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My dear Sabita,
It is really sweet of you to say such flattering things about my posts. Let me tell you something from my side.
You should never underestimate yourself. Good writing is not only about style and vocabulary, it is also about ideas, and psychological perception. Both of which you have.
You had written on another thread about how Karna having been an outcast all his life would have dulled his finer perceptions of emotions, if I remember that correctly. This was absolutely right. And here, the part I have put in bold italics is really very good.
So keep it up, and never doubt that you will soon be a fantastic writer yourself. See if I am not right!
Shyamala Aunty
PS: The Enigma was a British contraption.
Originally posted by: gemini54
Dear Aunty
First of all I am in awe of your beautiful writing. You are absolutely right Karna has sold his soul to the devil. He is a tragic hero in the real sense. You are right people call him gray I think because within him he does have the goodness of charity where he does not care for material possessions and he is Loyal to a fault. It is sad that he has sworn loyalty to Duryodhan but nevertheless loyal.
I think this is a tragic love story indeed not in the likes of Romeo and Juliet but tragic because Uruvi can give it all but still fall short and Karna May try to give it all but still fall short.
P.S This forum has such fantastic writers I am glad I chanced upon it
QUOTE=sashashyam]<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Yes, my dear Sabita, but what do you do when the conscience in question has a lock, and the key is not with you but with someone else?</font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">This is exactly what is going to happen to Uruvi. She may be able to distinguish unambiguoulsy between right and wrong, and she would surely also try to bring this distinction home to Karna, but to what avail?</font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">He may know when he is in the wrong, but he will still do what Duryodhana wants, which is bound to be wrong 99% of the time.</font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">As I wrote above, she is falling for a man who has sold his soul and can no longer call it his own. And that soul is already getting corroded. I was struck by the fact that last night, he has NO hesitation in promoting what he himself had condemned the day before, depriving a woman of the right to choose her life partner.</font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Shyamala Aunty</font>
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