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Title: An allegory as contemporary as animal farm
Review: Most recently we were fortunate to be able see Satyajit Ray's Bengali movies, Gopi Gayen Bagha Bayen and Hirak Rajar Deshe, locally. Story line of "Haroun and the sea of stories" goes through plenty mow fish and gopi and bagha as the author borrows metaphors from Satyajit Ray and Wizard of Oz. Like Orwell's Big Brother, Walrus is watching over the sad city in the land of chup(word for silence in hindi/urdu). At the end gupwalas prevail and story water is salvaged. Being an ardent Rushdie fan I could not bear to see his most recent NY based novel, Fury, becoming irrelevant in the week of its release in September, 2001. However, if you needed any metaphors for defending human dignity, freedom and democracy, look no furhter than this book and Satyajit Ray's movies of Gopi and Bagha.
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