tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post3200650770254569539..comments2024-02-26T12:53:35.542+05:00Comments on The Republic of Rumi Blog: A book I don't likeKhurram Ali Shafiquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15329916182280619617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-81784588542980732522009-08-18T17:55:51.186+06:002009-08-18T17:55:51.186+06:00Naqib, thanks. We need not "discuss" the...Naqib, thanks. We need not "discuss" the novel as such. Just sharing our reasons for not reading it would be good enough.Khurram Ali Shafiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329916182280619617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-16911943933040357732009-08-18T16:28:13.731+06:002009-08-18T16:28:13.731+06:00These matters of writing "historical fiction&...These matters of writing "historical fiction" are raising many questions for what creativity, academic writing, and above all, ethics mean in the modern world.<br /><br />Some years ago when I wrote an article 'Signals from The DaVinci Code', I had humbly pointed out to this (problematic) notion of writing about religious figures and personalities in the genre of fiction and some people had criticized my comments on the dangerous trend of trying to knit a fictitious work that is based on episodes of religious history. The questions I had raised back then seem to have been important ones since another manifestation of this trend has come out in the form of the novel being discussed now.Naqibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367715102393277395noreply@blogger.com