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My Friend Sancho
My first book, My Friend Sancho, was published in May 2009, and went on to become the biggest selling debut novel released that year in India. It is a contemporary love story set in Mumbai, and had earlier been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.
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Recent entries
This personal essay by me appears in the winter edition of Forbes Life India. I feel the ground sway…
I’m amazed that India hasn’t yet woken up to the fact that Himesh Reshammiya is the new Govinda. I…
If you thought Ponytail’s speech the other day was funny, wait till you see this: Vishwa Bandhu Gupta, former…
The New York Times reports: A video of a dog apparently mourning the death of his owner at a…
Huffington Post reports: Glenn Beck called Hurricane Irene a “blessing” on his Friday radio show, saying it would teach…
03 May, 2007
India and the USA
Nitin Pai send me an email forward that puts it well:
In USA you can kiss in public places but cannot shit; in India you can shit in public places but cannot kiss.
No doubt one can argue that shitting is not against our culture. Heh.
(I couldn’t find the source of this forward, but will be glad to attribute if someone can point it out.)
Update: Quizman points me to a piece on Churumuri: ”Kissing isn’t part of our culture? Pissing is?”
Update 2: Anand Krishnamoorthi writes in:
The piss/kiss thingy was part of Tamil comedian Vivek’s routine from about a year ago. The scene is set in Australia when Vivek kisses this
girl after he steps out of her car and some righteous Tamil brethren question his actions. That’s when he comes up with the line. Do not remember the name of the film…
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