tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post5595576310725354869..comments2024-03-24T12:54:16.636+05:30Comments on Calicut Heritage: FOR PEPPER AND CHRIST - A Fictional History of CalicutPremchandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413182610858952040noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-27137871256529150812010-07-04T17:01:18.086+05:302010-07-04T17:01:18.086+05:30i read the book a year back and while the concept ...i read the book a year back and while the concept was good, did not quite find the richness and depth when the characters reached calicut. the research done on that part seemed inadequate..but the arab areas were better explored.Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-16894634677701574932010-06-29T10:40:04.845+05:302010-06-29T10:40:04.845+05:30"There's something inexorable about histo..."There's something inexorable about history - also about gunpowder and gunboats" also about romance-(local?)<br />Taufiq's dalliance with a young Muslim girl in Calicut. Fortunately that was not a white man with a Muslim girl as in the previous case.<br /> <br />I am yet to read anything by<br />Mr.Daruwalla and the plot here seems to be really interesting -From Lisbon to narayanveehttp://narayanvee@hotmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-35944926921302937802010-06-29T10:29:59.459+05:302010-06-29T10:29:59.459+05:30"There's something inexorable about histo..."There's something inexorable about history also about gun powder and gunboats" also about local romance-Taufiq's dalliance with a young Muslim girl in Calicut-another Muslim girl, not for the white man fortunately, but for Taufiq.<br /> NarayananAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-91059956896989087662010-06-28T17:05:18.838+05:302010-06-28T17:05:18.838+05:30"There's something inexorable about histo..."There's something inexorable about history". Very true. Thanks.P.N. Subramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420464521174227821noreply@blogger.com