This thread title might tickle your curiosity.
No, SR is not giving a CM prformance. Don't know if he takes lessons--or even listens to CM.
Yet, he does mention it in his short story in the current issue of the New Yorker magazine. I enjoyed reading it. Mylapore, Adyar and Besant Nagar and a couple of Venkatramans (?) to boot. Strictly set within the perimeters of good old Chennai...
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Arasi, could you clarify please the South Indian characters in prior narratives from Rushdie? I've read him over the decades and can't recall any.
In reading "In the South", and it wasn't so obvious until midway, I realized this was Rushdie's first (real) cut at lives South Indian. Fully fleshed out characters, details of their lifestyles and priorities, etc. I too sensed all of it was much colored by his time with Padma Lakshmi. The Palakkad reference is a clear giveaway as her parents are from there.
satish,
You say you can't recall and you expect me to, at my age ? In a personal history piece (?), I remember reading of a childhood south indian buddy and his father. If I remember well, those were of the pAlakkAD variety too? Rushdie fans (most of them being younger than myself) can help, I hope...
You are welcome, ragam-talam.
The writers of 'high caste' * excel in their different dimensions as scribes.
* I liked the way you used the expression 'music caste' in the Mali musician's thread--anything or anyone that is outstanding in anything worthwhile or creative is of a superior caste...
