tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post4683091452490803413..comments2024-02-24T19:42:39.876+05:30Comments on Bill the Butcher: The Temple In The FogBill the Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-61786844853540120812015-11-22T14:58:33.375+05:302015-11-22T14:58:33.375+05:30Thanks. I am rather familiar with the genre, so it...Thanks. I am rather familiar with the genre, so it wasn't hard to use all the common tropes.Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-48690891781208472602015-11-22T10:18:07.252+05:302015-11-22T10:18:07.252+05:30Far from only Islamic or only country. India, for ...Far from only Islamic or only country. India, for instance, is known as Hindustan among North Indian Hindus; the Sikh insurgency of the late 20th century in Punjab demanded a Sikh nation called Khalistan; and the Persian "Registan" (desert) and "Gulistan" (garden) are routinely used in Hindi today. <br /><br />The story isn't Tamil by any means.i just like using some in jokes (usually meaning something only to me) in some of my stories. For instance, Chedupuram = centipede, and if you read the Death In The Caliphate story, al Sirdardi's name comes from the Hindi "sir dard", headache.Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-79776493323869943022015-11-22T06:19:26.389+05:302015-11-22T06:19:26.389+05:30Just marvelous! You have a gift for creating a pla...Just marvelous! You have a gift for creating a place and taking your reader there through the dark and fog. I loved this story. I read it twice as I always do. benni https://www.blogger.com/profile/09942386013237815777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-33691134672983128972015-11-21T23:51:08.673+05:302015-11-21T23:51:08.673+05:30But 'stan' is an Islamic name for country....But 'stan' is an Islamic name for country. What's the Tamil? Or anything that doesn't sound Islamic?<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-63875403861924303112015-11-21T21:05:10.484+05:302015-11-21T21:05:10.484+05:30I liked this one. I really liked how you wove in t...I liked this one. I really liked how you wove in the colonialist paternalistic mindset of the time.<br /><br />What's great about it is that it's just presented as sort of background, without judgment - bunch of British guys sitting around talking about the savages and their gods - the way that writing of the 19th or early 20th century would have presented it.<br /><br />But still, it's the fatal flaw for the main character. <br /><br />Anyway, this was a hell of a read. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-70770542255803734792015-11-20T23:57:37.489+05:302015-11-20T23:57:37.489+05:30All the names in this one are Tamil. Korangu = mon...All the names in this one are Tamil. Korangu = monkey.Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-43663192875209448142015-11-20T23:29:31.974+05:302015-11-20T23:29:31.974+05:30This was great. You are a very gifted writer. I...This was great. You are a very gifted writer. I'm not sure about some of your proper names. <em>Koran</em>gustan sounds like a Muslim capital city, with a Sultan. Of course, there would be djinn there, and djinn come with the usual number of genders, and the usual way of making more djinn. (Actually, the correct plural is djann, but the Anglicised plural is either djinn or djinns.)<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com