Comments on: Sunday Reading for Speed Racers

By: Mahmud Naqi

Mahmud Naqi — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:27:35 +0000

“Alberto Manguel edited one of the best compilations of fantastic literature ever – Black Water, which needs to be back in print. I didn’t know much about him, though, but his ruminations on his library is a fascinating document.”

I saw him speak for the CBC Massey lectures, there are recordings of this that were podcasted floating about, but its a brilliant lecture, it should still be available in print.

http://www.amazon.com/City-Words-CBC-Massey-Lecture/dp/0887847633

http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/massey.html

By: sepoy

sepoy — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:02:33 +0000

Well, ok, not in Lahore. But Dubai and Karachi, yep. I am a space invader.

By: tsk

tsk — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:38:23 +0000

Chicago – Baltimore, MD – Chicago – Greenville, SC – Chicago – Columbus, OH – Chicago – Boston, MA – Chicago – Toronto, QC – Chicago – Dubai, UAE – Karachi, PK – Lahore, PK – Dubai, UAE – Chicago – Amsterdam, NL – Berlin, DE – Copenhagen, DK – Berlin, DE – Chicago. And next week, off to SF. And yes, I was randomly selected for further screening at every single airport entry listed above.

“excuse me, sir, i’m going to need you to step over here, please….”

stopped in dubai, karachi, and lahore? srsly?

By: dr anonymous

dr anonymous — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:04:00 +0000

“Modern India was built on a drug”

Yes, that’s an irritating claim (though the original form is “much of Modern India…”), even if you believe that the British-India-China trade in opium was that important to the colonial economy. This is like arguing that much of Modern India was built on vicious agricultural policy by the British. True, but hardly as interesting as it is provocative. Can we go back to arguing the merits of Nehruvian planning now?