Deepa Mehta's _Fire_

[Michael Rabe]

>Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 23:52:33 -0500 (EST)
>From: Maureen Fadem <fademm at castle.beaver.edu>
>To: sasialit at listserv.rice.edu, Michael Rabe <mrabe at artic.edu>
>cc: acsaa-l at ccat.sas.upenn.edu
>Subject: Re: Deepa Mehta's _Fire_

>
>thank you, michael, for forwarding this. excellent poem; i especially
>liked the part about vultures, starvation, 'arre yaar'! :) ...i think that
>stanza is possibly the one i like the most... and the poet's contrast of
>pornography and rape is also poignant. oh, reminds me of things i'd say
>about my own cultures...like the impeachment abomination and all of its
>many splendored hypocrisies. :-)
>best,
>maureen.
>
>On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Michael Rabe wrote:
>
>> >Date:         Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:25:07 -0500
>> >From: Partha Banerjee <partha at CAPITAL.NET>
>> >Subject:      Re: Deepa Mehta's _Fire_
>> >To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
>>
>> >A little poetry on this thread might not be irrelevant after all.
>> >
>> >Partha
>> >__________
>> >
>> >Poet: Cheryl Kanekar
>> >Published in AWAKENING, Mumbai, December 1998.
>> >__________
>> >
>> >Burning issues
>> >