tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post8137175584589252718..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: 3 items on "naïve" readersJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-40629118568616267682011-03-06T18:01:17.893+05:302011-03-06T18:01:17.893+05:30Item 3 is slightly unfair, no? How is it that the ...Item 3 is slightly unfair, no? How is it that the so called 'naivete' of most readers is so readily obvious when there is a far greater percentage of writers passing off barely manipulated versions of their own lives as (often "groundbreaking") first novels? One may be referring to those 'pretty girls who go to university in the US and write about their mums and dads' per H. Kureishi. Chuckle.Somebody Elsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11334362155713136390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-87534435439287234342011-02-20T19:19:41.317+05:302011-02-20T19:19:41.317+05:30Chetan Bhagat often gets letters from readers who ...<i>Chetan Bhagat often gets letters from readers who don’t understand what a novel is </i><br /><br />Why only novels? Do people "understand" what a film is I wonder? I am told that in the 70s people would tear of/deface Pran's face on movie posters. And, of course, one only needs to look at the Tamil film industry to understand why we use the term 'hero' for 'male lead'.<br /><br />What is really interesting is how a book called Imagined Communities argues that the very concept of the novel (and newspaper) was one of the moving forces behind the rise of the nation state. Considering so many Indians don't get the concept of novels/films, maybe that's one reason why India--with one sixths of the world's pop.--is such a unique (at least from the classical European POV) state.Shoaib Daniyalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505444520025822214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-19439472454197116152011-02-20T09:48:55.630+05:302011-02-20T09:48:55.630+05:30And the cops behave so even when they might not ha...<i>And the cops behave so even when they might not have read the novel just judging a book by its title. </i><br /><br />thequark: I'd think such a remark would <i>have</i> to be made by someone who hadn't read the novel. Though of course, even many of us who think of ourselves as experienced and sensitive readers frequently judge a book by its title.<br /><br /><i>A cop without any understanding of social sciences faces more darker matters of society than any person ... When the society fails to give even basic training to its power holders about violence and human rights, these circumstances will be made again and again</i><br /><br />Yayaver: true. thanks for the comment.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-90251037245080164892011-02-19T12:20:37.495+05:302011-02-19T12:20:37.495+05:30Item 2 is scary. And the cops behave so even when ...Item 2 is scary. And the cops behave so even when they might not have read the novel just judging a book by its title. Was it an off hand remark by the policeman or part of the legal proceedings?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-80682412211073724322011-02-18T22:08:42.918+05:302011-02-18T22:08:42.918+05:30Item 1 - It is a good intentioned Reaction than se...Item 1 - It is a good intentioned Reaction than sensitive response by the reader. Writer has unknowingly has challenged Taboo of sex before marriage of an Indian mindset.<br /><br />Item 2: The moral guardians played by the cops are always based on his/her experience with the dark side of the life. A cop without any understanding of social sciences faces more darker matters of society than any person . He has only knowledge of ethics deeply embedded into religion. When the society fails to give even basic training to its power holders about violence and human rights, these circumstances will be made again and again in the future investigations.<br /><br />Item 3: Orhan Pamuk warns of human tendency of going to extreme in judging any matter. But, no one knows middle of the road path....<br /><br />Quite Nice read sir.Looking for more apt reading material like this.Yayaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567482260999422784noreply@blogger.com