Comments on: Rushdie in Cambridge II http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/ Your daily dose of (un)reality Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:59:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Jawahara http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-354 Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:48:37 +0000 http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-354 I wish I had kept tabs on this event. Damn! I missed it. I heard Rushdie at UCLA one time and he was just a spellbinding speaker. I wish I had kept tabs on this event. Damn! I missed it. I heard Rushdie at UCLA one time and he was just a spellbinding speaker.

]]> by: raven http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-348 Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:31:44 +0000 http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-348 Ana, <a href="http://static.flickr.com/26/61112206_27b9903283.jpg" rel="nofollow">here's</a> a blurry photo. The wife took it when Raj Kapoor wasn't looking but she didn't have the flash on :( In the very least, you can make out the topi. Ana, here’s a blurry photo. The wife took it when Raj Kapoor wasn’t looking but she didn’t have the flash on :( In the very least, you can make out the topi.

]]> by: ana http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-344 Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:40:22 +0000 http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-344 needless to say i'm insanely jealous (but i'll get over it!). meanwhile, i'm smiling at someone looking like raj kapoor, possibly like the character from shree 420 singing "mera joota hai japaani" being at a talk given by rushdie, what with his apparent fascination for that song. how apropos! :) needless to say i’m insanely jealous (but i’ll get over it!). meanwhile, i’m smiling at someone looking like raj kapoor, possibly like the character from shree 420 singing “mera joota hai japaani” being at a talk given by rushdie, what with his apparent fascination for that song. how apropos! :)

]]> by: raven http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-328 Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:50:50 +0000 http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-328 Hey B: fluttering eyelashes, playing for fellow brown person sympathy, jarrito bribes, you name it: the man's immune. Plus there was a line all the way out to the front of First Church. Moorish Girl rocks. Here are her <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/112626373779320.xml&amp;coll=7" rel="nofollow">review</a> and <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/O/artsandbooks/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1127991718181420.xml&amp;coll=7" rel="nofollow">interview</a>. Hey apu: just complaining, I guess. T'was chilly and we had to wait in line for a while and the bag started getting heavier. Plus we saw a man who looked just like Raj Kapoor, hat, cigarette and everything! Hey B: fluttering eyelashes, playing for fellow brown person sympathy, jarrito bribes, you name it: the man’s immune. Plus there was a line all the way out to the front of First Church.

Moorish Girl rocks. Here are her review and interview.

Hey apu: just complaining, I guess. T’was chilly and we had to wait in line for a while and the bag started getting heavier. Plus we saw a man who looked just like Raj Kapoor, hat, cigarette and everything!

]]> by: apu http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-327 Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:01:25 +0000 http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-327 Raven gets lucky...(So how does carrying around a ton-filled bag for some time matter :) Raven gets lucky…(So how does carrying around a ton-filled bag for some time matter :)

]]> by: Baraka http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-326 Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:47:49 +0000 http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-326 Check this out! Moorish Girl's run-in with Rushdie http://www.moorishgirl.com/archives/003310.html Check this out! Moorish Girl’s run-in with Rushdie

http://www.moorishgirl.com/archives/003310.html

]]> by: Baraka http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-325 Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:44:54 +0000 http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/rushdie-in-cambridge-ii/#comment-325 Dang it. I want him to sign my battered copy of Midnight's Children! Do you suppose fluttering eyelashes might help in this scenario? Or did you try that? ;) Dang it. I want him to sign my battered copy of Midnight’s Children!

Do you suppose fluttering eyelashes might help in this scenario? Or did you try that? ;)

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