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Stephen Colbert helps me put YS on notice

'La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind,' by Beppe Severgnini - The New York Times - Book Review - New York Times

Italiano, is quote Indiano

About the Italian frame of mind. Sounds familiar? Of course Italians are allowed to romanticise it just like we did with Bharat Dabholkar's then-brilliant-now-overused tag line "we are like this wonly"

Airport Entertainment

A preview

I try to stay out of politics and I am not sure how relevant/accurate the analysis is wrt the recent terror incidents in the UK... but the article is funny. It will be great if someone can write a sequel to Arthur Hailey's "Airport" fully exploiting the comedic potential of the current situation. Man, Cat are you both listening ?

Quiz Mugging

Trivia

Another tiresome rant about the "dumbing down" of culture. First it was hip-hop, reality tv, and George W Bush. Now it's trivia. Some people just don't get it, I tell you.

The article also reminded me of a hilarious story (supposedly true...) spread by the Yangry Star years ago. It had the punchline "Quiz mugging da."

The Malgudi Mage

Jhumpa Lahiri on R.K.Narayan

A master, a Tolstoy of the Indians or a Balzac. His concerns were universal, he was that noblest of creatures - a humanist

But also awkward, uncanny; a miniaturist as were Bruno Schulz and Muriel Spark, he wrote in holy fidelity to his world and his philosophy.