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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:18:36 +0000
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On 09/12/2024 21:12, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 12:37:42 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> I think you have never been exposed to the Indian art of story telling.
>> Read Salman Rushdies 'Haroun and the Sea of Stories'...
> 
> iirc I took a run at 'The Satanic Verses' but couldn't get any traction.
> while I can understand the endless repetitions as an aid to verbal
> transmission it does get old in the sutras.
> 

I am not a fan of either the satanic verses or midnights children

But 'Haroun' was written for a child, and is non political.

Same as Kipling's 'Jungle book'

Both pick up the penchant for story telling...in India


>> He arrived at an Eastern view of the world from first principles Quite a
>> feat.
> 
> I think he remarked that when he finally encountered Buddhism it looked a
> lot like home.
> 

It is 0ne of the places that has some reason to exist
-- 
There’s a mighty big difference between good, sound reasons and reasons 
that sound good.

Burton Hillis (William Vaughn, American columnist)