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Growing up gay and Tamil
Sengupta, Somini | September 30, 1996 issue

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The article focuses on the book "Funny Boy," by Shyam Selvadurai. "Funny Boy", published two years ago in Canada and in the United States, has been described as a gay coming-of-age tale set against the back-drop of civil strife. It is really a story about the power of stories-the bitter truths, the mythologies, the fantasies that make and maintain families and nations. Arjie, the mischievous child narrator of Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy, rummages through his grandmother's dirty clothes pile in search of the saris, blouses and odorous bedsheets necessary for the Sunday-afternoon game of "bride-bride."

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FUNNY Boy (Book); SELVADURAI, Shyam; TRUTH; CLOTHING & dress; GAMES; TAMIL (Indic people)
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