tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post111901119651397133..comments2008-12-09T13:50:26.032+05:30Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687223598027157611knownturf@gmail.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1119613843299603142005-06-24T17:20:43.300+05:302005-06-24T17:20:43.300+05:30Hindi fiction is, I think too synical, and as was mentioned in the post, the Hindi authors are too busy being hypocrites. I'll add more thoughts on this topic on my blog.<BR/><BR/>Amrit<BR/><A HREF="http://www.writingcave.com" REL="nofollow">http://www.writingcave.com</A>Amrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761095733696787046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1119594340913758512005-06-24T11:55:40.913+05:302005-06-24T11:55:40.913+05:30Dont even ask me how i landed on this blockk..lets just say I searched for something in google..... YOur autowaalah series post reminded me of the numerous altercations i have had with them during my 4 yr stay there..... A freind of mine was telling me that they have now started to use the meter now... <BR/>Prateek<BR/>http://prematurearticulation.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1119325335289896772005-06-21T09:12:15.290+05:302005-06-21T09:12:15.290+05:30it is the same reason people go watch a govinda movie and not Mathrubhoomi - there are a few books on social issues but they are rarely topical - like Sainath's 'Everybody loves a good drought' - or 'Sex, lies and AIDS' by Siddharth Dube -<BR/>fellow bloggers Badri and Satya (of Cricinfo) have recently started publishing in regional languages, beginning with Tamil - they have books written for them - and on a wide range of topics from technology to cinema - their belief is that the regional language reader craves more information but has no access since most of such boks are in English - and they seem to be doing well..<BR/>as an aside, it is true about Rapidex English boks - two businesses you cannot go wrong with in urban and rural India - english coaching and beauty parlour... (oops, rather long comment)Charuhttp://indsight.org/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1119103488191186332005-06-18T19:34:48.190+05:302005-06-18T19:34:48.190+05:30not that i know of, Nina.. have not even heard of an Indian writer who might have written an English novel based on something like the tsunami (though I have seen some very pathetic poetry, along the lines of 'the gods wreak havoc... revenge of mother nature'. blah! and ugh!) nor the kutch earthquake, nor the orissa cyclone... with the exception of Shashi Tharoor's Riot (which was a bit of a disappointment, esp after reading The Great Indian Novel), I don't recall having read of any current public issue that wound its way into popular fiction.<BR/>Though it is very likely readers will reach for fiction even for information and understanding of issues. Think 'Saigon' or 'London' or even 'Airport'... loads of information, for those who seek it. Only more fun to read, I guess.anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687223598027157611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1119101106653746212005-06-18T18:55:06.653+05:302005-06-18T18:55:06.653+05:30From one even further 'under-read', thank you for the peek into a different neck of the woods. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps the readers of today are different too; in that to learn of complex realities, they reach for... not a novel surely. <BR/><BR/>But where are the young writers? The lickers of global cream are hardly in the thick of high drama they can fictionalise. <BR/><BR/>Of those who did dash off to the tsunami aftermath, did any write of it in Hindi (fiction)? <BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/><BR/>ninaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com