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Whoever felt tat Kushboo had done the most terrible act of verbally "slandering the chastity of our women" ought to know abt this "bold" novel by a fiery woman novelist who's written such books even b4:
http://www.fabmall.com/stores/misc/f...tId=0144000334
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I have not read the book but have heard that its a very good novel.
Hmm...very good huh?? In wat sense I wonder! :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandeep
The novel is structured itself in the structure of Kathakali.
Some praises.
"Masterful story teller.....Some bonds grow and other break and in these intertwining relationships lies the beauty of Anita's saga."
- The Times of India
"The art of regaining humanity"
- India Today
"Mistress is a well-written novel that gifts the reader with knowledge of a magical art form. For that reason it should be read by all, from the uncompromising artist to the champions of contemporaneous India."
- Tehelka
"Fiction and research go hand-in-hand in Mistress. Even the storytelling technique has overtones of Kathakali, which enacts the drama of life. The uninitiated, however, is led by a Kathakali lexicon while Kerala becomes the inevitable canvas."
- Asian age
"Art is a tough mistress. Exacting. Unforgiving. But beautiful and tantalising, all the same. In Mistress these truths prove double-edged, yet true as steel"
- The Hindu
Check for more
http://www.anitanair.net/novels/mist...r_mistress.htm
The kathakali part may be fascinating (donno much abt tat dance tho :)) but curiously the various sources of media tat hav praised this novel (in the link u gave) hav in their reviews, missed (or excluded?) the um...not-so-traditional parts of the novel (which was y I mentioned it in this thread!), as mentioned in the synopsis:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandeep
A searing new novel of art and adultery.......
The triangle quickly excludes Shyam, Radha's husband, who can only watch helplessly as she embraces Chris with a passion that he has never been able to draw from her........
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Actually found this in one of my Y! groups recently but din't hav time to paste it here until today, I think its very imp. for eveyone to know:
4 held for siphoning off plastic cash
They Would Make Duplicates Of Credit Cards Used By Customers At A Juhu Hotel
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: The next time you decide to use your credit card on a shopping trip, think again. The Mumbai police have busted a hitech credit card fraud which they believe is the crime of the future.
Four gadget-savvy youngsters from Andheri, two of them software engineers, got together to earn a quick buck and ended up ripping off over Rs 3 lakh of citizens' money. The foursome were arrested by the Juhu police on Tuesday. Interestingly, one of the boys was all set to leave for the United States for a job in a wellplaced computer firm.
According to the police, the mastermind of the gang is 19-year-old Leo Paul. A second-year engineering student at a Bandra college, Paul had read about a magnetic card-reading device which could store data once you swipe a card through it. Data from at least 12 such cards could be stored at a time. Paul realised that if credit cards were swiped though the machine, the personal data of a customer stored on it could be accessed. He then teamed with Akash Kamble, a 19-year-old Lokhandwala resident, and ordered the card-reader from USA, using the internet, since it's not available in India.
"The boys befriended a waiter at Kings International hotel at Juhu to take their plan ahead. Every time someone ate a meal in the hotel and paid by credit card, the waiter would discreetly swipe it through the magnetic card-reader, which is no more than 6-inches long and can be stored in the pocket,'' said investigating officer Ramesh Nangare.
Once the waiter was done, he would hand over the device to Paul who would download the data from the cards on to Kamble's personal computer. The duo would then feed the data into blank cards, available in the grey market. The cards were now ready to be used in shopping malls and theatres, or to withdraw money from an ATM.
Senior inspector Pradeep Shinde said that the boys forged information from more than 22 cards in this manner. The fraud came to light after officials from HSBC bank complained to the police. The cops quizzed customers whose cards had been duplicated and discovered they had all visited Hotel Kings International and paid by credit card. Investigators then caught the waiter who led them to the four youngsters. Paul, Kamble and the two other collegians identified as Manoj Chauhan (24) and Mahesh Valani (20), have been remanded to police custody.
NEW-AGE CRIME
A portable magnetic cardreader can store data from around a dozen cards that have been swiped through it; made in China, the device was bought on the net for Rs 18,000.
The card-reader is connected to a computer and the entire data is transferred there.
The data is then stored in blank cards available in the grey market.
These duplicate cards can now be used to buy a fortune and also withdraw money from ATMs.
The accused used a card-reader to transfer the data on to a PC for making a duplicate credit card.
:lol: I personally think that that's a book for everyone to read looking @ the summary. It's on my to-read list. Thanks for the Link. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lambretta
Although there might be some chemical reactions inside a person who thought that Kushboo is the sole reason for all the immoral behaviors of women in TN Today! :lol:
:? Machi r u like, being sarcastic or sumthing?? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Surya
True! :lol:Quote:
Although there might be some chemical reactions inside a person who thought that Kushboo is the sole reason for all the immoral behaviors of women in TN Today! :lol:
Its a dance drama (not dance).Quote:
Originally Posted by Lambretta
These are not complete reviews. These are like the 2 sentence introdudctions that you usualy find in the cover of books.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lambretta
Detailed reviews may be found in the real media itself.
Then who said adultery or sex is non-traditional. The more you go back in history the more liberal where Indian literary works. Well somewhere in the middle we lost.
Anyway as long as the book gets its place for the right reasons its good.
:lol: Lol. RAtchasi !! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by a.ratchasi
Short and sweet explanation :
Definitely its true that one should look out for changes in child's behavior. But remember any kid of these sort dont have parents who monitor and teach their kids about proper behavior.
Indeed, if every parent has the knowledge how to grow a child and provide proper encouragement in desirable skills and curb unnecessary exposture to obscene facts and scenes, this world will be having about 5 billion genious citizens with 0 criminals. Anyways, this issue is prevelant all around the world.
Again Ratchasi, caning a child is good to an extent, but if a child is caned in excess, his personality may become more calm and reserved, and not loquacious like Ratchasi :lol:
* Teach the kids what is good manners (Do's and Dont's)
* Spend time with kids helping them in their education (Encouragement is a must )
* Prevent them from watching or exposture to obscene/violent or even criminal scenes in television.
Consequently, they will develop a mentality in them that makes them hate all bad manners and makes them hardworking and self dependent
Just do these three and i bet the kids will grow up as great kids not only for you, but also awesome global citizens.