Comments on: Scinde

By: Priya Makhijani

Priya Makhijani — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:22:01 +0000

Could I get a copy of your masterpiece? I am a student researching a similar topic

By: Peccavistan

Peccavistan — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:40:16 +0000

[...] Pakistan but a country set at an angle to it. Evoking the sin or shame in the apocryphal Peccavi, Rushdie tagged shame itself as the generative force at the heart of Pakistan.1 That conceit holds, [...]

By: Sin

Sin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Benedict isn’t in, but today’s communities are being imagined by me. ;)

And the line from Napier was indeed a one-liner in Punch. I don’t recall the exact publication date, but I do remember running across the same anecdote when I was doing research for my poco/queer literature senior thesis.

By: Anand

Anand — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

do mail me a copy of your latest masterpiece, and thanks for invoking the multiverse…

vovi! (i owe you one…)

By: elck

elck — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is a really excellent blog post, Sepoy. I enjoy reading such abstruse riffs.

And why is it, more and more, that I feel Salman R. is being seriously underrated?

The guy is so clever, yes a bit excessive sometimes, but he’s a consumate artist. Long may he live.

By: sepoy

sepoy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

elck: I do have a soft spot for Rushdie. Anyone who can parlay a death threat into dating models (and marrying one) gets my respect.
Shame and Midnight’s Children are both amazing books but due to Rushdie’s over exposure, right now, we are in a backlash against Rushdie mode. So, wait 5 years for the adulation and eventual Nobel to follow.
ps. thanks for setting up thegatesblog: http://thegatesblog.blogspot.com/

By: Anand

Anand — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

more scinde against than sinning?
what say the mqm to such bad puns?

By: ~~~>-

~~~>- — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

a feuding altaf in larkana is better than two feudals in dadu