Lit of the South Asian Diaspora

I like the beat of this story and how it shows the pride of every man both from dignified and obtrusive circumstances, the ego. I like how t...

            To me the most interesting part of We’re Not Jews was the “twist” ending in which Azhar is revealed to be an “outsider” wi...

It was a little difficult to decipher the setting of this story at first and consequently the importance of some of the dialogue.  For examp...

this story seems to focus a lot on the dialogue between bippin and saliri. It seems that by coming abck from america he is seen as better of...

Sandip Roy's "Auld Lang Syne" reminds me of other short stories we have read this semester, especially since it is wholly base...

"This is what it comes down to, thought Sunil.  After all those years we spent growing up together, all those secrets we shared, we can...

            I think the plot of Auld Lang Syne epitomizes many of the themes of South Asian literature. It’s basically the story of tw...

Post on each story (Roy & Kureishi): post on Roy for Mon.; Kureishi for Wed. Comment on the fiction in any way you like: style, theme, c...

I would like to take a shot at writing and researching on fiction   eccentricity and the flight from reality in south asian fiction  (are ch...

For my term paper I want to focus on the theme of inevitability in each of the books we’ve read and how it seems to relate to a South A...

The scenes in which rumors aboard the boats that Deeti and Kalua travel on seem, to me, to imply the idea that those on the “lowest run...

I am interested in discussing family relationships and structure in South Asian literature. For now, I will focus on Salim from A Bend in th...

I’m currently mulling over two essay prompts: 1.  eccentricity and the flight from reality in south asian fiction  (are characters with ...

...not to hate on Mr. Ghosh, but he has an incredibly irritating voice when he reads aloud. ANYWAY. Over the past two days, I've extra...

Watch the interview with Ghosh about Poppies to the right. He partly reads from the book and summarizes it, then answers questions. Then po...

The whole book is a collage of little misunderstandings creating comedy, it seems to be the way Ghosh is amusing himself as he writes. The i...

2. Neel is subject to a physical exam and the tattooing of his sentence on his body. The tattoo artist is a loyal subject of the former zemi...

"What's it to me?  It wasn't for my own sake that I kept purdah - it was because you and your family wanted it.  And it means n...

There are many instances of renaming in Sea of Poppies .  However, one particular incident - Baboo Nob Kissin's mistaking Zachary for a ...

2. Neel is subject to a physical exam and the tattooing of his sentence on his body. The tattoo artist is a loyal subject of the former zemi...

Comment on scenes from this part of the book that involve misunderstandings and the resulting comedy. In most cases, these misundersandings ...

(Sorry, my post is a bit late) "The Ganges" by Julie Dunn discusses the Ganges River and its importance to India. "This rive...

The article seems to emphasize the two major ways Krishna is generally understood by, the historical and the mythical. In the mythical ...

"'So there you are: that's the jadoo of the colonies. A boy who's crawled up through the hawse-holes can become as grand a ...

According to the text I read by Huston Smith, Hinduism acknowledges that people have desires.  The basic desires are for pleasure and materi...

This is my late response from Monday: Neel's need for cleanliness can be ascertained through his need and public declaration of "...

These links - from university websites - provide some background which may hopefully illuminate the facts behind this history-rich novel. Su...

The more I read this book, the more I wonder how the author is pulling off such a pot driven piece. After last week I assumed the action wou...

"Neel had been brought up to regard his body and its functions with a fastidiousness that bordered almost on the occult" (183). ...

At this point in the novel, it seems almost all the principal characters experience some kind of “rebirth” except for Burnham and Dough...

I have been thinking a lot about the role of sexuality in the book and the corresponding themes of shame and curiosity that come with it. In...

Locket...not the most original symbol in a book.  I was surprised Ghosh used it, actually.  But I think that's part of what makes Sea of...

I was most interested in two key scenes that deal with Deeti and the handling of the body/sexuality. I chose to focus on two scenes: Deeti a...

First, look  this over and read as much as you can. It's an historical account of the first Opium War; it's long, but a lot of it i...

The ibis acts as a projection of mixed characters stuck within the stings an empires history. This includes the uncertainties of their lives...

The Opium Factory: (I believe in my book, I am about 2 pages behind, so the passage numbering will be slightly off.) "Deeti was abo...

            Zachary’s character seems to be defined by the projections of other characters’ needs and beliefs. In almost all, if not ev...

When I read this section it felt like it was a turning point in the book. Burnham's plausibility is not in question, in my opinion, beca...

I will have to agree with Will's stance, regarding how Ghosh writes views free will.  In Sea of Poppies , the characters are products of...

Mr Burnham is a chilling character.  He is genial and well-mannered, but underneath he has a poisonous view of the world.  After Zachary lea...

It's becoming obvious that this book has a specific and familiar political bent, and key scenes are best read with this in mind. Althoug...

iii) Languages: the mix of accents and dialects and manners of speech is one of the most immediately striking aspects of the book: comment o...

"One of them, who called herself Madagascar Rose, was as pretty a girl as he had ever seen, with flowers behind her ears and painted re...

Ghosh's prose is full of extreme higbrow/lowbrow fluctuations in language. On pg. 14 for example Ghosh writes, "Two feathery strand...

Yes!  Amitav Ghosh is definitely sets up a political critique from the beginning of Sea of Poppies .  We can see this from the very beginnin...

ii) the stories in the book take place in various locales: aboard a boat, in a marital residence, etc. Initially, the book lacks a stable se...

            Most if not all of the stories we’ve read have dealt with the idea of fate as inevitable, particularly as it ties to caste....

You should build your post on the first reading from Sea of Poppies on the topic that interests you as a term paper idea. However, here are...