Comments on Positively Lowbrow: Disclaimer: This is far from the perfect piece I w...

i liked. incidentally, since no one else has bothe...

2006-09-19T14:58:00.000-07:00

i liked. incidentally, since no one else has bothered to point it out - it's salaam aleikum (or aleikhim).
that aside, interesting perspective, and very readable. though, i would like to know your mum's perspective - surely no sexual innuendo, confidential information about drugs and booze must've been offered to her? was she asked how her husband allows her to work? what was the attitude towards independent women? did it fit with an 'india is so westernised and therefore corrupt' stereotype?

yeah mood swings are a real bitch. I used to belie...

2006-08-10T02:04:00.000-07:00

yeah mood swings are a real bitch.
I used to believe I never got them.

This is really interesting. the whole sense of odd...

2006-08-08T10:42:00.000-07:00

This is really interesting. the whole sense of oddness makes me think of my freakish day in agra last year but to a much higher degree.
I'm just realizing that there too, it didn't seem as though there was much of a middle class... craziness. wish i was there or u were here so that we could have a long chat in person about all of this.

bastard, you didn't tell me u changed ur blog. Ver...

2006-08-07T17:52:00.000-07:00

bastard, you didn't tell me u changed ur blog. Very good article though, the bit about the accent sounding more hounslow than hampstead cracked me up. How the hell do these people share all their personal stories with you?? In England there is an increase in genetic disorders in children with pakistani parents due to the reduced gene pool caused by cousins marrying.... (could explain why u found them all so weird!) By the way i heard ur bombay tour guide youth radio thing, very amusing.

Nope it doesn't display in Lucida - probably becau...

2006-08-07T11:20:00.000-07:00

Nope it doesn't display in Lucida - probably because you didn't select that font when posting the article.

Now for the commentary: I loved the anecdotes. It gave a good amount of perspective and illustrated your point. Also, apart from a wee bit of unclarity in the third paragraph (about the Tehelka special report), which I had to read more than a couple of times to decode, you've worded your thoughts rather nicely. And clearly.

Incidentally, I've heard a lot about the proliferating gun-market in Pakistan. Apparently any small fuck can pick up a nice and shining firearm in much the same way that one visits manish market or heera panna for electronics.

Oh, and you sure love the word regale, don't you?

your mood swings kill me. you go from cracking up ...

2006-08-07T07:49:00.000-07:00

your mood swings kill me. you go from cracking up to fucking mad in the space of one paragraph.

i particularly like the bit about bradford, it mad...

2006-08-07T07:38:00.000-07:00

i particularly like the bit about bradford, it made me crack up. And the guy talking about virgins really really deeply pisses me off. Fucking conservative jackass assholes. Goddamnit that article makes me so mad.

an excellently amusing, insightful and concise art...

2006-08-07T07:36:00.000-07:00

an excellently amusing, insightful and concise article.

enough ass kissing for now.
is the above comment from tc?

what i think is unfair is that you get to male-bon...

2006-08-06T23:24:00.000-07:00

what i think is unfair is that you get to male-bond all over the world, and people will tell you about sex with their cousins and their girlfriend's promiscuity and ask you whether you want pot, whereas with women (or maybe it's just me) whenever i'm travelling alone the people i meet invariably look over my head for the guy i MUST be travelling with. hmph. unfair, i call it.