Comments on: Filthy ‘Tourism’ http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/ 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: Anand Singh Nathawat http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-279178 Anand Singh Nathawat Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:31:24 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2890#comment-279178 <p>hi niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee</p> hi niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

]]> By: Anand Singh Nathawat http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-279177 Anand Singh Nathawat Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:30:32 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2890#comment-279177 <p>hi nice</p> hi nice

]]> By: Terry S http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-110473 Terry S Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:35:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2890#comment-110473 <p>is he a ghosh?</p> is he a ghosh?

]]> By: nach http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-72374 nach Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:33:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2890#comment-72374 <p>I just finished reading 'Londonstani' last night. I give it 2 thumbs up. I don't know if the pseudo literati will appreciate the ghetto speak, but the ending of the book reminded me of the movie 6th sense.</p> <p>No, the narrator isn't a ghost!</p> I just finished reading ‘Londonstani’ last night. I give it 2 thumbs up. I don’t know if the pseudo literati will appreciate the ghetto speak, but the ending of the book reminded me of the movie 6th sense.

No, the narrator isn’t a ghost!

]]> By: Mintscoop http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-52667 Mintscoop Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:10:25 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2890#comment-52667 <p>Sorry <a href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/digestedread/story/0,,1734981,00.html?gusrc=rss">here</a> is the link.</p> Sorry here is the link.

]]> By: Mintscoop http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-52660 Mintscoop Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:01:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2890#comment-52660 <p>Check out this "Digested Read" of Tourism in the Guardian.</p> <p>An eye-roll is called for.</p> <p>http://books.guardian.co.uk/digestedread/story/0,,1734981,00.html?gusrc=rss</p> Check out this “Digested Read” of Tourism in the Guardian.

An eye-roll is called for.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/digestedread/story/0,,1734981,00.html?gusrc=rss

]]> By: Sahej http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-43749 Sahej Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:42:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2890#comment-43749 <p>the funny thing is, i don't know is Zadie Smith is even in a literary ghetto. isn't her writing what's going on right now? at least white teeth was. i haven't read ian mcewen (sp?) and i don't know if i will. but i did read White Teeth, and so did a lot of other people. I wonder if Nirpal is thinking the literary canon is still static. to my mind Zadie Smith is part of the canon</p> <p>that said I'm looking forward to both books. i think in that qoute he was shooting his mouth off a little for attention, to serve notice. looks like he has a lot of ambition. i think he does have a point though, no one wants to write a "curry book" do they? especially if they have the goods to make it in the wider world</p> the funny thing is, i don’t know is Zadie Smith is even in a literary ghetto. isn’t her writing what’s going on right now? at least white teeth was. i haven’t read ian mcewen (sp?) and i don’t know if i will. but i did read White Teeth, and so did a lot of other people. I wonder if Nirpal is thinking the literary canon is still static. to my mind Zadie Smith is part of the canon

that said I’m looking forward to both books. i think in that qoute he was shooting his mouth off a little for attention, to serve notice. looks like he has a lot of ambition. i think he does have a point though, no one wants to write a “curry book” do they? especially if they have the goods to make it in the wider world

]]> By: LH http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-43512 LH Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:27:25 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2890#comment-43512 <p>If salman and naipaul don't count as mainstream because they write about desi characters, how are Londonistan/Tourism going be any different? They're both about incredibly specific social groups within British-Asian culture.</p> <p>And anyway why does it matter? To break out of a literary ghetto to me means that your readership you is socially wide, not the subject matter of your work. How many 11 year wizards at boarding school read JK Rowling anyway?</p> If salman and naipaul don’t count as mainstream because they write about desi characters, how are Londonistan/Tourism going be any different? They’re both about incredibly specific social groups within British-Asian culture.

And anyway why does it matter? To break out of a literary ghetto to me means that your readership you is socially wide, not the subject matter of your work. How many 11 year wizards at boarding school read JK Rowling anyway?

]]> By: sam http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-43410 sam Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:22:07 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2890#comment-43410 <p><i>That's silly. Hollywood currently has a movie out about a 25-foot-tall gorilla.</i></p> <p>'Being silly' and a 'movie about a 25-foot-tall gorilla' can both be characterized as very mainstream!</p> That’s silly. Hollywood currently has a movie out about a 25-foot-tall gorilla.

‘Being silly’ and a ‘movie about a 25-foot-tall gorilla’ can both be characterized as very mainstream!

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/01/25/filthy_tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-43408 Manish Vij Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:14:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2890#comment-43408 <blockquote>Just look at the settings, characters, references e.t.c in his novels.</blockquote> <p>That's silly. Hollywood currently has a movie out about a 25-foot-tall gorilla.</p> Just look at the settings, characters, references e.t.c in his novels.

That’s silly. Hollywood currently has a movie out about a 25-foot-tall gorilla.

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