The Armchair Traveler's Club discussion

What do you think so far?

Arundhati Roy offers a reading from a number of her books and essays along with the social context behind them. In doing so, she offers a glimpse of life in India and the resistance to nascent capitalism and neoliberalism in South Asia. She also challenges the mny myths of Mahatma Gandhi.

http://wearemany.org/a/2015/07/conver...

Roy reads excerpts from The God of Small Things. The writing is funny & warm, rich & clever. I was a bit worried that the story sounds sad, but after hearing her reading I can't wait to read this book!

Mine is in the mail.

I started it last night. So far I'm enjoying the writing style, especially her descriptors.

Though I am liking this it's taking me some time to read it and there's a slooooow build-up to a tragedy that I have not yet come to. There is a surprisingly funny couple of pages about The Sound Of Music" from Rahel's viewpoint. Last winter I had the opportunity to go to an audience participation showing of the movie. It was a riot. So reading Rahel's take on her oponion and experience, set in India, home of Bollywood, was a hoot!

I'm enjoying most the comical perceptions of these children. I like their childish ignorance and how it makes them behave improper from the adult's perspective. I do have a question for anyone who can explain it, the Love-in-tokyo hairstyle they refer to i only find a picture online of a women with two pigtails, is that the correct image?

Mmars - can't wait to read that part!

Iggy - I have never heard that phrase. I wonder if they get Japanese TV 0 could it be a reference to this sit-com?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDtnF...

Or more likely this Indian movie -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157944/p...

In this movie Asha Parekh's ponytail was held by a hair clip that consisted of two beads on a rubber band. In India this type of clip is known as a "Love in Tokyo"

And finally she told me about 'Love in Tokyo' hair band - a thin black hair rubber with two big pearly beads at the end that would peek out of the hair bun. These got their name from the 1966 film 'Love in Tokyo' starring Asha Parekh and Joy Mukherjee.*

ahh that clarifies it. I ask cause one of the characters has the hair style in the book and it is brought up several times. thanks for the help!

I enjoyed all those little repeated phrases - like Love-in-Tokyo. I thought it added authenticity 9and some humor) to a child's way of looking at things.

Hello Mmars- Since you read and commented on 2 books, I'd like to send you one of the handpainted bookmarks.

If you are interested, message me the address that I should mail it to.