Dharmam
A slap in the face wouldnt have hurt more.
Erotic stories for Punjabi widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal - book review
As almost always, the book courtesy goes to mister Bragz. When I got the book, I wasn’t quite sure whether I would manage to finish it. The title, needless to say, projected it as an “interesting” genre. Suddenly the Indian writing space seems to be abound with stories about Punjabi clan. Probably I’ve woken up to it so late or coincidentally the Indian authors those I read, had set their premise on similar setup. Whatever the case maybe, I found that, more often than not, stories involving Punjabi characters were Dolby stereotyped with surround sound setup thrown in. There would be definite mentions of alcohol, pubs, unnecessary detailing of the locality, especially if its America/Europe, probably trying to show off that they know what they are describing maybe. The Punjabi characters would be projected as brash, with every alternate line of dialogue splashed with liberal dose of local language, most of them alcoholic with the lady characters engaging in drinking binges and above all,...
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(I'm sure you would know dubey, in case you don't know google his name and golden quadrilateral together)
(I'm sure you would know dubey, in case you don't know google his name and golden quadrilateral together)
touching.
yup...kudos to the Naaliya Iyakkunar program its churning out the best ...
@athivasi:
:)
@asha:
is he the whistleblower who was killed ? IITian?? anyway..wl google for that name..
yup..truly heartwarming..that poem was gut wrenchingly true and sad