Soch, Invisible Trade and me Soch, Invisible Trade and me
"What did you do in this Dashain," jibed my friends at office, tongue in check expecting a stereotype of answer. My uncanny answer took them off guard as I told them I finished reading two interesting and intriguing books at one go. In fact, two books were a kind of Dashain bonus for me which kept me busy throughout the Dashain like playing cards did for others. For last few months, I have heard many times that Karna Sakya was impregnated with ideas to write a book on what he thinks and feels. Finally, I did manage to buy a copy of his latest book Soch in the same day as it released. In the meantime, another book that I was longing to read for a long time finally made its way to Kathmandu through DHL from Singapore. The book is about the flourishing invisible trade sprawling all over Singapore that Singaporeans pretend to be not known well.
As I progressed reading Soch, my elderly parents told me to read out loudly to make them heard. One of the reasons to read Karna Sakya's Soch vociferously to my parents was that my own thinking resembles very much with his writing. He is an exponent of positive thinking. And, it reflects in his writing. I don't know how honest he was while
writing this book but the matrix of his career shows lucidly that he is sure-footed and knows what is best for him and the nation. One thing that falls short in his book is about his personal life. I could read between the lines while going through some passages. But his art of writing always keep his readers at bay while taking them to virtual reality of his life- you feel it but cannot touch kind. Soch makes people to think themselves as Hanuman- the monkey god of bygone age with immense capability without realization. What we need is Jambuwan- wise bear among monkeys soldiers of Sukrib-like Karna to make us feel that we are not as worst as we think of ourselves. It didn't take a long time for me to finish it before starting titillating book by Gerrie Lim who writes for The Wall Street Journal, Playboy among others.
A couple of months ago my eyes were caught by a news about a book called Invisible Trade which topped the chart of bestsellers because of its candid approach to prostitution in a country like Singapore. Having been there in 1997 with 24 days stay, it was beyond my comprehension to realize the fact that the area I stayed is also a part of invisible trade, particularly for Chinese clients that Lim mentioned in his book. Unlike academic dissertation, Gerrie Lim explores the secret world of high-priced sex workers in Invisible
Trade with a series of lucid portraits offering insights into this remarkable area of modern commerce which is being operated in the name of escorting. May it sound bizarre but it is true in Singapore that the pervert willingly pays US$ 300 per hour just to get strangled by
an escort girl with her thighs which produces a terrific rush when he climaxes. Alas! Poor me, I did not know then men could have had kick out of choking sensation. Invisible Trade is a testimony of Singapore's double set of morality where oral sex is punishable but prostitution is legal within a certain area. But Singaporean government understand well that it generates millions of dollar revenue which escort agencies pay in form of tax and brings millions of tourists who make it a transit point to relax.
(Published in The Rising Nepal)
As I progressed reading Soch, my elderly parents told me to read out loudly to make them heard. One of the reasons to read Karna Sakya's Soch vociferously to my parents was that my own thinking resembles very much with his writing. He is an exponent of positive thinking. And, it reflects in his writing. I don't know how honest he was while
writing this book but the matrix of his career shows lucidly that he is sure-footed and knows what is best for him and the nation. One thing that falls short in his book is about his personal life. I could read between the lines while going through some passages. But his art of writing always keep his readers at bay while taking them to virtual reality of his life- you feel it but cannot touch kind. Soch makes people to think themselves as Hanuman- the monkey god of bygone age with immense capability without realization. What we need is Jambuwan- wise bear among monkeys soldiers of Sukrib-like Karna to make us feel that we are not as worst as we think of ourselves. It didn't take a long time for me to finish it before starting titillating book by Gerrie Lim who writes for The Wall Street Journal, Playboy among others.
A couple of months ago my eyes were caught by a news about a book called Invisible Trade which topped the chart of bestsellers because of its candid approach to prostitution in a country like Singapore. Having been there in 1997 with 24 days stay, it was beyond my comprehension to realize the fact that the area I stayed is also a part of invisible trade, particularly for Chinese clients that Lim mentioned in his book. Unlike academic dissertation, Gerrie Lim explores the secret world of high-priced sex workers in Invisible
Trade with a series of lucid portraits offering insights into this remarkable area of modern commerce which is being operated in the name of escorting. May it sound bizarre but it is true in Singapore that the pervert willingly pays US$ 300 per hour just to get strangled by
an escort girl with her thighs which produces a terrific rush when he climaxes. Alas! Poor me, I did not know then men could have had kick out of choking sensation. Invisible Trade is a testimony of Singapore's double set of morality where oral sex is punishable but prostitution is legal within a certain area. But Singaporean government understand well that it generates millions of dollar revenue which escort agencies pay in form of tax and brings millions of tourists who make it a transit point to relax.
(Published in The Rising Nepal)
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