Comments on: Hello from Goa; Poem by Daljit Nagra

By: grrr

grrr — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:43:57 +0000

i dont know why This is considered To be a good poem It is Just a piece of prose and i can send this email Cut into different pieces It doesnt make it a poem either… obvioulsy every one has a passion for poetry but surely This is not a poem.

By: Neale

Neale — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:47:22 +0000

34 Â· Nimbu Achar said

Where Anjuna parties boasted alleged sightings of Harrison - not Preity Zinta. Ever been to a 36 hour rave on an Anjuna Beach. Awesome!

No. That's why, if i do slide into a nostalgic stupor, and i can afford it, i will head to Kauai.

By: Nimbu Achar

Nimbu Achar — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:04:13 +0000

Where Anjuna parties boasted alleged sightings of Harrison - not Preity Zinta.

Ever been to a 36 hour rave on an Anjuna Beach. Awesome!

By: ashvin

ashvin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:16:38 +0000

26 Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â· UberMetroMallu said

Thanks Ashvin; I’m glad you liked my Poem. I’m not so glad that you say it’s reminiscent of Zadie behen though. I had set the bar higher; much higher.

. Now that you mention it: yeah, it’s nothing like Zadie Smith. Sorry for the insult.

By: Sunil

Sunil — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:54:38 +0000

Great poetry. Thanks for the posting… Amardeep. Interesting when you mention rhyme and meter are making a renaissance. I think they are constricting, but that’s just me… For me it was mostly the cultural allusions that one can relate to on running through the lines.. Sunil

By: goenkar

goenkar — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:53:15 +0000

Amardeep is in safe hands.

By: porcupine

porcupine — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:55:09 +0000

In other news:

“Thousands of Astronauts Cling to Side of India’s First Moon Mission”

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/91720

By: Neale

Neale — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:47:07 +0000

No longer a hippie peacenik paradise

Where Anjuna parties boasted alleged sightings of Harrison - not Preity Zinta. And those VW vans with the Peace signs were indeed headed for Amsterdam - via PAkistan and Iran and Istanbul And when school boys were taken on Geology field trips the Vagator hills - "exposure" took on a whole new meaning maan.

By: MD

MD — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:11:12 +0000

Paul – I never know what to say to comments like that. Lots of people don’t care much for contemporary literary fiction or poetry. I’m not a fan of the current Booker prize winner types, for instance. There is no guarantee that a writer that is well reviewed during his or her lifetime will be remembered at all, and may even be ‘down-graded’ in the future. Literary credentialism is overrated. Maybe some of the financial problems with the book publishing business are that editors are publishing stuff that no one really wants to read outside of the MFA graduate types.

*This is just an argument – again, not talking about this particular poet.

By: Nibu Achar

Nibu Achar — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:57:48 +0000

Goa is a beautiful and charming region but has become very unsafe in the last ten years with mafia growth, drug dealers, rapists and murderers. It’s in the news quite alot for these reasons. No longer a hippie peacenik paradise.