tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626538.post114642587729470037..comments2024-03-27T03:46:20.901-06:00Comments on Thirty letters in my name: Revisiting Midnight's ChildrenHarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339987786745985294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626538.post-1146898817262551072006-05-06T01:00:00.000-06:002006-05-06T01:00:00.000-06:00Kraktik: I agree. Rushdie wrote his book at a diff...Kraktik: I agree. Rushdie wrote his book at a different time and the concerns of the time were different. I just am stunned by the style in his sentences, but then, after a while, one feels it's too much exagerration, and tends actually to obscure things.Harihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339987786745985294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626538.post-1146869515735209492006-05-05T16:51:00.000-06:002006-05-05T16:51:00.000-06:00Hmm I tried getting through Midnight's Children on...Hmm I tried getting through Midnight's Children once - for some reason, never could bring myself to go beyond a certain point.<BR/><BR/>I suppose its just that I don't really identify with Salim's India - Rushdie's India. After all, I'm not really (that) midnight's child either.Kartikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721822677669963987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626538.post-1146773467582899312006-05-04T14:11:00.000-06:002006-05-04T14:11:00.000-06:00I agree: usually Rushdie's prose is so full of ene...I agree: usually Rushdie's prose is so full of energy and wordplay (at least in his novels) that his column comes across as subdued.Harihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339987786745985294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626538.post-1146716658610728992006-05-03T22:24:00.000-06:002006-05-03T22:24:00.000-06:00Thanks. It was nice to read Rushdie's column - sim...Thanks. It was nice to read Rushdie's column - simple and clear and with no pretensions whatsoever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com