by the entire family,presided over by the mother(quite a huge family).None of them ever corresponded with him even.<BR/>I caught my first and last glimpse of him,when he had "traipsed" into our<BR/> house to have 'vethakozhambu and rice'(a South Indian delicacy)made and served by my grandmother.<BR/><BR/>A l..o..n..g time after that,I heard somebody narrate, that his wife had come to Kashi with an urn containing his ashes to fulfill his last wishes.<BR/><BR/>I still have not got over my respect and admiration for that unseen woman...all the more poignant when I do see a lot of 'bereaved'(sic),watching tv serials or playing cards and 'managing' to shed tears too when needed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133430860877195892005-12-01T15:24:00.000+05:302005-12-01T15:24:00.000+05:30I read recently in some newspapersupplement here t...I read recently in some newspaper<BR/>supplement here that Seth wasnt<BR/>going to write another book (else<BR/>was wondering what to write) when<BR/>his mother suggested he document<BR/>the life of his uncle and aunt. That's why he wrote it. And also<BR/>because having grown up in an<BR/>extended family he values all his<BR/>family connections and wanted to<BR/>document this asap.<BR/><BR/>It was meant to be a family memoir.<BR/><BR/>Writers write for various<BR/>reasons. Not necessarily in order<BR/>to make an impact or impression.<BR/><BR/>Savitha R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com