Comments for Kathryn Koromilas' This Absurd Life http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com A writer neither here nor there Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on Five Minute Interview: Ramesh Avadhani by Ramesh Avadhani http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-ramesh-avadhani.html#comment-83660 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:11:13 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-ramesh-avadhani.html#comment-83660 Hi CB, This is a wonderful surprise, 'meeting' you here! Thank you for your kind comments. Hope you are doing well. (By the way, try and get a copy of Woman's Day (Australian ed) July 28 issue; there's a story of mine in it which I think you will enjoy. Will write to you by email. Love and best wishes Ramesh Hi CB,

This is a wonderful surprise, ‘meeting’ you here! Thank you for your kind comments. Hope you are doing well. (By the way, try and get a copy of Woman’s Day (Australian ed) July 28 issue; there’s a story of mine in it which I think you will enjoy. Will write to you by email.

Love and best wishes
Ramesh

]]> Comment on Five Minute Interview: Ramesh Avadhani by CB http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-ramesh-avadhani.html#comment-83541 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:43:54 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-ramesh-avadhani.html#comment-83541 I missed meeting my friend when I was in Bangalore recently. I have known Ramesh's penchant for writing when we were mates at school and Uni. He is not only a good writer but also a good person at heart. Some of his 'so-called' fictionals hit 'home truths' without giving too much away. Only those that know him can sense traces of reality behind the fiction. Keep writing Ramesh. Dedicate your works to the Lord Almighty...and yous is a success story. Your loving friend, CB I missed meeting my friend when I was in Bangalore recently. I have known Ramesh’s penchant for writing when we were mates at school and Uni. He is not only a good writer but also a good person at heart. Some of his ’so-called’ fictionals hit ‘home truths’ without giving too much away. Only those that know him can sense traces of reality behind the fiction.

Keep writing Ramesh. Dedicate your works to the Lord Almighty…and yous is a success story.

Your loving friend,
CB

]]> Comment on Free Will: It’s Just An Illusion by kathryn http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/free-will-its-just-an-illusion.html#comment-80747 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:38:34 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/free-will-its-just-an-illusion.html#comment-80747 Thank you, Ramesh. That's a stunning quote! Thanks. Thank you, Ramesh. That’s a stunning quote! Thanks.

]]> Comment on Free Will: It’s Just An Illusion by Ramesh Avadhani http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/free-will-its-just-an-illusion.html#comment-80296 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:42:41 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/free-will-its-just-an-illusion.html#comment-80296 Beautiful surgery, Kathryn. Goes well with one of my favourite quotes from the Bhagvad Gita. Lord Krishna’s advice to Arjuna, the Pandava warrior, when the latter is reluctant to battle his hundred cousins and uncles, the evil Kauravas. “In my scheme of things they are already dead, but I want you, O master archer, to be my instrument of their death.” Beautiful surgery, Kathryn.

Goes well with one of my favourite quotes from the Bhagvad Gita. Lord Krishna’s advice to Arjuna, the Pandava warrior, when the latter is reluctant to battle his hundred cousins and uncles, the evil Kauravas. “In my scheme of things they are already dead, but I want you, O master archer, to be my instrument of their death.”

]]> Comment on Five Minute Interview: Kuzhali Manickavel by Rakesh http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-kuzhali-manickavel.html#comment-80115 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:39:58 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-kuzhali-manickavel.html#comment-80115 Notice to interested parties: The first shipment of "Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings" to reach the US sold out in a matter of weeks. More copies are on their way from India but the book will probably not be available on Amazon again until mid-September. It's worth the wait though. :-) Notice to interested parties: The first shipment of “Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings” to reach the US sold out in a matter of weeks. More copies are on their way from India but the book will probably not be available on Amazon again until mid-September. It’s worth the wait though. :-)

]]> Comment on Five Minute Interview: Kuzhali Manickavel by Paro http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-kuzhali-manickavel.html#comment-78236 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:36:57 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-kuzhali-manickavel.html#comment-78236 All hail the latest voice of literary brilliance...goody! Now start saving up for your booker prize party dress. All hail the latest voice of literary brilliance…goody! Now start saving up for your booker prize party dress.

]]> Comment on Five Minute Interview: Kuzhali Manickavel by shalini http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-kuzhali-manickavel.html#comment-78208 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:47:26 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-kuzhali-manickavel.html#comment-78208 You forgot to say that you capture the surreal spice of Indian life! You forgot to say that you capture the surreal spice of Indian life!

]]> Comment on Five Minute Interview: Kuzhali Manickavel by Rakesh http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-kuzhali-manickavel.html#comment-78024 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:55:56 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-kuzhali-manickavel.html#comment-78024 LOL ethnic Indian magic literary realism English fiction. Ha ha ha. What about "insect lit"? Can you call it that? LOL ethnic Indian magic literary realism English fiction. Ha ha ha. What about “insect lit”? Can you call it that?

]]> Comment on Five Minute Interview: Jai Clare by The Cusp Of Something » Blog Archive » Some recent interviews http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-jai-clare.html#comment-76377 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:05 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/five-minute-interview-jai-clare.html#comment-76377 [...] I’ve been fortunate to have been interviewed recently in The Short Review and on Kathryn Koromilas’ thoughtful blog. Some interesting questions on both. Hope you take a look. [...] […] I’ve been fortunate to have been interviewed recently in The Short Review and on Kathryn Koromilas’ thoughtful blog. Some interesting questions on both. Hope you take a look. […]

]]> Comment on Fame: Now or Later? by Marc Lowe http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/fame-now-or-later.html#comment-75392 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:56:42 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/fame-now-or-later.html#comment-75392 I tend to disagree with Fowles, actually. Why does the "turnip who gains fame in his life, and lives, ha[ve] an immense superiority over the poet who becomes famous after his death, and obscurely exists"? My greatest wish is to be "discovered" after I'm dead and buried. Kafka had it right. Write to write, not to become famous for it. ~m I tend to disagree with Fowles, actually. Why does the “turnip who gains fame in his life, and lives, ha[ve] an immense superiority over the poet who becomes famous after his death, and obscurely exists”? My greatest wish is to be “discovered” after I’m dead and buried. Kafka had it right. Write to write, not to become famous for it.

~m

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