Comments on: Monkey mayhem arrested in Patiala http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/23/monkey_mayhem_a/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: prakruti http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/23/monkey_mayhem_a/comment-page-1/#comment-1128 prakruti Fri, 24 Sep 2004 01:53:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=423#comment-1128 <p>Thanks so much Manish, would be fun to read writers who write like Rushdie.. I will order a copy of "Red earth..." I dont know why but Zadie smith started really well in white teeth (felt a lil. bit of Rushdie in the first 100 pages or so but later she lost the grip, I read some 250 pages of her novel white teeth and lost interest in reading)..may be I should try reading her again..I felt that her second novel might not be that good either..I might be wrong.. Iam reading now "The Impressionist" after u blogged on it in one of ur articles and enjoying reading it. I like Hari kunzru's story telling better. He is keeping me interested in his novel. Thanks a million Manish, bec.of u Iam reading some new authors/writers. let me know if there is anything I can do for u..thanks again.. thanks Brimful for correcting..I was not sure thats why the question mark? there..And did not have time to check on web or read books on evolution. so just left it as a question mark..thank u for clarifying..</p> Thanks so much Manish, would be fun to read writers who write like Rushdie.. I will order a copy of “Red earth…” I dont know why but Zadie smith started really well in white teeth (felt a lil. bit of Rushdie in the first 100 pages or so but later she lost the grip, I read some 250 pages of her novel white teeth and lost interest in reading)..may be I should try reading her again..I felt that her second novel might not be that good either..I might be wrong.. Iam reading now “The Impressionist” after u blogged on it in one of ur articles and enjoying reading it. I like Hari kunzru’s story telling better. He is keeping me interested in his novel. Thanks a million Manish, bec.of u Iam reading some new authors/writers. let me know if there is anything I can do for u..thanks again.. thanks Brimful for correcting..I was not sure thats why the question mark? there..And did not have time to check on web or read books on evolution. so just left it as a question mark..thank u for clarifying..

]]> By: brimful http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/23/monkey_mayhem_a/comment-page-1/#comment-1127 brimful Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:53:37 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=423#comment-1127 <p><em>Arent humans descendents of monkeys..evolutionary POV? </em></p> <p>In fact, not. Humans and monkeys descend from a common ancestor. Sorry to nitpick.</p> <p>I'd recommend Vikram Chandra, although <em>Red Earth</em> is an epic... the writing is really beautiful, but he does go on and on.</p> <p>Anyone up for <strong>Monkey Freedom Now</strong> t-shirts? They could rival the <em>Monkey Knife Fight</em> slogan that has been mysteriously emblazoned all over the mission in SF.</p> Arent humans descendents of monkeys..evolutionary POV?

In fact, not. Humans and monkeys descend from a common ancestor. Sorry to nitpick.

I’d recommend Vikram Chandra, although Red Earth is an epic… the writing is really beautiful, but he does go on and on.

Anyone up for Monkey Freedom Now t-shirts? They could rival the Monkey Knife Fight slogan that has been mysteriously emblazoned all over the mission in SF.

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/23/monkey_mayhem_a/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 Manish Vij Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:17:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=423#comment-1126 <p>Vikram Chandra is awesome, he isn't as well known but in skill is up there with Rushdie (who said he was <a href="http://www.vij.com/archive/rushdies_first_film.html">envious of Chandra's second book</a>) and Zadie Smith. <i>Red Earth</i> is quite an epic, <i>Love and Longing in Bombay</i> is short stories.</p> <p>PG: Since these pugnacious primates are still paddywagoned, I assume Maneka Gandhi has only begun to fight.</p> Vikram Chandra is awesome, he isn’t as well known but in skill is up there with Rushdie (who said he was envious of Chandra’s second book) and Zadie Smith. Red Earth is quite an epic, Love and Longing in Bombay is short stories.

PG: Since these pugnacious primates are still paddywagoned, I assume Maneka Gandhi has only begun to fight.

]]> By: PG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/23/monkey_mayhem_a/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 PG Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:59:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=423#comment-1125 <p>Does this mean that <a href="http://bertrandrussell.blogspot.com/2003/11/burying-really-dumb-part-in-human.html">Maneka Gandhi</a> got her way or not?</p> Does this mean that Maneka Gandhi got her way or not?

]]> By: prakruti http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/23/monkey_mayhem_a/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 prakruti Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:23:28 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=423#comment-1124 <p>Great sense of humor Manish...very well written funny article..specially that line"Fortunately, monkeys treat the Indian judiciary with the exact same respect as do all Indians" Arent humans descendents of monkeys..evolutionary POV? pata hi today at work in one of the scientific meeting people were talking about how a potential compound could become a block buster drug and said it all depends on the monkeys and is in the hands of the monkeys they are trying to dose to see if the disease can be cured in monkeys before trying it on humans.. A lot of pharmaceutical companies use animals as experimental guinea pigs to find cure for human diseases.So monkeys do a great job too and contribute a lot to science and their contributions go unnoticed... I was reminded of our house in the small town where I was raised..we have all fruit trees in our house from guavas to bananas , custard apples to pomogranates to coconuts and our servants always used to crib that even before the household staff get to taste the first fruit of the season monkeys eat the fruits. And I used to laugh a lot when servants used to chase monkeys out when I was a kid. There are a lot of naughty monkeys who make faces at human beings too ( like the one episode where kramer in seinfeld picks up a fight with a monkey in the zoo and the monkey refuses to eat until kramer apologises and kramer refuses to apologize to the naughty monkey) yes people in india do see hanumanji and remember the stories of a monkey army helping lord Rama fight the battle against Ravana in Ramayana. Good thats one way they treat animals/other forms of life well...In India they just let monkeys get their fair share of mother nature...just like u let squirrels eat the fruits here.. BTW I never read vikram chandra. how do u rate vikram chandra as a writer? do u think its worth reading "Red earth and pouring Rain"?thanks Manish...</p> Great sense of humor Manish…very well written funny article..specially that line”Fortunately, monkeys treat the Indian judiciary with the exact same respect as do all Indians” Arent humans descendents of monkeys..evolutionary POV? pata hi today at work in one of the scientific meeting people were talking about how a potential compound could become a block buster drug and said it all depends on the monkeys and is in the hands of the monkeys they are trying to dose to see if the disease can be cured in monkeys before trying it on humans.. A lot of pharmaceutical companies use animals as experimental guinea pigs to find cure for human diseases.So monkeys do a great job too and contribute a lot to science and their contributions go unnoticed… I was reminded of our house in the small town where I was raised..we have all fruit trees in our house from guavas to bananas , custard apples to pomogranates to coconuts and our servants always used to crib that even before the household staff get to taste the first fruit of the season monkeys eat the fruits. And I used to laugh a lot when servants used to chase monkeys out when I was a kid. There are a lot of naughty monkeys who make faces at human beings too ( like the one episode where kramer in seinfeld picks up a fight with a monkey in the zoo and the monkey refuses to eat until kramer apologises and kramer refuses to apologize to the naughty monkey) yes people in india do see hanumanji and remember the stories of a monkey army helping lord Rama fight the battle against Ravana in Ramayana. Good thats one way they treat animals/other forms of life well…In India they just let monkeys get their fair share of mother nature…just like u let squirrels eat the fruits here.. BTW I never read vikram chandra. how do u rate vikram chandra as a writer? do u think its worth reading “Red earth and pouring Rain”?thanks Manish…

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