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My Friend Sancho
My first novel, My Friend Sancho, is now on the stands across India. It is a contemporary love story set in Mumbai, and was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.
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Recent entries
BBC informs us that scientists have now found a way to genetically engineer glowing sperms so they can “track…
My friend Rahul Bhatia has a fine story in Open about Dibakar Banerjee’s experience with the censor board during…
Here’s the WTF headline of the day: Woman co-pilot lands jet solo If that was a man, this wouldn’t…
Via Ta-Nehisi Coates, I came across this beautiful poem named “Dear Augusta,” by Reginald Dwayne Betts. Check it out—and…
Speaking about his new film Shaapit, Vikram Bhatt says: I did some research and a very important fact emerged.…
03 May, 2007
India and the USA
Nitin Pai send me an email forward that puts it well:
In USA you can kiss in public places but cannot shit; in India you can shit in public places but cannot kiss.
No doubt one can argue that shitting is not against our culture. Heh.
(I couldn’t find the source of this forward, but will be glad to attribute if someone can point it out.)
Update: Quizman points me to a piece on Churumuri: ”Kissing isn’t part of our culture? Pissing is?”
Update 2: Anand Krishnamoorthi writes in:
The piss/kiss thingy was part of Tamil comedian Vivek’s routine from about a year ago. The scene is set in Australia when Vivek kisses this
girl after he steps out of her car and some righteous Tamil brethren question his actions. That’s when he comes up with the line. Do not remember the name of the film…
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