Originally posted by: indi52
hi shweta: so true, i do need to be treated. in fact, sri was very surprised a couple of days ago when i wrote a v short post on the dhamaka friday episode.
so just in case she thought i was cured, did a mega long one this sunday on the same episode 😆
okay, shweta, read your stunning post on page 70. abs agree with every word. this is a fabulous, extremely precious place. just this evening i was thinking, wish there was a way of archiving the whole crooner event (it is that) in a neat way so one can reference easily. some day, this is going to be precious material in research relating to media, the new woman, communications, society, who knows what else. and when the hindi soap becomes a genre you discuss and do degrees in (my friend went to scotland to do a doctorate degree on crossing cultures and hindi movies!!!!! when i was growing up these same movies were considered ordinary even bad entertainment with nothing of value to offer), so when the hindi soap comes of age, crooner i get the feeling will be high on the list of those delving into the serials that began to change the scene and brought a unique sense of style, art, finesse into the genre apart from great story of course.
maybe i am wrong. but who knows maybe not.
and all of this has happened because a girl i've never met, but whom i have come to respect greatly, fell in love with a serial, experienced it differently, decided to share her experience and took the enjoyment to a whole new level. dear honeypriya.
i will be fiftytwo in a couple of months. when i tell people, "don't worry, be late, i'm fine, i'll just go to the forum," you can imagine the reactions i get. first, i go and fall in love with a man 24 years younger (married me with kid too, 😃), then i get totally hooked on a serial, and now forum!!! indi has gone crazy. this afternoon i was describing the fun, games and astounding talent i meet at the crooner to a friend.
it all started when things were looking bleak at iss pyaar ko, uff those post wedding days. in desperation, since giving up was not an option (strange, the first and only serial i've followed and what commitment it demands), i went and started reading stuff at the forum. the first time i read a crooner i thought, huh! quoting high literature and critically analysing every moment, mad or what. i echoed the sentiments of people of my age with our myriad barriers.
thankfully, the phangurrl in me persisted. i came back to crooner and started reading in earnest. you shweta, were among the first writers i read, other than priya. then there were nandalala, amisuv, subiscs, ultimatebarun with her many commas and short bursts of thought, beena, savvy, so many of you.
i think i wrote a comment or two once in a way crooner 51 onward. always i would find likes from perfect strangers when i went back. a wonderful experience to a forum newbie such as myself. and in a couple of days, a well thought out comment and the warmest of invites arrived from priya. all of those reading this know exactly what i'm talking about.
i remember being bowled over by the straight forward talk and the open welcome, the intelligence, and laughter in this young woman's voice.
since crooner 71, i am regularly here. looking forward to it very single day. couple of times priya has written to me apologising for not being able to respond personally and stuff. i am dumbfounded. where does she get all this energy from? the time and concentration for that practically daily crooner main post itself would take the mickey out of many. on top of that she works (in the money markets too if i understand right), manages home, romances with hubs, keeps friendships thriving, does about a hundred pm's a day, keeps abreast of the goings on at crooner, seriously analyses, sets direction, and does a bit of horsing around here. i mean how many hours does her day have?
i have always written back: don't even think of apologising, you give me a very very rewarding place every day. that is enough. i know you read every word. you are a wondegirl, thanks for everything.
oh shweta, thanks for that post. i have met so many of you here and been awestruck by the level of talent plus the cadence of today's girltalk. each and every post adds to my life, and makes growing older delightful.
er, did you say you're waiting for shyam to get dhulai. how bad of you to speak like that about your own swami.
take care
indi
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