tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099822287006472886.post8641661383796004194..comments2023-09-06T20:32:52.378+05:30Comments on Word Sketches: The Story He ToldJournomusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03637288687087961594noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099822287006472886.post-5302885167080583642009-12-19T20:15:46.308+05:302009-12-19T20:15:46.308+05:30well written dear...
just a thought to share here ...well written dear...<br />just a thought to share here - ever since i moved to UK i cant stop myself comparing the lifes and styles of people here with the people back home, and this is one thing i have noticed... what we might call being all alone, lonely and sad - for more and more brits its a life of choice... it amazes me sometimes to see that they put so much importance to things like protocols,wild life, adventure, drinks, etc. etc. etc. yet many of them dont feel the need for too many people in their life... when you spend a lot of time with each other at office or uni, you do not automatically become friends for life;never to marry or have kids is the most popular choice;grandparents are not too eager to look after grandchildren for more than a weekend at a stretch, i have even come across grandparents who say no to a granddaughter spending a night at their house, as they do not have a spare full fledged bedroom, etc. etc. ... at first i thought they are delusional, selfish or afraid of committments but there is something fundamentally different between us... i am not saying one way of life is better than the other .. there are arguments to be said in favour of both ... but the fact is there are many here who do love isolation... this man life seems more poignant to likes of us; probably his being all alone stands out more against the backdrop of the vast countryside, but even if you get a chance to look in the cities, many of them live solitary lives and thats due to choice not circumstances...blame it to population explosion in our country or to our ever overintrusive nature, but we can never fully relate to or even understand some of their ways ....Nidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573982276026445974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099822287006472886.post-7237113095155694082009-12-17T18:24:10.316+05:302009-12-17T18:24:10.316+05:30I envy thee. Photographs are indeed good.I envy thee. Photographs are indeed good.Kapilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975423769713643977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099822287006472886.post-24862762380933545112009-12-17T16:50:51.791+05:302009-12-17T16:50:51.791+05:30intereting Deeps. Without doubt, you should keep d...intereting Deeps. Without doubt, you should keep dropping by the barn. I am sure he has more stories to narrate.Satish Nandgaonkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12150809458203103169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099822287006472886.post-46814124562951366752009-12-17T15:14:35.455+05:302009-12-17T15:14:35.455+05:30deeps..
till date, according to me, the best blo...deeps.. <br /><br />till date, according to me, the best blog tat yu have written.. loved each and every word yu have put across.. <br />love<br />balubalubhaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05247258750186871940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099822287006472886.post-16359636211047045312009-12-17T11:34:28.919+05:302009-12-17T11:34:28.919+05:30My dearest Deepthy,
You are becoming "deares...My dearest Deepthy,<br /><br />You are becoming "dearest" to me, as you keep writing pieces that touch me. This is my way of telling you how close and dear you are.<br /><br />I am not surprised that -- in trying to ward off the "holiday blues" in the ghost places that all campuses become in an English winter -- you chanced upon a lonely 83 year-old former armyman wanting to share the warmth of human company. <br /><br />Round every corner of our earth waits an old person with a special, different and beautiful story to tell. <br /><br />But where are the "two strapping women from two parts of the globe...one from the Pacific Island of Tonga (what's her name?) and another from a coastal city in India (our dearest Deepthy)" who are wanting and willing to listen?<br /><br />(And what of the young persons, who also have their own stories hidden away, to be revealed only when the hair has gone white or vanished?)<br /><br />*****<br /><br />Go back to "our" old friend; for, by sharing his story with us, dearest Deepthy, you have made him "our" friend too. The next time you meet him (and you must) take a gift for him that will make him want to smile and expel "the Scrooge of Cynicism" that grows inside all of us -- as we get older.<br /><br />Then "he" will reveal his name and tell you his own story that will put all your TV wanderings behind you.<br /><br />Take care. Take your time.<br /><br />"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" - Shelley.<br /><br />If winter tells<br />such tales,<br />Who knows what Spring<br />may bring?<br /><br />Peace and love,<br />- Joe.Joe Pintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816903724816351432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099822287006472886.post-37425851869715032572009-12-17T10:10:12.980+05:302009-12-17T10:10:12.980+05:30It almost seemed like a scene out of an English co...It almost seemed like a scene out of an English countryside film (whatever that means). OR more so like a those fairy tales we read where curious lil kids roam the woods, stumble upon a castle or (in this case) a barn, sneak into it either to find a pretty princess knitting or a scary witch stirring a huge pot of bones. Your nameless Englishman, though, seemed far removed from either. A man who definitely enjoyed his past, and is simply living an unexciting present, save for the occasional trespassers like you who ignite the spark of nostalgia. <br />Keep doing these 'walks to explore' and keep the 'winter tales' coming. <br />Ageining in loneliness is scary!The Coffee Cuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12131985275719213931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099822287006472886.post-90323659786467789392009-12-17T04:02:11.822+05:302009-12-17T04:02:11.822+05:30Well , it seems to be an interesting day and good ...Well , it seems to be an interesting day and good story got narrated to you. Well that was a mirror that you saw. You had a mirror image of our future.PMJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412251307017800232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099822287006472886.post-40200752160963330482009-12-17T01:13:26.153+05:302009-12-17T01:13:26.153+05:30wonderful riveting read Ms. Menon...interesting ho...wonderful riveting read Ms. Menon...interesting how you remembered every bit of the conversations...and love the choice of words. i am not surprised at all! well done.<br /><br />how about the hanging santa! :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588066174718803012noreply@blogger.com