tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post116815514742572553..comments2024-03-29T15:45:04.867+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: The Jaipur Literature Festival 2007Jabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1168268709927796592007-01-08T20:35:00.000+05:302007-01-08T20:35:00.000+05:30Georgia: don't be lazy, come back!Anirudh: ya, I k...Georgia: don't be lazy, come back!<BR/><BR/>Anirudh: ya, I know what you mean. I'll probably divide my time there between enjoying myself and muttering darkly in a corner about the incestuous, self-important lit crowd (to which I, of course, do not belong)<BR/><BR/>Swar: excellent idea! I volunteer to de-bucket your burdened arms.<BR/><BR/>KK: come for the fest, I'll share one of Swar's whiskey buckets with you...Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1168261723417261192007-01-08T18:38:00.000+05:302007-01-08T18:38:00.000+05:30Bring along other women like Haldar?I mean, is it ...Bring along other women like Haldar?<BR/><BR/>I mean, is it assumed that unless you bring up such women upon such stages / settings ( read <I>media circuses</I> ), the reading public shall continue to remain alienated from / disconnected from / blind ( or insular ) to / unaware of such experiences? ( I mean ... we do not really have to look very far to find such cases, do we? Or do We? )<BR/><BR/>Of course, one can argue till the cows come home, about the ethics of such a proposition ...<BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1168258641928862972007-01-08T17:47:00.000+05:302007-01-08T17:47:00.000+05:30"Kapur tells me that the fest organisers have mobi..."Kapur tells me that the fest organisers have mobilised NGOs to bring some victimized women (whose experiences have been similar to Haldar’s) along for the session." - yes, very interesting. i will also mobilise my legs and arms to bring some buckets of whiskey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1168254880312118312007-01-08T16:44:00.000+05:302007-01-08T16:44:00.000+05:30Sounds like something I'd like to stay far away fr...Sounds like something I'd like to stay far away from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1168179387528888622007-01-07T19:46:00.000+05:302007-01-07T19:46:00.000+05:30Thanks for highlighting this, Jai. If I win the lo...Thanks for highlighting this, Jai. If I win the lottery, you can bet I'll be trekking the 9,000 miles back to Jaipur to attend. :) We also really enjoyed the Diggi Palace during our time there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com