Comments on: Q&A with V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of “Love Marriage” http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/ 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: Business Genius http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/comment-page-1/#comment-284306 Business Genius Mon, 23 May 2011 15:05:46 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5157#comment-284306 <p>Good point. I enjoy reading your article. Looking forward for more topics here. Thanks.</p> Good point. I enjoy reading your article. Looking forward for more topics here. Thanks.

]]> By: Preston http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/comment-page-1/#comment-201047 Preston Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:06:44 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5157#comment-201047 <p>Malathi, thanks for your kind words.</p> <p>JM, this is really just a candid shot. Sugi was getting ready to read at the SAWCC LitFest last fall, so she is on stage and there are spotlights. I didn't need any additional flash.</p> Malathi, thanks for your kind words.

JM, this is really just a candid shot. Sugi was getting ready to read at the SAWCC LitFest last fall, so she is on stage and there are spotlights. I didn’t need any additional flash.

]]> By: Bridget Jones http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/comment-page-1/#comment-201017 Bridget Jones Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:44:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5157#comment-201017 <p>I wonder what was the change in Sugi's perspective of the SLankan conflict before and after writing the book considering that she is an "insider" to the conflict through her book, two visits and journalism.</p> I wonder what was the change in Sugi’s perspective of the SLankan conflict before and after writing the book considering that she is an “insider” to the conflict through her book, two visits and journalism.

]]> By: JM http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/comment-page-1/#comment-201016 JM Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:26:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5157#comment-201016 <p>Preston,</p> <p>I know this is way OT and potentially asking you to reveal trade secrets. How was this shot taken? Available light? Or did you have a single (not very diffused) flash camera right and high?</p> Preston,

I know this is way OT and potentially asking you to reveal trade secrets. How was this shot taken? Available light? Or did you have a single (not very diffused) flash camera right and high?

]]> By: MS http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/comment-page-1/#comment-201012 MS Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:51:52 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5157#comment-201012 <p>This novel is FANTASTIC. Everyone should read it - and I'm not just saying that because I have a deep and abiding love for V.V., which I do. I learned so much about Sri Lanka from the characters in this book, and I identified with many of them. I highly recommend it.</p> This novel is FANTASTIC. Everyone should read it – and I’m not just saying that because I have a deep and abiding love for V.V., which I do. I learned so much about Sri Lanka from the characters in this book, and I identified with many of them. I highly recommend it.

]]> By: Zeno http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/comment-page-1/#comment-201011 Zeno Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:42:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5157#comment-201011 <p>But you didn't ask her if she digs M.I.A</p> But you didn’t ask her if she digs M.I.A

]]> By: Malathi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/comment-page-1/#comment-201007 Malathi Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:16:04 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5157#comment-201007 <p>Strange (and beautiful): as I read the excerpt, I could hear the very specific SriLankan Tamil flavored English in the narrator's voice. Sure, I probably carry the expectation of that voice in my head myself yet there is something more authentic than just that: the choice of words, the way they are strung together, the turn of phrases.</p> <p>As familiar as I have become with the post-1983 expat SriLankan community and the expat SriLankan student community (where rules by which a marriage comes together have been relaxed somewhat compared with the historic attitudes), I had to pause to remember that the divide between 'love' and 'arranged' marriages was big in yester-SriLanka too as it was in India.</p> <p>I have something positive to say about the photograph also. I like this 'natural' look and pose much better than some other writers' very obviously glamorous and glossy pictures. Almost as if it is not enough just to write well; they have to make sure they look exceptionally beautiful too. I don't know how much is personal choice and how much is pressure from the publicity department, but I want to add my vote to this simple and starightforward approach.</p> Strange (and beautiful): as I read the excerpt, I could hear the very specific SriLankan Tamil flavored English in the narrator’s voice. Sure, I probably carry the expectation of that voice in my head myself yet there is something more authentic than just that: the choice of words, the way they are strung together, the turn of phrases.

As familiar as I have become with the post-1983 expat SriLankan community and the expat SriLankan student community (where rules by which a marriage comes together have been relaxed somewhat compared with the historic attitudes), I had to pause to remember that the divide between ‘love’ and ‘arranged’ marriages was big in yester-SriLanka too as it was in India.

I have something positive to say about the photograph also. I like this ‘natural’ look and pose much better than some other writers’ very obviously glamorous and glossy pictures. Almost as if it is not enough just to write well; they have to make sure they look exceptionally beautiful too. I don’t know how much is personal choice and how much is pressure from the publicity department, but I want to add my vote to this simple and starightforward approach.

]]> By: sandhya http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/comment-page-1/#comment-201000 sandhya Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:45:21 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5157#comment-201000 <p>P: I didn't see a credit for the picture at Sugi's site, so didn't realize you had also taken this one. I apologize. Credit for a great candid shot is now up as a rollover title.</p> P: I didn’t see a credit for the picture at Sugi’s site, so didn’t realize you had also taken this one. I apologize. Credit for a great candid shot is now up as a rollover title.

]]> By: Preston http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/comment-page-1/#comment-200997 Preston Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:49:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5157#comment-200997 <p>Photography credits are always appreciated!</p> Photography credits are always appreciated!

]]> By: Bridget Jones http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/23/talking_with_vv/comment-page-1/#comment-200989 Bridget Jones Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:44:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5157#comment-200989 <blockquote>It makes for easy transitions between writing and naps.</blockquote> <p>That made me smile :)</p> It makes for easy transitions between writing and naps.

That made me smile :)

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