tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post7491203574117841310..comments2024-03-27T15:07:58.078+05:30Comments on Plus Ultra: The roots beckon again.Rajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-21034644044426711112008-11-04T21:06:00.000+05:302008-11-04T21:06:00.000+05:30bulbul, thanks for stepping out of the shadows and...bulbul, thanks for stepping out of the shadows and commenting. Where have I suggested that the old lady was lying?Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-64576340573476629162008-10-30T20:03:00.000+05:302008-10-30T20:03:00.000+05:30I have been a silent admirer of your blog posts. F...I have been a silent admirer of your blog posts. Finally a comment now.<BR/>It is preposterous to suggest that the old lady would have lied for a bundle of notes. Did she expect to be paid before she spoke about the voyage her cousin had taken?<BR/><BR/>Amitav Ghosh's book 'A sea of poppies' talks on this subject of migration. It is interesting to know how the isles in the Indian ocean have been peopled by people from India in the 18th and 19th century.A touching book indeed.bulbulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314505214986877435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-67318295486566697792008-09-23T20:09:00.000+05:302008-09-23T20:09:00.000+05:30anon, Naipaul's relatives seemed to want to get aw...anon, Naipaul's relatives seemed to want to get away from roots!<BR/><BR/>sagarone, why Indians. Any migrant, I guess.<BR/><BR/>sat: Yes, it was a long shot, but he made it. Who knows, the old lady may have pulled a fast one on him and taken the 500-rupee notes.Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-87213251473533310902008-09-23T15:09:00.000+05:302008-09-23T15:09:00.000+05:30:)It must have been one helluva moment for this pe...:)<BR/>It must have been one helluva moment for this person, to have been able to locate his long lost roots...but then the fact that he was indeed able to trace it in itself is nothing short of a miracleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-49978312919444693452008-09-23T01:18:00.000+05:302008-09-23T01:18:00.000+05:30A very touching tale indeed. Most migrant Indians ...A very touching tale indeed. Most migrant Indians would face the same irony when they trace their roots and come face to face with reality.Sagaronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15996661303219925144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-46342801404750125502008-09-22T23:39:00.000+05:302008-09-22T23:39:00.000+05:30v.s.naipaul had a similar experience when he visit...v.s.naipaul had a similar experience when he visited india. in his 'india - a dark continent' he narrates a scene when he visited his ancestral village in bihar.<BR/><BR/>the poor barren villagers who were his distant relatives, had only this to say to him 'why it took so long for naipaul's folks to send money for passage to west indies, and remove them from this squalor'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com