Posted in Blog on May 29th, 2008
Those of you who always knew I was a twit won’t be surprised.
I’m on Twitter now.
What’s Twitter?
It’s the new rage in social networking, an sms-or-email update service whereby you can subscribe to all your friends, colleagues, and favourite celebs Twitter accounts, and receive regular updates of no more than 140 characters each (a […]
Posted in Blog on May 26th, 2008
Review of the first three Ramayana series books in French translation, posted on the French website Elbakin.net by a reader named Gilossen. Thanks to three years of French in school and college (I wanted Sanskrit, couldn’t get it), I can follow it reasonably well, but translating is not my cup of chai. And while Google […]
Posted in Blog on May 22nd, 2008
And this is the complete text of the controversial Ramanujan essay, copied and pasted from the online text of the complete book, Many Ramayanas.
Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation
A. K. Ramanujan
How many Ramayanas ? Three hundred? Three thousand? At the end of some Ramayanas , a question is sometimes asked: […]
Posted in Blog on May 22nd, 2008
I liked the following blogpost about the ABVP’s disruption of Delhi University over the inclusion of an essay by the late A.K. Ramanujan from the book So Many Ramayanas. You can find a link to the complete text of the book itself here. What I liked about the post below is her balanced approach to […]
Posted in Blog on May 21st, 2008
Moved to sidebar.
Posted in Blog on May 21st, 2008
Posted by Amar Ghaisas on his blog Free Rein of Impulse.
Ahh .. never thought I would be able to post this so soon .. after some dedicated reading for good 4-5 (may be even 6) months .. after office .. on weekends.. at odd times even through the nights … after spending a good share […]
Posted in Blog on May 20th, 2008
Apropos of nothing at all, except maybe my inherent guilt at not being as productive as I would like to be (which is a constant and ongoing condition similar to but not as publicly embarrassing as gastritis), this quote from the ever-effervescent Groucho Marx:
“Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”
I like a […]
Posted in Blog on May 18th, 2008
The information below is taken from The British Library website.
Ramayana Events - September 2008
Confessions of an Epic Indian
Ashok Banker
Monday 1 September 2008
Ashok Banker is one of the most acclaimed names in contemporary Indian literature; reworking the myths and legends of India into a genre best described as Epic Indian fiction. His internationally acclaimed and bestselling […]
Posted in Blog on May 18th, 2008
Well, I’m overwhelmed.
Just two days since I started accepting orders for signed copies, and in less than 48 hours readers have ordered a total of 61 copies of my books!
I don’t even have that many at hand. I had about 15 copies in all, three sets of the hardcover omnibuses, one full set of the […]
Posted in Blog on May 17th, 2008
I found this article in Wall Street Journal fascinating.
It’s about a very successful American TV writer-producer who posts elaborate messages about his personal and professional life in the title card at the end of each episode of one of his hit television shows.
You know, those title cards that tell you the show you […]
Posted in Blog on May 16th, 2008
The first test recording of my own narration of a sample chapter from Prince of Ayodhya is up right here, right now.
It is a test recording, and very rough and full of flaws, so please be patient, listen through to the end (it’s about 12 minutes, 35 seconds) and do remember to visit the […]
Posted in Blog on May 15th, 2008
I’m finally ready to start offering signed copies of my books.
This is on a limited, experimental basis, so I’ll have only a few copies on hand at any given time, procured from my publishers here, Penguin India.
Orders will be on a cover price + courier cost basis. I’m not seeking to make any […]
Posted in Blog on May 14th, 2008
This is a short but incisive blog post. The point it makes is simple yet stunning, as my headline above summarizes.
It’s always refreshing to find simple, honest pieces like this on the internet, dealing with actual facts and research, and drawing conclusions from rational argument and informed research, rather than the usual rabid flame wars […]
Posted in Blog on May 12th, 2008
I found this blog post interesting for its mention of books “calling” out to readers.
I personally believe this is true, and that some deep instinct guides some of us to pick out certain books over others–I’m not talking about a supernatural ‘force’, mind you! Merely an intuition based on our present state of mind, […]
Posted in Blog on May 11th, 2008
This is an article about Abhimanyu Singh, my friend, neighbour, and producer of Maha Yoddha Rama which as you already know is the in-production animation film written by me. It appeared today in Business Standard. After the interview, I got to eat the paneer dish mentioned and it’s as yummy as it sounds!
Lights, camera, paneer
FOODIE
Abhilasha […]
Posted in Blog on May 10th, 2008
A layperson’s overview of the Ramayana (not a review of my books, although the person has read and liked them, which is nice). I decided to feature it here because I found it simple and unassuming. Posted by Inder from Chennai on his blog jack of all…master of none.
The Ramayana is an Indian epic that […]
Posted in Blog on May 7th, 2008
The following post was mailed to the Epic India group in response to Meenakshi Srinivasan (Blokesablogin)’s provocative and brilliant series of articles on the question of Hindu identity (scroll down to read the articles). Thanks to fellow Epic Indian Sundar Balasubramaniam for the excellent post that follows, including the links and quotation from Lord Macaulay […]
Posted in Blog on May 7th, 2008
Posted by Blokesablogin (a.k.a. Meenakshi Srinivasan) on Desicritics
Religious conversions make interesting news and the secular media in India and the world-wide media interested in India enjoy this topic the most. When I was growing up in India, studying in English medium schools, my world view was different from the worldview I was exposed to, through […]
Posted in Blog on May 7th, 2008
Part 2 of the series by Blokesablogin (a.k.a. Meenakshi Srinivasan) posted on Desicritics
The Vedas are said to be Shruti, that which was heard. These were Aprusheya texts meaning that they were not written by any human author. These were revelations that were “heard” and passed on orally from one human to another. Therefore, these verses […]
Posted in Blog on May 7th, 2008
Part 3 of the series by Blokesablogin (a.k.a. Meenakshi Srinivasan) posted on Desicritics
Who, then, is a Hindu? According to dictionary.com here is the meaning. Note the year it comes into usage-1662
1662, from Pers. Hindu (adj. & noun) “Indian,” from Hind “India,” from Skt. sindhu “river,” specifically the Indus; hence “region of the Indus,” gradually extended […]
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