Originally posted by: Errantnomad
Madam writer,before I start my yet another ramkatha,
TO "ENDLESS SYMPHONIES"
And if I have to borrow then I will of Asma, for forever till you deem fit...
And pray, why should all "save the earth" discussions on these pages happen post 10 pm here...
To quote Ashu, what the Dafuq is this.?
Of the threads that I have been associated with, this one from pg 123 was dragging its feet and I must have refreshed probably a 1000 times from 4 to 7 pm where it was as solid as constipation... Sorry bad
analogy..., but excuse me, I am going with the flow here... So I was here at 9: 58 pm in the night, thinking of sweet sixteen and next second I think I was off feeding the elephants in my dreams, I think.
So what do I wake up to in the morning... Thread 15... Two pages beyond 150 , thread 16 having satisfied it's ravenous appetite at 16 pages for the day with full gusto, spicy one at that. Some folks really let go last night.Boy, would I have loved to sink in my teeth too or would I have ...But that's not to be.. Some other time , perhaps.
But what struck me when I was reading all this is the persoective each one brings to the story and in doing that each one of us are placing a slice cut of their emotions which probably shapes the individuals we are on the SoSy dining table. We might be whovever are under the skins we project to the real world,submitting ourselves to the drudgery of daily life, if you can call it that, but in letting go here, we give identity to the individuals we are at heart, inside.I am not sure, we would know so much of each other had we all met in person as much as I think I know of all of you here through these pages. Many a times , when I am catching up on pages and I am hurriedly skimming through posts, I have in my mind, that ok this post is surely from this person and I scroll back up to re confirm and more often than not, I turn out to be right.And to that and to SoSy for helping us to do that, kudos.
Coming back to the last update, when I read Sam telling her father, that she thought II would be different from the other girls who hv been part of R&B's life, my first reaction was I was stunned, i thought. Isn't this a little extreme... Then I thought, ok I am in a position to judge her reaction as one of extreme as I am privy to all of these characters thought processes, but Sam does not. So she will react the way she does, because she felt used by II to placate her pride/ self respect/ ego or whatever you call that.
We can always say that this character should have done that or not done that, said that or not said that, felt that or not felt that, but at the end of the day it is all these angles which makes it a arresting story it is .
I made a post to @taara 113 on pg 29 of thread 15( I am not sure if she has read that) but I am going to cut and paste that here to put my perspective.
"@ Taara,
The characters in a story, dynamic ones, promise to take a story's audience on a journey. It's my belief that the characters act out the issues Of the human need that engages the attention of you, the reader.
What I mean is, the story teller can set a character in an environment that's compels them to act in a particular way.Madam writer has arranged the story's elements to deliberately beat down and place characters in great danger to experience the need for the character""
So there goes another ram katha. My biggest grouse that annoys me is that I don't know how to keep it shirt. May be I will some day learn to do it here.
Finally to Madam writer, you quoted zadie smith" Thank you for your attention and time". She actually said "thank you for your gift of attention and time". I am a good listener and reader, I believe. She thanked her readers and it's her living too now. So she perhaps has a reason to thank her audience
But you , madam writer , please do not humble us by doing so... You are taking a big chunk of your time, may be even giving priority to us than your family at times to entertain us for free with no consideration in return except for the joy that gives you and us. I remember zadie smith here when she said that it gives her so much joy when her readers come up to her to say that they have felt the same too .
And for that, infinity thank you's.Even that will not suffice the gratitude that I feel in being part of this journey. 👍🏼 👏