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. > > Fran > >