Comments on: Hanif on Zardari http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/hanif_on_zardari.html what is the vertiginous chapati saying to me? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: نعمان کی ڈائری - » وطن بدر کی واپسی http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/hanif_on_zardari.html/comment-page-1#comment-142451 نعمان کی ڈائری - » وطن بدر کی واپسی Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:33:24 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=1755#comment-142451 [...] آپ چپاتی مسٹری پڑھتے ہیں تو غالبا آپ یہ مضمون پہلے ہی پڑھ چکے ہیں۔ [...] [...] آپ چپاتی مسٹری پڑھتے ہیں تو غالبا آپ یہ مضمون پہلے ہی پڑھ چکے ہیں۔ [...]

]]> By: Long Time Chapati Lover http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/hanif_on_zardari.html/comment-page-1#comment-142379 Long Time Chapati Lover Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:26:20 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=1755#comment-142379 (Spam filter ate last comment) Her is the Hanif artilce I disliked http://counterpunch.org/hanif11092007.html Compare to the ICGA translation you did (no link -- sorry) I think Hanif was unfair. (Spam filter ate last comment)
Her is the Hanif artilce I disliked
http://counterpunch.org/hanif11092007.html

Compare to the ICGA translation you did (no link — sorry)

I think Hanif was unfair.

]]> By: sepoy http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/hanif_on_zardari.html/comment-page-1#comment-142373 sepoy Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:41:54 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=1755#comment-142373 Hmm. If I remember off-hand, the piece actually originated on BBC Urdu - written in Urdu - and was later translated for that angrezi audience. At least, that is the sequence with which I remember encountering it. Will have to google to be certain. Hmm. If I remember off-hand, the piece actually originated on BBC Urdu – written in Urdu – and was later translated for that angrezi audience. At least, that is the sequence with which I remember encountering it. Will have to google to be certain.

]]> By: Long Time Chapati Lover http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/hanif_on_zardari.html/comment-page-1#comment-142372 Long Time Chapati Lover Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=1755#comment-142372 Hanif's column on Musharraf's Nov 5 address was extremely unfair. He purposely mistranslated Musharraf's Urdu to make him sound stupid, then wrote about in for an English-speaking audience. I hadn't heard of him until then (presumably he big in Britain), but he seemed like one of those obnoxuious Pak-exile twits. Too obsessed with the Zia of his youth (it was 20 years ago, old man), too confident in his own shallow witticisms. His book, on the other hand, seems kind of an interesting attempt. Though a bit too cute. The title, as I discovered only after writing a nasty blog comment about it (sorry), is quite appropriate. The only correct use of "mango" in a desi-lit novel yet. Hanif’s column on Musharraf’s Nov 5 address was extremely unfair. He purposely mistranslated Musharraf’s Urdu to make him sound stupid, then wrote about in for an English-speaking audience. I hadn’t heard of him until then (presumably he big in Britain), but he seemed like one of those obnoxuious Pak-exile twits. Too obsessed with the Zia of his youth (it was 20 years ago, old man), too confident in his own shallow witticisms.

His book, on the other hand, seems kind of an interesting attempt. Though a bit too cute. The title, as I discovered only after writing a nasty blog comment about it (sorry), is quite appropriate. The only correct use of “mango” in a desi-lit novel yet.

]]> By: sepoy http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/hanif_on_zardari.html/comment-page-1#comment-142248 sepoy Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:09:41 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=1755#comment-142248 I read some, off and on, on plane trips - but couldn't get into it and finish it The title does break cardinal rules - No Mango - but who knows, maybe it is related to plot or something. He is a good writer, though. One of his columns on Musharraf's language in the Nov. 5th address remains a personal favorite. I read some, off and on, on plane trips – but couldn’t get into it and finish it The title does break cardinal rules – No Mango – but who knows, maybe it is related to plot or something. He is a good writer, though. One of his columns on Musharraf’s language in the Nov. 5th address remains a personal favorite.

]]> By: desiknitter http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/hanif_on_zardari.html/comment-page-1#comment-142238 desiknitter Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:39:36 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=1755#comment-142238 Have you read the book? Any good? I am generally deeply suspicious of anything with the words mangoes or spices in the title. Plus this book is widely available at airport bookstores. All bad signs. ;) Have you read the book? Any good? I am generally deeply suspicious of anything with the words mangoes or spices in the title. Plus this book is widely available at airport bookstores. All bad signs. ;)

]]> By: Exiles’ return « The World Has Stopped Spinning. http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/hanif_on_zardari.html/comment-page-1#comment-142224 Exiles’ return « The World Has Stopped Spinning. Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:35:05 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=1755#comment-142224 [...] First blogged at Chapati Mystery [...] [...] First blogged at Chapati Mystery [...]

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