going on faith in kerala - abraham verghese

by MaxEntropy_Man Wed May 23, 2012 9:03 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/t-magazine/travel/going-on-faith-in-kerala.html?pagewanted=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1337417713-wiAC2lgfoDbNb1HVk/XRJA

by Guest Wed May 23, 2012 9:14 pm

Isn't this guy Vee's cousin?

by MaxEntropy_Man Wed May 23, 2012 9:58 pm

kinnera wrote:Isn't this guy Vee's cousin?

i don't know. did you read the article and do you have anything to say about the article?

by Guest Wed May 23, 2012 10:02 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
kinnera wrote:Isn't this guy Vee's cousin?

i don't know. did you read the article and do you have anything to say about the article?

I did. Liked it. A pretty open guy. Comes with age, education and experience, i guess.

by Petrichor Wed May 23, 2012 10:49 pm

Good use of language, but too pat, pre-packaged with neat little resolutions a la Eat Pray Love for the medicine man. He's primed for the 'rebound' - good luck to him on finding a suitable woman and a publisher's advance.

Nice descriptions of the state - hence, a good travelogue.

by Guest Wed May 23, 2012 11:05 pm

atcg wrote:Good use of language, but too pat, pre-packaged with neat little resolutions a la Eat Pray Love for the medicine man. He's primed for the 'rebound' - good luck to him on finding a suitable woman and a publisher's advance.

Nice descriptions of the state - hence, a good travelogue.

DNA, stuff abt indian/hindu spirituality and alternative medicine does sell in the west. So who knows, the Gilbert's saga may be repeated and he may indeed find a suitable liberal white CA woman and a hefty publisher's advance.

I hope he's genuine though. I want to believe so.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Thu May 24, 2012 12:50 am

kinnera wrote:Isn't this guy Vee's cousin?

Yeah... padre even disappeared for a few weeks claiming to proof read his new book and edit it. An accomplished person.

by Propagandhi711 Thu May 24, 2012 11:07 am

travelogue come across as a douchebaggy tripe from a lactating fella whose female hormones are running high. some guy rubbed his back the right way and suddenly he starts crying and questioning western medicine, calling it superficial and whatnot. imagine what he might do if a thai girl gave him a happy ending.

by doofus_maximus Thu May 24, 2012 11:24 am

When my first cousin called to invite me to his son’s marriage in
Trivandrum (or Thiruvanthapuram, to call it by the name to which it has
officially reverted), I had all the reasons to go.

How can a proud Southindian make such an error?

by MaxEntropy_Man Thu May 24, 2012 11:48 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpILo5ZqVp4

by Kris Sat May 26, 2012 4:03 am

doofus_maximus wrote:When my first cousin called to invite me to his son’s marriage in
Trivandrum (or Thiruvanthapuram, to call it by the name to which it has
officially reverted), I had all the reasons to go.

How can a proud Southindian make such an error?

>>>>Unless he meant the invite was for you to stick around for the next 50 years in the son's home. Hey, extended family and all that Smile

by pravalika nanda Mon May 28, 2012 4:49 pm

the sentence that i liked that made me laugh:

"I felt I had been stretched and manipulated back to the jellyfish stage of my ontogeny."

didn't flim say this man was related to him? well, in the first paragraph he said trivandrum is the capital of the SOUTH indian state of kerala. hopefully flim upbraided him for that and also for not calling it thiruvanathapuram. i didn't even google that by the way.

i was surprised that he talked about his hindu ancestry, i thought all that was well-expressed, he's so comfortable with it, there was some kind of integrity in it.

however, i do think he needs to take a chill pill: a good massage never cured nothing and you're lucky if you didn't crack a few ribs and puncture your lungs after that.

btw, that youtube video you put up - not kosher at all. should've come with a warning sign.

have a good day.

by MaxEntropy_Man Mon May 28, 2012 5:07 pm

what, a little dravidian male nudity scared you so much? kalari payattu is much more than the massage. watch this (warning: video is full of DUGIOs doing amazing martial arts):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsUai4wt6Yk

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