Comments on: Not to be too sexist about it http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/ "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. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:12:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Gurdas http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-955 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:20:23 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-955 My response to Shashi: http://pujathakur.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/reply-to-shashi-tharoor-by-gurdas-singh-sandhu/ My response to Shashi:
http://pujathakur.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/reply-to-shashi-tharoor-by-gurdas-singh-sandhu/

]]> by: Uma http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-860 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:24:51 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-860 n! - lol at the iniquitous/ubiquitous mixup! apu: amen to that. falstaff, emma, shama :) n! - lol at the iniquitous/ubiquitous mixup!

apu: amen to that.

falstaff, emma, shama :)

]]> by: n! http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-854 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:01:31 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-854 Maybe his intelligence was in his hair. You know, like Samson. That would account for it. n! Maybe his intelligence was in his hair. You know, like Samson. That would account for it.

n!

]]> by: Shama http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-853 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:17:14 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-853 After cricket, the sari. Maybe Tharoor has just lost his marbles and - of course I hate to be sexist - like most post retirement Indian men rambles on and believes his ramblings need to be made public. Best ignored. After cricket, the sari. Maybe Tharoor has just lost his marbles and - of course I hate to be sexist - like most post retirement Indian men rambles on and believes his ramblings need to be made public.

Best ignored.

]]> by: Emma http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-852 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:09:27 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-852 Thanks Uma for the link. I am glad I wasn't the only one incensed by what Shashi Tharoor had to say. Thanks Uma for the link. I am glad I wasn’t the only one incensed by what Shashi Tharoor had to say.

]]> by: Emma http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-851 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:08:00 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-851 Thanks Uma, for the link. I am glad to see that I wasn't the only one incensed when I read it. Thanks Uma, for the link. I am glad to see that I wasn’t the only one incensed when I read it.

]]> by: Falstaff http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-850 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:11:21 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-850 n!: Why a dhoti? Surely the appropriate traditional attire for cavemen is raw animal hide - sensually draped, of course. n!: Why a dhoti? Surely the appropriate traditional attire for cavemen is raw animal hide - sensually draped, of course.

]]> by: apu http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-849 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:57:12 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-849 bah ! women as upholder of culture... when will we ever be released from this burden ! bah ! women as upholder of culture… when will we ever be released from this burden !

]]> by: madhuri http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-846 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:11:57 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-846 comment number 2 LMAO...heh heh.. comment number 2 LMAO…heh heh..

]]> by: n! http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-844 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:14:36 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-844 Why doesn't Mr. Tharoor wear a dhoti and save it from its no doubt sorry fate and thereby uphold indian tradition (which last I checked didn't include trousers). n! Why doesn’t Mr. Tharoor wear a dhoti and save it from its no doubt sorry fate and thereby uphold indian tradition (which last I checked didn’t include trousers).

n!

]]> by: Neela http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-843 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:12:47 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/not-to-be-too-sexist-about-it/#comment-843 as an aside: "I remember being struck, on my first visit to Japan some 15 years ago, by the iniquitousness of Western clothing in that Asian country. " Why did he think its wicked or morally bad in principle or practice that Japanese were wearing this garment? His next lines lead me to believe he might have meant ubiquity. n! as an aside:

“I remember being struck, on my first visit to Japan some 15 years ago, by the iniquitousness of Western clothing in that Asian country. ”

Why did he think its wicked or morally bad in principle or practice that Japanese were wearing this garment? His next lines lead me to believe he might have meant ubiquity.

n!

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