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A Writer's People and earlier works of V.S. Naipaul

William Dalrymple September 19, 2007

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#1 Posted by neembu on September 19, 2007 10:11:31 am
Sounds fairly accurate, unfortunately.

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#2 Posted by zeemax on September 19, 2007 10:37:16 am
I sorta liked Nadia Aunty from Bahawalpur .... what's she doing with this supercilious old man anyway?
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#3 Posted by VRV on September 19, 2007 10:48:49 am
Zee, Didu address this Q to BJ Kumar?
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#4 Posted by masadi on September 19, 2007 10:49:50 am
chowk has blocked my interacts, this is a test
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#5 Posted by VRV on September 19, 2007 10:51:51 am
Asadi, sorry yaar.
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#6 Posted by masadi on September 19, 2007 10:52:53 am
I had been blocked for the past 24 hours thanks to influence by the High Priest of the dead Church of the MAJ and many of his co-conspirators. This new system allows the dictatorial Chowk Staff to block users messages, ilogs and interacts and nothing appears on the screen, so the people's power is diminished as the people cannot protest if someone is blocked because he badmouthed tahmed's support for colonization. So if in the future you don't see my name in the posts, and are wondering what happened, either the hitmen of the imperialists got me- though they have better things to do, or the Chowk Staff has unceremoniosly thrown me out.....
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#7 Posted by VRV on September 19, 2007 10:56:32 am
I know Chowk Admin are capricious....but blocking u is not good.

If everybody agrees with everybody what's the use of Chowk?

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#8 Posted by masadi on September 19, 2007 11:02:51 am
As in every dictatorial regime, what is to the benefit and use of people is not considered, what appears expedient for selfish reasons to the ruling elite is what gets through...How else would you explain double digit inflation in a country that has over 80% of its population living below $2 a day, and I would bet 80% of that 80% live under $1 a day....and yet multi-bullion dollar defense deals go through and the country is sold to the highest "dime bidder"...
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#9 Posted by neembu on September 19, 2007 11:03:51 am
Re: # 3

funny, how our questions can be a mirror B)
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#10 Posted by VRV on September 19, 2007 11:15:24 am
#9 Posted by neembu on September 19, 2007 11:03:51 am

U better find some other fellas.

U are in my ignore list, though this new Beta doesnt support that facility.

Get lost.
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#11 Posted by VRV on September 19, 2007 11:18:34 am
on..
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#12 Posted by chaltahai on September 19, 2007 12:42:34 pm
Agreed whole heartedly..Naipaul has bitched out
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#13 Posted by Shah2 on September 19, 2007 3:20:49 pm
He has a hot Pakistani wife though
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#14 Posted by nb on September 19, 2007 6:50:01 pm
Chowk staff, it is not fair to publish this article without mentioning the fairly intense accusations and counter accusations that have gone between Naipaul and Dalrymple. Dalrymple is hardly a dispassionate observer. I think what you have done is extremely dishonest.
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#15 Posted by thinkingstorm on September 19, 2007 7:12:52 pm
dear nb,

Dishonesty is chowk staff's middle name (it reads: manto).

Perhaps you can dig up some of these spats and post 'em for us to read?
with much respect,
thinking storm
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#16 Posted by rozaiba on September 20, 2007 1:39:01 am
Masadi writes:

"So if in the future you don't see my name in the posts, and are wondering what happened, either the hitmen of the imperialists got me- though they have better things to do, or the Chowk Staff has unceremoniosly thrown me out....."

Yeah, we were getting really worried. Alot of people seem to be conspiring against you masadi. Do you also see dead people?
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Interact Index

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    #25 guarana
    #24 neembu
    #23 Urstruly
    #22 hamidm2
    #21 Kamath
    #20 hamidm2
    #19 VRV
    #18 VRV
    #17 nb
    #16 rozaiba
    #15 thinkingstorm
    #14 nb
    #13 Shah2
    #12 chaltahai
    #11 VRV
    #10 VRV
    #9 neembu
    #8 masadi
    #7 VRV
    #6 masadi
    #5 VRV
    #4 masadi
    #3 VRV
    #2 zeemax
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