tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post5473276155190377199..comments2024-03-18T21:13:12.753-04:00Comments on Jacob Russell's Barking Dog: Salman Rushdie. The Shelter of the World. A reviewJacob Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-48081475715517765592008-03-13T23:35:00.000-04:002008-03-13T23:35:00.000-04:00Sumeet,Thank you for the new linkSumeet,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the new linkJacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-5164259079539630342008-03-13T22:45:00.000-04:002008-03-13T22:45:00.000-04:00A professor from the Univ of Virginia has written ...A professor from the Univ of Virginia has written a piece that delves deeper into the I and We dichotomy posed by Rushdie. Worth a read for background info on Urdu literature and the imagined persona.<BR/><BR/>http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20080312&fname=mehr&sid=1&pn=1Sumeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096500864463641171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-75135516840005664312008-02-25T15:14:00.000-05:002008-02-25T15:14:00.000-05:00It's the habit of The New Yorker to publish extrac...It's the habit of The New Yorker to publish extracts from new novels without informing its readers. I did assume that's what this was--Rushdie isn't known as writer of short stories, but I had no idea about the movie. <BR/><BR/>Thank you again for the information!Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-33249126355153809562008-02-25T14:53:00.000-05:002008-02-25T14:53:00.000-05:00Mr Russellsearch for "Jodha Akbar" in google news ...Mr Russell<BR/>search for "Jodha Akbar" in google news and you will be amazed at the ruckus caused<BR/>as also the number of hits<BR/>The movie is currently playing in USA (with subtitles) and is quite a cinematic spectacle<BR/>Rushdie is merely the footnote in this (for a change :)))<BR/>I read it last night and was looking for some clarity,<BR/>which your incisive comment definitely provided.<Sumeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096500864463641171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-1304010599410194032008-02-25T13:57:00.000-05:002008-02-25T13:57:00.000-05:00Thank you for your informative comment A very diff...Thank you for your informative comment A very different reading when you supply its social contextJacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-43835861292132227782008-02-25T13:51:00.000-05:002008-02-25T13:51:00.000-05:00Rushdie seems to be at play, as usual, making obli...Rushdie seems to be at play, as usual, making oblique references to the controversy currently raging in India regarding the film "Jodha Akbar". The movie has incurred the wrath of the Rajput community. They (The Rajputs or a section of them) believe that the this so called, Jodha Bai,never existed. Rushdie also acknowledges this in the story but at the same time is able to use the magical realismSumeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096500864463641171noreply@blogger.com