Comments on: Taking coins out of a jar http://almustafa.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/taking-coins-out-of-a-jar/ Because we are also what we have lost. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:59:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: manivannan p http://almustafa.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/taking-coins-out-of-a-jar/#comment-59 manivannan p Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:10:54 +0000 http://almustafa.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-59 hai..........! super..........! hai……….! super……….!

]]> By: Sharanya Manivannan http://almustafa.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/taking-coins-out-of-a-jar/#comment-55 Sharanya Manivannan Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:03:43 +0000 http://almustafa.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-55 Oh yeah - also wanted to point out that I defined the situation as apartheid based on race, not class, although historically class had an influence on why this situation became so in Malaysia. Oh yeah – also wanted to point out that I defined the situation as apartheid based on race, not class, although historically class had an influence on why this situation became so in Malaysia.

]]> By: Sharanya Manivannan http://almustafa.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/taking-coins-out-of-a-jar/#comment-54 Sharanya Manivannan Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:27:55 +0000 http://almustafa.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-54 You *are* perceptive. When I wrote 'Ananku' I wasn't thinking about the puberty ceremony, although mine was particularly traumatic. But it's not an inaccurate reading of the work. It certainly is about the inability of the parental figures to accept their daughter's power - and some of that power, maybe a great deal of it, comes from her growing into her femaleness. Thanks very much, Vaibhav. It was a pleasure to speak to you and read this article. You *are* perceptive. When I wrote ‘Ananku’ I wasn’t thinking about the puberty ceremony, although mine was particularly traumatic. But it’s not an inaccurate reading of the work. It certainly is about the inability of the parental figures to accept their daughter’s power – and some of that power, maybe a great deal of it, comes from her growing into her femaleness.

Thanks very much, Vaibhav. It was a pleasure to speak to you and read this article.

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