The title of this post finds its origins in a novel with simlar name written by VS Naipaul. Set in India, some 40 years ago or so, this is a kind of travelogue of author's brief stay in India where he found it to be full of superstitions, ignorance and darkness! Many decades and many MNCs and malls later, few parts of India seemed to have chucked off that tag, but there are many places that haven't and continue to remain shrouded in ignorance. Move few hours away from a city, travel in a second class train compartment or a dilapidated state transport bus and you get to see the dark underbelly of India Shining. As one of the characters in the movie Rang De Basanti says "Yahan zinda rehne ki jung mein logo ki zindagiyan nikal jaati hai" . So true it seems! My day today was spent being kind of lost in similar thoughts. To start with, I when I boarded the ST bus, a woman was wailing. She may be in her 20s or something, but she was crying in some peculiar musical tone. At
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Wow!! New look, a new book!!
ReplyDeleteWas I gone for that long? :)
Anyways, congrats on ur book. Must feel great :)
Dhanyawaad :)
ReplyDeleteHope you pick up some 8-10 copies or so :)
The (w)riter Rathi....
ReplyDeleteI am proud of you dude :)
Seems like bad days ahead for Chetan Bhagat
What the hell rathi, ye kab hua? Congrats :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Vishal & Saurabh ... Will keep posted ... Maybe, 1-2 weeks from now it will be out!
ReplyDeletethis will be a revolution in the writing industry ...and movies too :)
ReplyDelete@marathe - hopefully :)
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