INDOLOGY FAQ. Re. Varanasi

[JKirkpatrick]

Well, his surname suggests that his ancestors came from the
northern Iran area known as Rusht, as in (Eng.) 'rushed'. But who
knows how he pronounces it.

Joanna K.
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God yes.  And the author, Salman Rooshdie?

(Has anyone heard him pronounce his own name?  Not that that
would be convincing evidence to an indologist  :-)

Dominik

On 15 February 2010 16:24, Frances Pritchett <fp7 at columbia.edu>
wrote:

> And moving on from VaraNAAsi, let's not forget that other great

> cultural center, the POON-jab.
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> Fran
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