tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382420821281260904.post8334632678041131129..comments2023-10-19T19:10:25.867+05:30Comments on Arundhati Roy Groupies: Edward Said Memorial Lecture by Arundhati RoyRoy Groupieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10907335246462143122noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382420821281260904.post-75827255751749450642012-07-24T17:36:59.095+05:302012-07-24T17:36:59.095+05:30Ma'am I am a student of class 8th and I got a ...Ma'am I am a student of class 8th and I got a project to choose a women achiever , read a novel written by her . I got the information from wikipedia and read your novel The God of Small Things and wrote its summary . But I have to mention some events taken place around the world for the author . I didn't get any . Could you give me some ........ Please , give it soon .... I have to complete my project in two days ...... PLEASE !!!!!!!!KRITIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215661830227412766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382420821281260904.post-6805520948032748522012-03-18T18:57:01.069+05:302012-03-18T18:57:01.069+05:30I would like to listen to her talk - that can only...I would like to listen to her talk - that can only happen if she comes to this part of the world - Malaysia or Singapore, perhaps even Cambodia. There is such depth in the way she uses words to evoke feelings that have lain dormant in us, words that strike a cord in our hearts. <br /><br />siva prasanna KrishnanSiva Prasanna Krishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06210009726000818227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382420821281260904.post-61694923497686937282012-03-06T20:17:56.848+05:302012-03-06T20:17:56.848+05:30The Arundhati Roy talk last night was wonderful! S...The Arundhati Roy talk last night was wonderful! She eloquently described the madness that was going on in India and around the world, and spelled out the many dystopic realities surrounding us, and I felt very sad. Genocide, selfishness, greed, indifference, violence, hatred, and so much ugliness surrounds us. And yet we dwell in such great beauty as well. It is a challenge every day to live with an open heart.<br /><br />Her talk inspired this poem in me:<br /><br /> He built a tower out of the bones<br /><br /> of the poor and indigenous people<br /><br /> He thought the white was purer<br /><br /> if they died in pain<br /><br /> and so devised intricate means of torture<br /><br /> paying the best and brightest minds royally<br /><br /> to invent innovative ways<br /><br /> to prolong and intensify the pain<br /><br /> Whole populations raped, pillaged, razed<br /><br /> To create a tower that stretches into the sky<br /><br /> To rival the reach of the gods<br /><br /> To pad his own ego<br /><br /> To add to the illusion of his immortality<br /><br /> But death is inevitable for us all<br /><br /> What do you want to hold near to you<br /><br /> As you go on this journey<br /><br /> What memories, what loves, what accomplishments<br /><br /> Think carefully, my friend<br /><br /> Your tower may be tall, but<br /><br /> Life is short.Kani Ilangovan, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00814274635076665974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382420821281260904.post-25734612037456213012012-03-06T17:42:47.173+05:302012-03-06T17:42:47.173+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Kani Ilangovan, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00814274635076665974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382420821281260904.post-42790611482760896602012-03-06T17:40:35.453+05:302012-03-06T17:40:35.453+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Kani Ilangovan, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00814274635076665974noreply@blogger.com