tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post114787771784332193..comments2024-03-28T14:16:51.745+05:30Comments on Known Turf: The dead fish that's making me gagAnnie Zaidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687223598027157611noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1152112205425783562006-07-05T20:40:00.000+05:302006-07-05T20:40:00.000+05:30check out my site!http://priyarai.blogspot.comcheck out my site!<BR/>http://priyarai.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148719023853402822006-05-27T14:07:00.000+05:302006-05-27T14:07:00.000+05:30:) now u've learnt an important lesson !.. such bo...:) now u've learnt an important lesson !.. such books are better in the library rack:D nice too look at and fill the space:D<BR/><BR/>nice post thoh hehe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148489965305717902006-05-24T22:29:00.000+05:302006-05-24T22:29:00.000+05:30v: I'd excuse him if h was a bad writer. he's not ...v: I'd excuse him if h was a bad writer. he's not a bad writer. that's the worrying part. <BR/>thalassa mikra: the author is a big name, in modern hindi fiction, and this particlar book is described as 'much discussed' in literary circles. that is why i read it. <BR/>anonymous: i continued reading in the hope that the book would be salvaged in the end. hoping that the author was actually being Annie Zaidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08687223598027157611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148471182877828922006-05-24T17:16:00.000+05:302006-05-24T17:16:00.000+05:30just one question. considering it was bad. sorry, ...just one question. considering it was bad. sorry, couldnt swallow more than 4 paras of the story.. what made you read the entire book. was it to see how bad it can get or u always read every book completely or..?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148367827929756602006-05-23T12:33:00.000+05:302006-05-23T12:33:00.000+05:30How on earth did you manage to get through the ent...How on earth did you manage to get through the entire book????<BR/><BR/>my sympathies....Anujahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01509431759596451596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148367733927494852006-05-23T12:32:00.000+05:302006-05-23T12:32:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anujahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01509431759596451596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148328566858604502006-05-23T01:39:00.000+05:302006-05-23T01:39:00.000+05:30This book sounds ridiculous. The characters don't ...This book sounds ridiculous. The characters don't make any sense and the story even less. <BR/><BR/>I don't uite understand how rape can cleanse anyone..Swapnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12576492000140789947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148066773576637092006-05-20T00:56:00.000+05:302006-05-20T00:56:00.000+05:30I am not sure if this review was written with tong...I am not sure if this review was written with tongue planted firmly in cheek. I mean, the book's titled "Mari hui macchli" and even an unread yahoo knows it's a pretty ghastly (and funny) title.<BR/><BR/><I>In the book, the fish is used as a symbol of lesbian desire</I><BR/><BR/>Double gasp, a gulp, a somersault and a whoopteedoo. That's the most brilliant metaphor I've ever read in my life!kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148029141520002422006-05-19T14:29:00.000+05:302006-05-19T14:29:00.000+05:30Why are complaing? (:- As you said the book is ana...Why are complaing? (:- <BR/><BR/>As you said the book is anachronistic. Even today, isn’t homosexuality a taboo. Back in 60 you would agree that it is even worse. The author is afraid of lesbians as women are of gays. So in his imagination he invents coitus-correcktus. An ameturish attempt in an are before kinskey report, so please don’t blast that poor author.<BR/> <BR/>Hmm!!! Nirmal is also a Abdulla Syedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346775553410395365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148028044671293532006-05-19T14:10:00.000+05:302006-05-19T14:10:00.000+05:30The book. errr story sounds ridiculous. Forget the...The book. errr story sounds ridiculous. Forget the cliches and the overdone scenarios.. i feel bad for people who read books like these and then come out into the world to meet a homosexual and assume there I know the cure to that 'disease'. Sheesh.Janakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068622582534965333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148026285279885842006-05-19T13:41:00.000+05:302006-05-19T13:41:00.000+05:30Yeah, I too read the book recently. The characters...Yeah, I too read the book recently. The characters just don't act logically. Although I don't claim to know much about homosexuality either, still, his characters are just so unreal. Totally agree with your critique.Manish Bhatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997744740964640385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1148025288930775172006-05-19T13:24:00.000+05:302006-05-19T13:24:00.000+05:30Sounds like a script from Karan Razdan whose conce...Sounds like a script from Karan Razdan whose concepts of lesbianism in the Hair-Pulling movie The Girlfriend was ditto copy of the Dead Fish.Thanks for sharing the plot for a probable Hindi reel disaster.Now it's time to rope in some fat-wallet producer.Chilla-Bonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10912204742882368723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1147938835843731792006-05-18T13:23:00.000+05:302006-05-18T13:23:00.000+05:30I don't understand.....why thr did fuck did u cont...I don't understand.....why thr did fuck did u continue reading such a lousy book after the first few pages? I had to skip the story after the first 3 paras and read the last one and I pukedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1147894648796271012006-05-18T01:07:00.000+05:302006-05-18T01:07:00.000+05:30Isn't Rajkamal Chowdhary one of big names in Hindi...Isn't Rajkamal Chowdhary one of big names in Hindi pulp fiction, along with Surendra Mohan Pathak and Gulshan Nanda? Surely you weren't expecting high literary prose from him? Or even a nuanced, complex narrative? <BR/><BR/>These books were (and perhaps are) popular because they were sexually explicit (though written by authors with limited imagination) and you could read them in public without thalassa_mikrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942716364297839680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-1147881238000594852006-05-17T21:23:00.000+05:302006-05-17T21:23:00.000+05:30Lets excuse him as just another example of a bad w...Lets excuse him as just another example of a bad writer.<BR/>At least you gave him fifteen min of his fame now :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com