It is completely awesome. I have this story in the collection 'Amphigorey'.
Half of India is writing a novel right now. I wish they would all stop and go back to writing buggy code or texting each other or whatever it was people did before books were invented. Um, present company always excluded.
jp you are entirely too kind. sometimes i seriously doubt if present company ought to be excluded, after all.
gorey is severely undervalued. i have a secondhand copy of amphigorey that has been scrawled over by various members of the majid ali family, including one Shama Khalil of class 2B who has tried to better a fantod with a ballpoint pen.
i got a couple of amphigoreys and also the unstrung harp..where exactly it resides now, i dont know(le sigh). i even saw a gorey tarot at my local herbalist...will have check if its still there. usually, i am too cheap to pick knick-knacks...unless of course, i am trawling the alleys of certain cities with certain witches..looking for silver and shiny thingies..
Received a Nari Shakti award from the President of India on 8th March 2017 for "unusual work that breaks boundaries" in art/l...
Order Now! 'Sauptik: Blood and Flowers' (2016) by Amruta Patil
Concluding book of the Mahabharat & Puraan-based Parva duology (after Adi Parva).
'Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean' (2012) by Amruta Patil. Order online.
Adi Parva, via Amruta Patil (HarperCollins India). In French 'Parva: L'éveil de l'océan' (Au Diable Vauvert).Graphic novel based on the Mahabharat, the Puraans and the tradition of oral storytellers.
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It is completely awesome. I have this story in the collection 'Amphigorey'.
Half of India is writing a novel right now. I wish they would all stop and go back to writing buggy code or texting each other or whatever it was people did before books were invented. Um, present company always excluded.
jp
you are entirely too kind.
sometimes i seriously doubt if present company ought to be excluded, after all.
gorey is severely undervalued.
i have a secondhand copy of amphigorey that has been scrawled over by various members of the majid ali family, including one Shama Khalil of class 2B who has tried to better a fantod with a ballpoint pen.
see you soon.
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i got a couple of amphigoreys and also the unstrung harp..where exactly it resides now, i dont know(le sigh). i even saw a gorey tarot at my local herbalist...will have check if its still there. usually, i am too cheap to pick knick-knacks...unless of course, i am trawling the alleys of certain cities with certain witches..looking for silver and shiny thingies..
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