Comments on: “We’re all living under a fatwa.” http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/ "That was the beginning of the century; this is its end. I have been thinking not only of the people who lived there once, but also of the generations of dogs accompanying them in their everyday bustle, and one night— I don't know where it came from— in a predawn sleep, that funny and tender phrase composed itself: a road-side dog." - Czeslaw Milosz, Borderlines. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:31:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: flerrdi http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-499 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:23:08 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-499 Midnight's children was a bad copy of 100 years of solitude. Why isn't Delhi much better known? Because though it was written in english it was only published in India. And it is better than anything Rushdie ever wrote by about a yard and a half. Midnight’s children was a bad copy of 100 years of solitude. Why isn’t Delhi much better known? Because though it was written in english it was only published in India. And it is better than anything Rushdie ever wrote by about a yard and a half.

]]> by: pradip http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-486 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:22:48 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-486 its disheartening to hear that a person like rushdie who claims himself as a crusader against fatwa, is also carrying out a fatwa against others its disheartening to hear that a person like rushdie who claims himself as a crusader against fatwa, is also carrying out a fatwa against others

]]> by: pradip http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-485 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:50:12 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-485 it is disheartening to know that a person like rushdie is also afraid of his image..so much so for his writings and his image as a warrior against fatwa!! it is disheartening to know that a person like rushdie is also afraid of his image..so much so for his writings and his image as a warrior against fatwa!!

]]> by: SloganMurugan http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-483 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:06:53 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-483 Reminds me of kids in school. But they write so well. I will stick to reading the books :) Reminds me of kids in school. But they write so well. I will stick to reading the books :)

]]> by: cicerone http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-480 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:04:16 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-480 OM, plz shed some more light on that topc. OM,
plz shed some more light on that topc.

]]> by: Amit http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-478 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:35:48 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-478 Of course, if Amitava Kumar writes articles like these, despicably distasteful, vicious, repugnent, who the heck Kumar thinks he is, that Rushdie will still allow Kumar to introduce him? I'm glad that Rushdie kicked Kumar out of the whole thing. Of course, if Amitava Kumar writes articles like these, despicably distasteful, vicious, repugnent, who the heck Kumar thinks he is, that Rushdie will still allow Kumar to introduce him? I’m glad that Rushdie kicked Kumar out of the whole thing.

]]> by: OM http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-476 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:58:19 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-476 I think super sized egos, they look down from their self created throne and think I am best. I used to be apart of the 'fan' group whose initiator was the author himself. He 'retells' indian tales and on the group God forbid anyone puts in a word against his retelling/ views that person is expelled.I remember some poor guy wrote a controversial review on Amazon on his book and he was asked to leave the group. Author want freedom of speech but no one else should have this. This is their birthright only. I think super sized egos, they look down from their self created throne and think I am best. I used to be apart of the ‘fan’ group whose initiator was the author himself. He ‘retells’ indian tales and on the group God forbid anyone puts in a word against his retelling/ views that person is expelled.I remember some poor guy wrote a controversial review on Amazon on his book and he was asked to leave the group. Author want freedom of speech but no one else should have this. This is their birthright only.

]]> by: kuffir http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-475 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 11:12:43 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/23/were-all-living-under-a-fatwa/#comment-475 '..of the two adversaries, only one has lived to tell the tale.' who - khomeini inside rushdie's body..or mind? rushdie is turning sillier by the day. this not just outrageous..but ugly. something we'd expect a popular actor or..model or others whose accessory-in-trade is nakhras to do, not a writer who's been the target of exclusion, censorship.. call it what you will, himself. i think he's stopped reading his own story. or he's come to think some folks' freedom of speech is less important than others'. ‘..of the two adversaries, only one has lived to tell the tale.’

who - khomeini inside rushdie’s body..or mind? rushdie is turning sillier by the day. this not just outrageous..but ugly. something we’d expect a popular actor or..model or others whose accessory-in-trade is nakhras to do, not a writer who’s been the target of exclusion, censorship.. call it what you will, himself. i think he’s stopped reading his own story.
or he’s come to think some folks’ freedom of speech is less important than others’.

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