Congratulations Reema Ji!

Swapnil

--- In indiansciencefiction@..., Reema Sarwal
<reema.sarwal@...> wrote:
>
> Arvind ji, thank you for such an enthusiastic response to Creative
Nation and
> Reading Down Under. And thanks to Tiwariji for his kind wishes. I do
hope
> the books find more readers.
> Regards,
> Reema.
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:32 PM, arvind mishra
> <arvind_drmishra@...>wrote:
>
> > Presently I am in proud possesion of two
books<http://asianozstudiesnews.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-books-creative-nation-a\
nd-reading.html>
> > wonderfully written on Australian culture ,literature and films
namely *Creative
> > Nation: Australian Cinema and Cultural Studies Reader and
**Reading Down
> > Under: Australian Literary Studies Reader * coedited by a respected
> > member of this forum and my friend Ms.Reema Sarwal .
> >
> > While I am still going through one book and just glanced over the
other I
> > find that both books deserve a mention even on this sf forum as they
> > contain some good material on Austarlian sf moovies as well .The
foreword of
> > one of the book i.e.Reading Down Under by late J.V.D'Cruz former
Adjunct
> > Professor in Monash University ,Australiya is in fact a masterpiece of
> > literary writing which abounds in intersting reminences and
anecdotes of
> > India and is an excellent memoir of Gandhian Period .
> >
> > His writing though crtitically examines many comparable things in
India and
> > Australia but at many occasions retain a witty style as is
evident by the
> > following lines ....
> > " As a student in India ,I had hung on to a strap to hold my
balance
> > in a bus ,and if bus was crowded and a strap was not to be had I
would
> > reach for a stranger's shoulder to keep my balance :such personal
contact
> > was not possible in Australia .Why not ?I began to wonder....."
> > And this is not just one of his witty style to present the things his
> > writing explores many more such subtle and minute aspets of human
> > behaviour of both the great nations.
> >
> > Reema in a personal communication wrote to me that "as the editors
(the
> > other one is Mr.Amit Sarwal ) they did the books in order to promote
> > Australian literature and cinema which is not much known in India.
People
> > only read British or American authors. Australia being a
relatively "new"
> > country, it is very interesting to explore how they are trying to
define
> > their identity as a nation, especially for us Indians who take our
ancient
> > heritage for granted. "
> >
> > SF buffs may find the chapter on science fiction films by Sean
McMullen in
> > Creative Nation and the chapter on science fiction literature by
Russell
> > Blackford in Reading Down Under interesting and informative.
> > Recommended ! Since Reema is fortunately on the list why not hear
> > something directly from 'horse mouth" !
> > Arvind
> >
> >
>