Comments on: City Reading – The Delhi Proustians XVIII, Indian Coffee House

By: Matka

Matka — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:35:09 +0000

Oh come on, you know he truly LOVES the Mohan Singh Palace Indian Coffee House. It’s just not suitable for reading Proust. Sure, some remarks may have been offensive, but read it in the context of “What would Proust have done?” and the writing actually captures some of that je ne sais quoi of the excerpts quoted in the past few weeks.

Hey, maybe I’ll finally get around to joining the society! Let me see if it’s available on Kindle for Android.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:06:48 +0000

It’s up to you where you want to go. But you know the history of the Coffee House well. This is not a place that should be treated with the kind of language you used to pull in Delhi crowd. Step in Calcutta CH or even Bangalore CH (old one was better). But still, the one in the capital is part of the long chain of CHs. Proust or no Proust, if you go on at this rate, do keep in mind that you will stumble one day and hurt yourself. You can buy some people for some time but pretension don’t last.

By: Marvin

Marvin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:24:51 +0000

Touche. Though given the eclectic and limited membership of the club, I am sure no one will mind.

In case that doesn’t happen, who the hell is going to pay the price of these Proustian sensibilities?

By: Matka

Matka — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:16:45 +0000

Then he’d have to change the name of the society…

Maybe the L’Opera outlet in Vasant Kunj? Better and bigger than the original in Khan Market. And you get madeleine.

By: Abhilasha Singh

Abhilasha Singh — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:32:26 +0000

Reading and writing,indeed, are the pleasures for riches.

By: Marvin

Marvin — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:29:22 +0000

The adjective ‘exclusive’ does not sound very encouraging. Why don’t you just go to Paris instead?