shiva linga ji, "Manjushree writes well" Indeed, not only well, she writes extremely well. Outstanding is perhaps the word if I wer to describe her prose. "have a perception of her as a carierist" I don't know what you are saying as I see no real disconnect there between being a carierist [sic] and a writer. Couldn't one be both at the same time - or either or even none? What's wrong with that? "anyway she is an us graduate(i've heard)" Yes, only that, she's a Fulbright scholar.