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Dear The New Indian Express
I am a Tam-brahm. Why wasn’t I asked to write a column?
Thank you,
Chandrachoodan “Iyer” Gopalakrishnan
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June 9th, 2008 - 14:26
Wait, all Tambrams are writing columns in the New Indian Express?
Maybe it has something to do with their editorial staff – they’re all Bengali, at least, the ones that contacted me to write for them.
June 9th, 2008 - 15:09
Most people writing for TNIE - the Saturday and Sunday papers – are Tam brams. Tams, bare minimum. They have the token north-Indian who comes and disappears.
Yeah. Most editorial staff are Bongs.
June 9th, 2008 - 23:27
Oi, you HAVE written for the Sunday Express. Remember that book that deeply enriched your life?
And they’re supposed to send more such your way. Ask and ye shall receive. Hahahaha.
June 10th, 2008 - 09:49
One review does not a column make.
More such ? Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!
I don’t mind more books, that you know. But that kind is not book. It is dry hay down your throat.
June 10th, 2008 - 10:33
Nilu used to write a column there, didn’t he? Does he still write?
June 10th, 2008 - 14:20
He did. Not anymore. Not sure why. Perhaps because there were large scale changes in the team at IE.
June 10th, 2008 - 16:09
Dude, what book did you write about there?
Link is there for that?
June 10th, 2008 - 19:14
Tushar: My review is here
June 13th, 2008 - 03:10
apparently iyengars are banned there
June 13th, 2008 - 11:14
Hawkeye: Hmm…that’s news to me. Why though?
December 26th, 2009 - 12:10
I guess the column thing is what they think is appropriate for their publication. Like, they should at least know how and what you write.