Crisp Bytes SC 10th Sept 13 - Page 6

Originally posted by: IdiotViewer

All farewells must be sudden when forever... The heart will break but broken live on.

Hard to believe it has come to this Arshi... It's like coming one day and no longer finding 'home'... SC forum is just a house for me, now. A structure, without soul.

I suppose I thought I'd be churning out essays for every episode and delivering *standin'-frickin-ovation's* till the number 2000. Par apni kahaani Rab ne ehna hi likheya si. At the peak of SC, CB was a force of nature, a fathomless ocean of ideas, insights and discourse. Even today, those links are threads of pure gold and their perusing value shall never diminish, nor their power to enrich and stimulate. We made our own discussions, as smrth Bhai said. Unstoppable. We 'mavericks'... Our passion got tampered and disilluisioned on one front. But we shall meet again in another. Our investment was not for naught. Never for naught when we walk out with deep attachments, genuine respect and awe... An undeniable sense of regard. Saraswatichandra has been tarnished but CB shines on with unblemished brilliance.

*Standing-frickin-ovation* to all the CBians and to you, our resilient troop leader 👏 👏 👏 👏 and a salute of pure pride and honor.

Arshi, Hgg bhai, smrth bhai, happychappy, Nandy, kaadal, twila, Vaishali, Veera, Santhi, Kat, Shana, Anki, Reemz, Mrieshka, trupishree (this list I know is by no means exhaustive) Just everyone who have made CB what it is today, who consider CB home, haven and 'public sphere'... It's been a sheer pleasure. An unreplicable experience. The magic, can never be recreated. And nor should it. Also, it goes without saying that the CB experience has been, strictly speaking, unforgettable.

P.S. Pouring my heart out today because I am real bad with goodbye's. Tomorrow will be 'Ivy' style analysis (the swansong), been saving artillery from three episodes... Followed by a postscript. The End.

Originally posted by: twila

Ivy ...

Waiting for the analysis in signature Ivy style ...

and truly hoping that it shall not be " The End " ... at least not for some time at least ...

Originally posted by: happychappy

Arshi, perhaps you could consider a weekly CB?

Let's do a popcorn version of watching SC

On popular request, heed our pleas-on-knees?

We know this show is no more the SLB thoroughbred

Its now a farmyard plodder tuned for the TRP harvest

No more fine displays of virtuosity to behold,

No literary allusions, no subtle layers to unfold

Of Ivy's mirrors, shattering or shedding light

Smrth's dots and crosses, puzzles and foresight

And Hgg's alpha-beta we shall no more debate, but

We could try to keep company for CB's sake

As so many friends here have come to say

With low expectations and even less "ehsaas"

Even our hearts can bear it if we are careful

This show has touched new lows and left us stranded

But maybe we should change our attitude to...

"Sphere ke saat khoon maaf, just give us our Samud..." 😊