On 5/29/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tuesday 29 May 2007 9:24 pm, ashok _ wrote:
> That writer is married to a pakistani ...!!!!
Must be true love because they do not seem to allow personal views and
ideology to get in the way of their marriage. Naipaul is an astute observer
and his descriptions are exquisite. His "Islam" series also makes good
reading - "Among the Believers" and "Beyond Belief"
Naipaul, describing shit on the pavement in Mumbai writes of "..twists and
butts and squirts of excrement.." which I believe is one of the best
descriptions I have read of what I actually do see on pavements.
He also has a very interesting description of a "South Indian" eating a meal
off a leaf in a train. The description may be offensive to some if one does
not put it in the context of the time he made the journey - but the
description is accurate and exceedingly funny. He talks of the way in which
the eater gathers up curds and rice into a ball in his fingers and pops the
ball into his mouth as if to surprise the ball and catch it unawares.
shiv
Only a gastroenterologist would describe Naipaul's descriptions in the
reverse order down the G I tract!
I love R K Narayan's description(in Swami and Friends) of Swami's
thoughts, when lost in the Mempi forests, about how his mother would
serve the curds and rice on the leaf...
Deepa.
On 5/29/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tuesday 29 May 2007 9:24 pm, ashok _ wrote:
> That writer is married to a pakistani ...!!!!
Must be true love because they do not seem to allow personal views and
ideology to get in the way of their marriage. Naipaul is an astute observer
and his descriptions are exquisite. His "Islam" series also makes good
reading - "Among the Believers" and "Beyond Belief"
Naipaul, describing shit on the pavement in Mumbai writes of "..twists and
butts and squirts of excrement.." which I believe is one of the best
descriptions I have read of what I actually do see on pavements.
He also has a very interesting description of a "South Indian" eating a meal
off a leaf in a train. The description may be offensive to some if one does
not put it in the context of the time he made the journey - but the
description is accurate and exceedingly funny. He talks of the way in which
the eater gathers up curds and rice into a ball in his fingers and pops the
ball into his mouth as if to surprise the ball and catch it unawares.
shiv
