tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post3934159183740270208..comments2024-03-18T19:46:10.130+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Notes from the ToI festJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-63378878933904625172011-12-12T16:07:01.903+05:302011-12-12T16:07:01.903+05:30I'd love to go for Kala Ghoda. I'd attende...I'd love to go for Kala Ghoda. I'd attended workshops two years and then didn't go at all last year. (In fact, saw you the first time at Kala Ghoda, three years ago, I think?) Let me see if I/we can make it. Will email you.Unmanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430139387595895191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-81343309827289286312011-12-08T13:28:05.522+05:302011-12-08T13:28:05.522+05:30Many thanks for the lovely write up on the session...Many thanks for the lovely write up on the session Bunny and I had at the TOI Lit Carnival. JugJug Suraiyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14835067350858343334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-72440193450296255912011-12-08T13:05:56.223+05:302011-12-08T13:05:56.223+05:30I attended Day 2 & found "Karachi Noir&qu...I attended Day 2 & found "Karachi Noir" to be the best of the lot followed by "Is Lyricism Dead?". And yes, the Raghu Dixit gig at the end of the day was fantastic!liberosishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669208929621132846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-91651911021402582892011-12-08T04:00:42.324+05:302011-12-08T04:00:42.324+05:30Jai : i like your reply to Crystal Clear Thinking ...Jai : i like your reply to Crystal Clear Thinking almost as much as the post itself..akhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661902821156817568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-5184581493852781922011-12-07T14:28:02.824+05:302011-12-07T14:28:02.824+05:30Crystal Clear Thinking: disagree about the "L...Crystal Clear Thinking: disagree about the "Literature from the newsroom" session (as you would've gathered from the post). I agree about the cricket session becoming a Ganguly-worshipping spree, but I think one would largely hold the audience responsible for that, given the enthusiastic responses to everything he said and the fact that all the questions were directed at him. (Also, he is a much more experienced public speaker than the authors on the panel, and naturally knew how to press the right buttons.) But you're also right that there was something quite unfocused about that session to begin with. <br /><br /><i>most writers when they talk come across far inferior then when they write</i><br /><br />Bit of a generalisation there, but yes, I do know of many fine writers who aren't comfortable public speakers, and who are certainly far better articulating their thoughts in their writing than on a moderated panel. But why would you expect it to be otherwise? I'm constantly surprised by the number of people I meet at lit-fests who are disappointed by the "underwhelming" or "inarticulate" personality of their favourite writer, or who expect the "speaking voice" to be just as smooth as the writing voice.<br /><br />Anyway, my overall expectations for a high-profile literary fest of this sort are clearly lower than yours. Perhaps that comes out of experiencing Jaipur every year! (Don't know if you've been there, or how many sessions you've seen.)Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-71231018553162636772011-12-07T13:49:40.382+05:302011-12-07T13:49:40.382+05:30Did we attend the same festival? I think there is ...Did we attend the same festival? I think there is a David foster wallace style piece (the one he had written about the lobster festival) waiting to be written on this one; the writers seemed in general too full of themselves; in the session you mention geeta anand was constantly looking at the other panelists; we could see only her hair; i attended that session ; did you see the number of people walking out ? most writers when they talk come across far inferior then when they write? I thought the topic for the Shainin session was a poor one? i mean it was such generalities ;one could predict with accuracy the next question and the answer; the discussion was so banal; did u see the ganguly session? it turned into a ganguly worshiping spree? what was the point of calling the author of Chinaman? it is high time the writers attending such festivals get a sense of prespectiveCrystal Clear Thinkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268223588819705283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-21712086654827702682011-12-07T13:19:45.765+05:302011-12-07T13:19:45.765+05:30Unmana: I might be coming across for the Kala Ghod...Unmana: I might be coming across for the Kala Ghoda fest in Feb - perhaps then?<br /><br />Divya: thanks<br /><br />Pessimist Fool: yes, all the good funny men I know (professionals and non-professionals) have that quality of being able to step outside of themselves - so to speak - then look back at what they stepped out of, and have a good chuckle about it.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-20362206742198170592011-12-07T10:15:42.704+05:302011-12-07T10:15:42.704+05:30nice post Jai...liked this line by Jug a lot, &quo...nice post Jai...liked this line by Jug a lot, "And if you don’t genuinely find yourself an absurd creature worthy of ridiculing, you have no business being a humorist" captured what makes a humorist nicely...Pessimist Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057153008708242962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-71389756362931008132011-12-07T01:20:38.214+05:302011-12-07T01:20:38.214+05:30Dear more notes,
Please come soon.
Thanks,
SCDear more notes,<br /><br />Please come soon.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />SCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-77723694501346660472011-12-06T22:42:41.299+05:302011-12-06T22:42:41.299+05:30Nice piece, Jai.Nice piece, Jai.Divya Dubeyhttp://www.withinthepurview.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-2707696191920796902011-12-06T17:21:05.276+05:302011-12-06T17:21:05.276+05:30It seems to have been a great event. We thought of...It seems to have been a great event. We thought of going, with the big added incentive of getting to meet you again, but we have had too much going on lately. Oh well, hopefully there'll be something else as good in my future.Unmanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430139387595895191noreply@blogger.com