Comments on: Hari Puttar in Calcutta http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/25/hari_puttar_in/ 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: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/25/hari_puttar_in/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Manish Vij Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:02:02 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=432#comment-1164 <blockquote>It sold several thousand copies before it was stopped, with both books at several book fairs - including the large Calcutta book fair, the biggest literary event in Bengal... "He's very affronted. He seems to be very sad because he thinks he was doing a rather nice job..."</blockquote> <p>Ah, desis' strong support of intellectual property rights :)</p> <p>Russia's even better:</p> <blockquote>They are especially popular in China, and in Russia, where the hero has changed sex and is known as Tanya Grotter.</blockquote> It sold several thousand copies before it was stopped, with both books at several book fairs – including the large Calcutta book fair, the biggest literary event in Bengal… “He’s very affronted. He seems to be very sad because he thinks he was doing a rather nice job…”

Ah, desis’ strong support of intellectual property rights :)

Russia’s even better:

They are especially popular in China, and in Russia, where the hero has changed sex and is known as Tanya Grotter.
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