Comments on Whose Life?: Kanthapura

Hahahah! "You son of a Concubine" is definitely go...

2008-11-18T06:04:00.000Z

Hahahah! "You son of a Concubine" is definitely going down in my paper tomorrow!

Oh please. What a load of exaggeration. It might n...

2008-05-14T21:30:00.000+01:00

Oh please. What a load of exaggeration. It might not be the most exciting book in the world, but it's more than readable. Just because it's different from usual fare, and written pre-Independence, is no reason to annihilate it so mercilessly. It's a reading experience if nothing else. Deal with it!

Agree, as a novel, Kanthapura condensed would read...

2007-10-26T07:43:00.000+01:00

Agree, as a novel, Kanthapura condensed would read “A complete drag, do not read”!

Inspiration:
But, as students of Literature (only this chunk can make it to the end for sure), we have to consider the inclusion of the novel in the curriculum in proper perspective, rather than denouncing it altogether. It is a representative text of a particular genre of writing. The thought process is ‘not-English’ and you will have to appreciate the authenticity of the mother tongue so notably maintained (what if it feels like cycling through a hilly cobblestoned tract).

Inside Story:
I am stuck at Pg. 50 since the last two days and it is beginning to remind me of sedatives now. Fitting in Kanthapura to 8 hours at office, coming home, cooking dinner – is getting morbid, if you ask me! But finish the book I have to.

Advise: Phrase your answers diplomatically. Your examiners will find out if you're all praises.

Thanx manu!

2007-05-30T17:31:00.000+01:00

Thanx manu!

I am currently reading this novel for a south asia...

2007-03-28T22:57:00.000+01:00

I am currently reading this novel for a south asian studies class. I was looking for a plot summary online (seeing as how I cannot keep track of these tens of names, each of which is over five syllables,) and came across your blog; I must agree with you that this novel is the most boring I have read. Over the last two hours I have progressed perhaps 5 pages, simply because my mind (and sometimes my body) wanders while I try to read this irrelevant, meandering monologue disguised as literature. I would suggest that any person required to read this book invest in some form of stimulant in order to stay conscious. I would suggest that any person reading this book voluntarily seek psychological treatment.

~Steve

I am not a lit student, but began reading Kanthapu...

2007-03-08T14:22:00.000Z

I am not a lit student, but began reading Kanthapura hearing its popularity. But, somehow, I am not able to progress beyong first few pages.... boring..true. Its written in an Oral style. not suited for reading....
S.
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I know exactly what you mean when u say kanthapura...

2006-04-11T13:34:00.000+01:00

I know exactly what you mean when u say kanthapura sucks i'm doing my MA from Pune Univ and we have this stupid idiotic moronic novel and studying it is a complete torture and i 2 think that the only phrase that i'll remember from this novel will be "You son of a Concubine."
you have done justice
lovely yaar completely lovely

HAHAHHAHAHHAHA :) I never managed to get beyond th...

2005-11-17T10:55:00.000Z

HAHAHHAHAHHAHA :) I never managed to get beyond the first ten pages. Thank you, I have my Indian Writing paper on the 21st.

Btw, I'm doing English Literature in Chennai and quite a few of my classmates have read this post in the hope of passing the exam :p

(sigh)

2005-09-03T20:34:00.000+01:00

(sigh)

Thank you. Thank you very much.

2005-09-03T18:38:00.000+01:00

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Moorthy gets support from Rangamma, a kind old wid...

2005-09-03T16:39:00.000+01:00

Moorthy gets support from Rangamma, a kind old widow, Ratna, a hot young widow, and Patel Range Gowda, a man.

Funny.

mann...lol

2005-09-02T12:58:00.000+01:00

mann...
lol

Mr Raja Rao, I think, just turned in his grave...

2005-09-01T14:41:00.000+01:00

Mr Raja Rao, I think, just turned in his grave...

A fact that many ppl liked to know was that Moorth...

2005-08-31T15:11:00.000+01:00

A fact that many ppl liked to know was that Moorthy's actual name was Moorthappa. And OYEEE manu. after 4 painstricken nights i somehow managed to read the entire book but anywayz i had missed many facts that i have now come to know from ur post so thanx.

On the 1st of August, from about 11 to 12, May The...

2005-08-31T07:58:00.000+01:00

On the 1st of August, from about 11 to 12, May The Force Be With You.

SEPTEMBER

Sorry, but just had to!
[:P]

Thanx for ur painstaking enlightening views..i app...

2005-08-31T07:13:00.000+01:00

Thanx for ur painstaking enlightening views..i appreciate ur effort, but readers must employ their discretion while coptin down ur phrases...:P
I mean, if i write, that this lousy-excuse-for-a-novel is a significant piece in Indian Writing in English because of it's broken battered language, choicest insults, rambling and diffuse writing style where the protagonist is taken seriously only because ppl have nothing better to do and i actually a disillusioned inveterate alcoholic obsessed with a hot widow, I'm sure to flunk it.

BTW, if i remember correctly, the last part of the story that u've mentioned...However....suicide is NOT actually in the story itself. I guess it's there in the sequel.