04-24-2007, 03:52 PM
Speaking of a Hindu Narrative - I was yet again reminded of the sorts of things that should go into a narrative while reading a link posted on BRF. This is the record of a Bangladeshi narrative.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6434479.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bangladeshi writer Tahmima Anam has told the BBC how the stories of her family brought to life her debut novel A Golden Age - already described as one of the most outstanding of recent times.
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Much of the book is based on similar human stories - written about individuals rather than battles and military campaigns.
Anam explained that this had happened because she found, when she went to Bangladesh to interview people involved in the war, that their stories "weren't necessarily war stories - they were stories about the people they fell in love with during the war, or what happened to their families, or the things that they ate and those mundane kind of details.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6434479.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bangladeshi writer Tahmima Anam has told the BBC how the stories of her family brought to life her debut novel A Golden Age - already described as one of the most outstanding of recent times.
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Much of the book is based on similar human stories - written about individuals rather than battles and military campaigns.
Anam explained that this had happened because she found, when she went to Bangladesh to interview people involved in the war, that their stories "weren't necessarily war stories - they were stories about the people they fell in love with during the war, or what happened to their families, or the things that they ate and those mundane kind of details.
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