Hindustan Times
Hey, I just got a book from a dear friend who lent it on the assumption that I was off to Iran this Sunday. Looks I’m not going after all, but I’ve been there before (loved the place and the people) so perhaps another time. And because I thought I might go, I read two fascinating books on Iran, so nothing’s wasted – and now, here’s a third. It’s called Strange Times, My Dear, edited by Nahid Mozaffari and its other name is ‘The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature’. Here’s the first thing that jumped out of it to catch my eye and it’s so totally Mangalore that I thought I’d better share it with you right away, two lines from the great Iranian poet Hafiz (this book spells it ‘Hafez’ the proper Iranian way): Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Renuka Narayanan on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged 'Strange Times, 'The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature', Iran, Mangalore, Nahid Mozaffari, Pakistan
