Charlie Rose - Jhumpa Lahiri

Author Jhumpa Lahiri discusses her book Unaccustomed Earth.

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[Scott89119]

She's lovely. I love her work.

[LunaSol29]

I admire her so much. I write as well, and she is one of my main inspirations. We come from similar backgrounds and she captures the cross between American and South Asian cultures so poignantly, as well as being a first generation American.

[feuercmi]

Wonderful writing - I read everything she writes - truly amazing, and a wonderful eye into a different culture...

[shilpa82494]

who says beauty and brains can't exist in the same person?

[MrPullipe]

WHATADUMBCUNT

[oblomov222]

@DesiDude666 The point that I think gets lost in this debate (I agree that human experience is necessarily subjective) is that more objective observations are not the same as omniscience. Just because I think I see what may really be happening doesn't presuppose anything like the idea that I understand it. It seems to me the opposition is kind of artificial. I think the meaning of objectivity can be taken as a view of existence that is less hampered by "hierarchy and domination."

[HistoryLubber]

I loved the Namesake and Unaccustomed Earth. Will crack open Interpreter of Maladies one of these days.

[voneeta1]

Just browsing and came across these comments. I take the view that people, whatever be their origins and family background, are shaped by their environment, the interests they choose to explore, the affinities they develop, and perhaps more importantly their ability to be as objective as possible when faced with novel elements. We can and do "speak with different tongues".

[DesiDude666]

@RonAlmeida

That said, closing your eyes doesn't render what just is not be what it is. It will still be so. Better an 'AMERICLONE' than an advancing ignoramus, in such an advanced stage of life that going back or reconsideration is no longer a viable alternative. Good day.

[DesiDude666]

@RonAlmeida

I would appreciate your philosophy more if you had made it less subjective and more objective, not for my sake, but for yours. If you're older than me, I really don't want to argue against your proposition, because I don't measure up to your potential experience. However, to suggest that reality is subjective and not singular is being foolish

There is just one Truth, one reality - the wise see it, the foolish close their eyes. Imagining objective existence doesn't change what is.

[RonAlmeida]

@DesiDude666 Yes these are the contradictions of life 'A rolling stone gathers no moss' and ' A standing pole gains no ground'. Every experience in the end is subjective. Not even truth is universal, it's only a point of view. That is what makes every person unique and not just an 'AMERICLONE'.

[androc75]

Charlie Rose needs to either reinvent himself or retire. He needs to get friendlier and less creepy.