tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post3260746696593161939..comments2024-03-18T19:46:10.130+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Sound-shadows and autobiographies - on The Essential Ved MehtaJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-66545024805768669002014-02-18T10:21:57.618+05:302014-02-18T10:21:57.618+05:30Thanks, Dipali. Always nice to meet someone who li...Thanks, Dipali. Always nice to meet someone who likes his work. Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-38167275643714519762014-02-16T18:47:27.329+05:302014-02-16T18:47:27.329+05:30Ved Mehta has been part of my life for almost fort...Ved Mehta has been part of my life for almost forty years now! I'm glad to see the beautiful new editions of his work. Great review. dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-12689256437411150062014-02-15T21:38:57.029+05:302014-02-15T21:38:57.029+05:30It's been a long time since I read anything by...It's been a long time since I read anything by Ved Mehta. The visual detail was disconcerting but not really a problem, I guessed he had had an assistant.<br /> <br />But I had a problem with his writings about his family. I've heard a family elder talk about how somebody (probably 'Daddyji') used to agonise about what the future might hold for Ved Mehta (talking about the time before he was sent abroad). His family was obviously very Punjabi. In real life they would have spoken Punjabi mixed with English & Hindi. When Ved Mehta writes about them it is all in English. He writes in English so it has to be that way - but it never worked for me and they never came alive, even though I'm from the same stock.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-12612058282117238362014-02-14T09:33:19.785+05:302014-02-14T09:33:19.785+05:30Yeah. I tried reading Ubar by Borges. Found it tou...Yeah. I tried reading Ubar by Borges. Found it tough to understand. Reads more like a research paper or may be its a trick. Theres little in that set of stories about latin america. I just kept wondering what it wasPessimist Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057153008708242962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-38609075897156321702014-02-14T07:52:47.944+05:302014-02-14T07:52:47.944+05:30Apples and oranges. Apart from being very differen...Apples and oranges. Apart from being very different types of writers who took on different challenges, Borges lost his eyesight gradually, and over a period of time. <br /><br />Also, Mehta hasn't written much fiction as such - only one of his 26 books is a novel. Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-10879533799709326822014-02-14T01:52:50.304+05:302014-02-14T01:52:50.304+05:30Truly remarkable to write with a handicap. Borges ...Truly remarkable to write with a handicap. Borges also wrote but he limited himself to poetry and short fiction. This writer has written long fictionPessimist Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057153008708242962noreply@blogger.com