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Posted: 13 years ago

#441

Originally posted by: Chitrashi
This is what happens when one posts without reading much and argues with fools on the side.

Nopes you can have Medusa. I'm Medea, no second thoughts on that one :)

I DON'T want Medusa-before or after Athena cursed her with pasta hair.
I Do want to e-spank A & CG for even thinking of her & DUMBLEDORE-I'm a Sikhani but there IS a limit to the hairy creatures I can bear-to turn into one is a Horrible idea!
(Do these kids even LIKE me?!)
I still want Virmati!

@ C=WHERE is the CC? I can access it ONLY via my Inbox?

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axeion

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Posted: 13 years ago

#442

Originally posted by: znursingh

@ C=WHERE is the CC? I can access it ONLY via my Inbox?

IF-101... Remember 'My Posts' section? You'll find the link to the CC there... 😃

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Purva

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Posted: 13 years ago

#443

She hasn't posted there yet, so it'll not be in her My Posts.

Zem - Click on Home, top left, first link on the red bar, and scroll down. You'll find a section called India Forums Sections. There'll be a list of general forums there, one is Chat Club. You'll currently find our thread on the first page. Later on you can always log in to the thread using My Posts.

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bewafa

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Posted: 13 years ago

#444

@Chitrashi: Medea sounds downright frightful! 😆

@A: who is trying to turn you into a man??

Draw Something was an amazing fad...but it brought about the ignorance of some people...actually, just pure 'dumbness' 😆

I hated Medusa...purely because of the serpents...*shudder*

@Zeee: who is Virmati?

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567043

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Posted: 13 years ago

#445

Originally posted by: bewafa
@Chitrashi: Medea sounds downright frightful! 😆

@A: who is trying to turn you into a man??

Draw Something was an amazing fad...but it brought about the ignorance of some people...actually, just pure 'dumbness' 😆
I hated Medusa...purely because of the serpents...*shudder*

@Zeee: who is Virmati?

Google? Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur!

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whatthewhat

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Posted: 13 years ago

#446

Okay I am posting again because I really can't recommend this book enough!

"Behind the Beautiful Forevers" by Katherine Boo.

I read this on a plane journey recently, and it reads like a thriller... it is in fact a non-fiction work based on years of research in a Bombay slum.

Seriously, read this.

Edited by narangi_77 - 13 years ago

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Purva

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Dazzler

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Posted: 13 years ago

#447

Hey there - this book is on our reading list in the chat thread. Just give me a sec will send you the link for the same :)

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bewafa

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Dazzler

Posted: 13 years ago

#448

Done! I will add Difficult Daughters to my list!

Beyond the beautiful forevers...so what exactly is it about? (yes, slums...but that's not a description :P)

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whatthewhat

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Posted: 13 years ago

#449

Originally posted by: bewafa
Done! I will add Difficult Daughters to my list!

Beyond the beautiful forevers...so what exactly is it about? (yes, slums...but that's not a description :P)

well, without giving too much away, the book follows the lives of a few families who live in a slum close to the airport and their aspiration to a middle-class life. One family is the business of garbage. In another family, a woman aspires to be a slum-lord, while her daughter goes to college and memorizes snippets from Lear and Mrs. Dalloway. It's about the relationships between these families, their relationships with various power structures. How they exploit and are exploited in turn. It's also about those who live on the margins of this slum...

Hope that helps!

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Purva

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Dazzler

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Posted: 13 years ago

#450

I think it's called "Behind the beautiful forevers" - as per google it is about the difference between the lives of the urban rich vs. the absolute poor. Contrasts are built by taking an orphaned muslim character from Dharavi as the protagonist.

I've already added it to my wishlist on Flipkart.

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