Comments on: Men of letters http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/spotlight-series/men-of-letters/ Voices from the Indian Blogosphere Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:32:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Samanth http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/spotlight-series/men-of-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-6949 Samanth Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:06:57 +0000 http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/literature/men-of-letters/#comment-6949 Dilip -- Thanks very much! Is romance slouching away the definitive image for our age, I wonder. It seems to do so in an awful lot of fields -- music, cricket, film, the Internet... Its shoulders must be tired from so much slouching! Dilip — Thanks very much! Is romance slouching away the definitive image for our age, I wonder. It seems to do so in an awful lot of fields — music, cricket, film, the Internet… Its shoulders must be tired from so much slouching!

]]> By: Dilip D'Souza http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/spotlight-series/men-of-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-6946 Dilip D'Souza Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:03:01 +0000 http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/literature/men-of-letters/#comment-6946 Samanth, what a thought-provoking essay. I recently stumbled across a cache of old family letters and the only thought that went through my mind was, what are my children going to stumble across like this? Where do you put away email conversations for your kids to find them? But faced with that question, you've given me stuff to think about. Thanks. I particularly liked this line: <i>Insight, therefore, may still win out; romance, though, must slouch away in defeat</i>. Is there a metaphor for larger things there? Samanth, what a thought-provoking essay. I recently stumbled across a cache of old family letters and the only thought that went through my mind was, what are my children going to stumble across like this? Where do you put away email conversations for your kids to find them?

But faced with that question, you’ve given me stuff to think about. Thanks. I particularly liked this line: Insight, therefore, may still win out; romance, though, must slouch away in defeat. Is there a metaphor for larger things there?

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