Tuesday, January 23, 2007

News at Eleven: If he [Daljit Nagra] causes offence,

he believes at least it generates a debate about how British Asians represent themselves. "Should we be selling ourselves or should we be honest? There's an attempt in the poems to be really honest and present the community as it really is."

from The Guardian: The bard of Dollis Hill

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2 comments :

Gerald (SK14) said...

Nice article and a good insight.

But what's this about him being unknown and Faber publishing his "first" book. Does his presence in many a small magazine and his first pamphlet from Smith/Doorstop count for nothing?

see review of latter at http://geraldengland.co.uk/revs/bs014.htm

Rus Bowden said...

It sure doesn;t count for nothing.

Thanks for the good comment and link.

Yours,
Rus