|
Lower case
Subaltern story
Biju Mathew’s book. What’s
it called? Taxi, he said, what else? To be launched in New York in May,
then perhaps in India. Biju single-handedly blocked Modi’s visit
to New York. But this info system professor is even more famous for organising
the badly-paid taxi drivers of New York into a strong union. So strong
they took on the big guns of America. His book is the tale of these taxi
drivers and those who paid to ride them. Film stars, whores, corporates,
housewives. cia agents?
Winner takes
it all
Shantaram, the story of Gregory Roberts — number one on Australia’s
most wanted list — and his transformation in India will now be produced
into a Hollywood movie, starring Johnny Depp. In his own words, Roberts
was “a revolutionary who lost his ideals in heroin, a philosopher
who lost his integrity in crime, and a poet who lost his soul in a maximum-security
prison.” Depp beat Russell Crowe in the auction for the right to
the 1000-page novel.
|
