I saw this interesting cartoon by Ajit Ninan in today's Mumbai Mirror. Well, the previous post reminded me of the jingoism going on in Maharashtra today. This cartoon has captured the haplessness of the people of Mumbai and the rowdy MNS.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Saumensch du dreckigs!
Do not go gently into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
--Dylan Thomas
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
When Death Tells a Story, You Really have to Listen
When Death is the narrator, it would seem the world is bleak with no living voice to speak. Guess Germany in the 1930s was as good as dead. Deportation, ghettoization, persecution and massacre of Jews, Communists, Homosexuals, Opponents of the government--even Death was moved to finding solace in a little girl's life for a change. I started reading this book last night and have learnt quite a few interesting German words -- saumensch, saukerl and arschloch. Interesting! Now, if only I knew the correct pronunciation.
From what I have read and seen via movies and documentaries, it seems to me that most German citizens knew what Hitler and his cronies were doing but preferred to turn a blind eye or deluded themselves with his madness. Markus Zusak, however, gives us the picture from a little girl's perspective. Liesel Meminger's world is shaken when her foster family hides a Jew in thier basement. Finished reading two parts of it. So far so good!
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