Musings of a Muddled Mind - (Index); Edited NOTE/Pg27/Jan 22, 2016 - Page 18

Dear Meera,

I am mostly a silent reader and an admirer of many good writers and their stories. I enjoy reading these stories again and again.

I read your 'Colours of Wind' tens of times, since I stumbled on it couple of months ago. Actually I should not call it stumbling. First I read a post which was a tribute to you. Then I read another post, where your Colours of wind' was mentioned as one of the best. I could not let go of a good story from a good writer, so, I searched for it and the rest is history.

You wrote this story close to 3 years ago. People are still reading it and admiring it. People like me are a bit embarrassed to post a comment or hit the like button because...well, we thought it looks silly. But believe me, we love the story.

Coming to plagiarism, I have a different opinion on this. The original IPK gave us a story and we all liked the characters of Arnav and Khushi (thanks to BS and SI for their excellent acting skills). But we did not like some parts of the story and how it was handled. That dislike gave birth to hundreds of good, bad and ugly FFs. I am not interested in the latter two but only in the first category. Some FFs exposed the fact that Khushi sold her biological mothers' bangles to buy plants to make peace between Arnav and Lavanya. Some FFs exposed Shyam's murder attempt on Shashi. Some FFs exposed how Anjali manipulated Khushi to train Lavanya.

The writers want to base their story on some undisclosed facts from the original, so, there is a possibility that two or more FFs looked almost the same. But again, you have to believe me when I say people can steal a story, but not ones' writing style. I and many other readers, pick a good story only when the writing style is appealing. If someone is openly copying others' stories, then they need to be pointed out.

So, please do not deprive us from reading your stories for someone else's wrong deeds.

If you do not want to put some of your stories (which I think I have not read yet) back in IF, is there any other way, I can read them? I do not want to miss out on any of your stories.

Thanks for giving us many good stories and finally, whatever you do, I respect your decision.

Cheers...