Hey Navin,
I am sorry I didn't comment earlier on any of your works. I could have left a "great update, continue soon" message but that's not how I roll. I believe that if the author is taking such pains to write down a spectacular update for you, you should atleast give appropriate feedback. But the fact is that I am in awe of YOU! Have been since the time you wrote about the show-that-must-not-be-named. And I was painfully aware that my words could never express the appreciation I really felt for your talent.
Today I read that you wanted to leave this forum. And I am not surprised. The atmosphere here is quite volatile these days and I am pained to see that many great postmakers and analysts have moved on or stopped posting. Add to that some of them even left IF due to various reasons. As a result the RR forum has really lost it's charm(IMO) and it's not as fun as it used to be. I myself am a fan of PaRud and it pains me to say that the story has really lost me. I cannot connect with what the characters are doing and the only reason I watch it at 9:30 pm religiously is my unwavering loyalty towards Sanaya, Ashish and the rest of the STELLAR CAST this show has. As SJ said a couple of days back, it's the acting (and the eye-candy) that is keeping us hooked despite everything. Coming back to the point, I saw the number of OSs dwindle, the creativity decline and the fights increase. Hence even I stayed away from the forum these past weeks, simply checking in to see some posts.
Now when I read your A/N I wanted to tell you something about your stories. I realise that the situation is uncertain and that you may never write on PaRud again. I completely understand and respect that. I wanted to thank you for giving us the Yesterday & Tomorrow series as well as your insightful posts.
Your writing is fantabulous, awesome, beautiful, lovely, great, amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, fabulous, miraculous, portentous, prodigious, staggering, stunning, stupendous, sublime, surprising, wonderful, wondrous, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable, extraordinary, phenomenal, rare, sensational, spectacular, outstanding, smashing, striking, mind-bending, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, animating, energizing, enlightening, enlivening, exciting, invigorating, captivating, charming, enchanting, entertaining, enthralling, fascinating, interesting, capital, classic, crackerjack, divine, first-class, grand, heavenly, high-class, marvelous, par excellence, peachy, prizewinning, quality, sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, superb, superlative, swell, terrific, tip-top and top-of-the-line.
Believe me, I am not exaggerating or sucking up to you. You deserve all this and much more. I wish that we get to read more of your works. But the decision lies with you and no matter what, I will always wait to read something from Napster's pen!