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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Quotes of the day

Quotes of the day
"If someone did cover something up, then they should not continue to have their jobs."
- Speaker Dennis Hastert

"I don’t think people should use religious extremism to gain political mileage."
- President George Bush (At today's press briefing)

Kiran Desai
Heard last night on NPR’s BBC news, about the Booker prize. Just read 2-3 pages of The Inheritance of Loss on Amazon (“Amazon Surprise Me”). Good stuff !! Here are some excerpts.

The more pampered you are the more pampered you will be the more presents you receive the more presents you will get the more presents you receive the more you are admired the more you will be admired the more you are admired the more presents you will get the more pampered you will be—

Desis against Pakis
“Pigs pigs, sons of pigs, sooar ka baccha.” Biju shouted.
“Uloo ka patha, son of an owl, low-down son-of-a-bitch Indian.”
They drew the lines at crucial junctures. They threw cannonball cabbages at each other.

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