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Friday, March 19, 2010

A Case Of Exploding Insults by Mohammed Hanif

Currently I am reading the latest book 'A Case Of Exploding Mangoes’ by Mohammed Hanif, published by Random House India. Indeed the book is really a good read with a dark and subtle political humor BUT there's one thing that has put me off and that is the derogatory language used against the two great singers of India: Asha Bhonsle and her sister Lata Mangeshkar. The scanned page is given (page 81) . Incidentally this man, the author had been a Pakistani pilot officer, such a language is not expected out of an intellectual who claims to have worked with top newspapers and magazines around the world including a stint at India today as well. Mohammed Hanif must apologize and I wonder why there has been no objection yet? And I also wonder how this manuscript was given an OK by the content editors of the publisher?
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24 comments:

  1. ABMarch 19, 2010

    This is seriously insulting... I am tweeting it as well..

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  2. Ankita March 19, 2010

    hii Abhinav

    haan yaar..u must..I'll tweet as well

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  3. Scattered Thoughts...March 20, 2010

    Dony you know.. controversy is new marketing and it sells baby..

    Then there is liberty of expression.. freedom of speech.. It might be his views and he is free to express them but point is there should be a sense of responsibility.. peace!!

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  4. SunilMarch 20, 2010

    Hello dear,
    I think it's disgusting on the writers' part. And the publisher is banking upon the cheap publicity.

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  5. SidMarch 20, 2010

    Have u tried contacting a media house?

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  6. gayathri vishwanathanMarch 20, 2010

    huh? hw on d earth did anyone not object to this? Or have lataji and ashaji become so insignificant that no one really cared to say anything about it?

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  7. MoonlightMarch 20, 2010

    That is not good at all.

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  8. joie de vivreMarch 22, 2010

    m glad someone took a note over that..

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  9. Ankita March 22, 2010

    hii ST

    yaa i know controversy sells..exactly thats it! freedom of expression comes with a sense of responsibility.

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  10. Ankita March 22, 2010

    hii Sunil

    yes, its disgusting to call reverend singers of India 'sex kittens'.. damn cheap.

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  11. Ankita March 22, 2010

    hii Sid

    I am thinking of dropping a mail to their India office.

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  12. Ankita March 22, 2010

    hii Gayathri

    yes yaar, who cares now a days..its really disgusting.

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  13. Ankita March 22, 2010

    hi Moonlight

    yes yaar..its really bad

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  14. Ankita March 22, 2010

    hii joie

    thanks :)

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  15. sanket kambliMarch 22, 2010

    some people get away with anything...writing such insulting stuff...

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  16. Ankita March 22, 2010

    hii Sankoobaba

    yes..u r right..its a sad reality

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  17. nituscornerMarch 26, 2010

    i have not yet read this book but this is real rude. hope its taken notice.

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  18. Ankita March 26, 2010

    hii Nitu

    yaa this is really rude..

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  19. BikramMarch 30, 2010

    if yo uhave the money you can get anything published.. and it sure shows how well the proof reading went .. BAD think to do not goood ...

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  20. Ankita March 30, 2010

    hii Bikram
    ya its not good.. proofreaders must be sleeping in office..:P

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  21. olivia willyostApril 07, 2010

    nice blog! :)

    http://osylphstripes.blogspot.com

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  22. Ankita April 07, 2010

    hii Olivia

    welcome!
    thanks a lot!

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  23. kishApril 18, 2010

    How did this book get so famous:O

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  24. Ankita April 25, 2010

    hii Kish

    this book got some prestigious awards,thats why.

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