Comments on: Questions for Padma Viswanathan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/10/11/questions_for_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: elumichampazham http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/10/11/questions_for_a/comment-page-1/#comment-218141 elumichampazham Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:24:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5457#comment-218141 <p>When I saw the photo with the post, I thought it was <a href="http://archive.prestonmerchant.com/Common/PhotoDetailPage.aspx?msa=0&pid=19323987&slid=5a07b9e0-dbe4-4ddc-9040-7f5784095259&slididx=9&lid=0&rstid=858eefcc-804d-46ba-9525-2513fe9a062b&aid=1">Kiran Desai</a>!</p> When I saw the photo with the post, I thought it was Kiran Desai!

]]> By: sparky http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/10/11/questions_for_a/comment-page-1/#comment-218130 sparky Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:47:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5457#comment-218130 <p>oh my god! she was my TA for one of my writing courses in college. she was the best! it was the second semester of my senior year, and she gave us copies of one of her short stories at the end of the semester. i finally read it during my first year of grad school, and absolutely loved it! i always wanted to tell her that, so there it is!</p> oh my god! she was my TA for one of my writing courses in college. she was the best! it was the second semester of my senior year, and she gave us copies of one of her short stories at the end of the semester. i finally read it during my first year of grad school, and absolutely loved it! i always wanted to tell her that, so there it is!

]]> By: smallpress http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/10/11/questions_for_a/comment-page-1/#comment-218097 smallpress Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:24:05 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5457#comment-218097 <p>padma, i am reading the book, 25% into it. for the most part i have enjoyed it. it is a labor of love. the beginnings were wonderful and hanumarathnam is a wonderful character grabbing hold of the reader from the start. i liked how you dealt with the siddhas, mysterious beings, and yet there to deal with.</p> <p>i keep imagining what they really called out when they do "Here's a body, feed it!" it is an awesome way to represent them. can you say it in tamil, please?</p> <p>what i miss - not being able to "see" sivakami. i am only occasionally jolted into realization that she is shaven and in a white sari. the narration does not inhabit her physicality but only her interior thoughts.</p> <p>congratulations. and thanks for sharing your thoughts.</p> <p>the characters are well drawn but thangam is so woefully passive. in places the narrative gets tedious.</p> padma, i am reading the book, 25% into it. for the most part i have enjoyed it. it is a labor of love. the beginnings were wonderful and hanumarathnam is a wonderful character grabbing hold of the reader from the start. i liked how you dealt with the siddhas, mysterious beings, and yet there to deal with.

i keep imagining what they really called out when they do “Here’s a body, feed it!” it is an awesome way to represent them. can you say it in tamil, please?

what i miss – not being able to “see” sivakami. i am only occasionally jolted into realization that she is shaven and in a white sari. the narration does not inhabit her physicality but only her interior thoughts.

congratulations. and thanks for sharing your thoughts.

the characters are well drawn but thangam is so woefully passive. in places the narrative gets tedious.

]]> By: Dr Amnonymous http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/10/11/questions_for_a/comment-page-1/#comment-218092 Dr Amnonymous Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:49:07 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5457#comment-218092 <blockquote>While other Tamil Brahmins, as well as people who see this book as an entrée into a hidden world, might enjoy the details for their own sake, I didn’t want the progress of the story ever to bog down in descriptions.</blockquote> <p>Witty shot at Jhumpa Lahiri :) I'll assume inadvertent :)</p> While other Tamil Brahmins, as well as people who see this book as an entrée into a hidden world, might enjoy the details for their own sake, I didn’t want the progress of the story ever to bog down in descriptions.

Witty shot at Jhumpa Lahiri :) I’ll assume inadvertent :)

]]> By: mA vadu http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/10/11/questions_for_a/comment-page-1/#comment-218090 mA vadu Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:37:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5457#comment-218090 <p>You can read her interview in Tamil, here :</p> <p>http://tinyurl.com/4ddeoy</p> You can read her interview in Tamil, here :

http://tinyurl.com/4ddeoy

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