Topic started by Ramji on Sun May 16 07:47:36 .
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I am happy to inform my HUB friends that my maiden Tamil short story titled "sirushti" has been published in the e-zine minnamblam. I will greatly appreciate any feedback including criticisms and suggestions.

http://www.minnambalam.com/

Responses:

• From: Gokul (@ atl-qbu-zpn-vty71.as.wcom.net) on: Sun May 16 19:12:35
  
  congratulations Ramji:-) Will be back with comments later.
  
  
• From: gokul (@ gatekeeper.ohioedison.com) on: Tue May 18 11:38:03
  
  Ramji,
  
  srushti is a well written philosophical piece. The nadai is quite natural.
  
  
• From: bb (@ franck.crhc.uiuc.edu) on: Tue May 18 14:17:32
  
  this is what i had written to ramji after reading his story:
  ramji, thanks a lot for sharing this with us.
  ok, now in a serious mood, this story can be visualized and critiqued from
  several levels. choosing a standard motif like painting itself is a
  masterstroke. choosing 2 characters, one leading another in a quest, is
  also a good thing (compare with a story by jayakaanthan called "guru
  peedam").
  what struck me most is this tangential interpretation as following from
  the story, which i am not sure ramji intended it to be:
  from another angle, the creation of the painting and tearing itself is a
  question of choices and decision making. this is the parallel universe
  concept that richard bach so fondly writes about. the painting itself is a
  metaphor to the future, and the future that we choose to go into is the
  one which we hold dear to ourselves. i.e., the future path which we decide
  to take, among the innumerable parallel universes possible, is the path
  which we feel is "our own". so, to come out of that linearity of thought
  and action, one way that has been proposed is to renounce. what is
  renunciation? nothing but avoiding making choices and decisions! that is,
  holding no future path as dear to us! which directly translates into the
  metaphor of the guruji's tearing apart his painting! wow, how beautifully
  this interpretation fits in!!
  balaji
  
  
• From: Ramji (@ 205.177.170.55) on: Wed May 19 07:09:07
  
  Gokul, thanks for the encouraging word.
  
  bb, that is an intriguing interpretation. It was not what I intended, though.
  
  
• From: Kanchana (@ spider-wa044.proxy.aol.com) on: Wed May 19 11:16:55
  
  Ramji,
  Your "sirushti" is impressive in the multiple levels of interpretations it allows. Your descriptive narrative and the mystique re reminiscent of an updated and more crisp laa.sa.raa.
  
  Congratulations on your first publication and hope more will follow.
  
  
• From: aruLarasan (@ psiphi.umsl.edu) on: Wed May 19 14:34:46
  
  rAmji,
  
  very good one.
  
  
• From: Ramji (@ 205.177.170.67) on: Wed May 19 19:36:23
  
  Kanchana:
  
  thalai jillAi orE jaladosham. Need a Vicks bottle. Remember the radio ad " mUkkin uLLum puRamum dhArALamAgath thadavavum" ? : ))
  
  Kanchana and aRuL:
  
  Compliments accepted humbly and gratefully.
  
  Ramji
  
  
• From: pae (@ global25.citicorp.com) on: Fri May 21 14:03:51
  
  Ramji,
  
  Wonderful! Ethanai thadavai 'kizhithu kizhithu' ezhudineergal ? :))
  
  
• From: sathiya (@ skrithik.qualcomm.com) on: Fri May 21 16:01:54
  
  Ramji,
  
  I saw it in Mainnambalam and thought this might
  be the ramji who writes in forum hub. Now after
  many days I am visiting the hub and I am very
  happy and glad to know that it is really you.
  Congratulations!!!
  
  Your nadai is very natural and the theme is
  thought provoking. I usually stare at my kitchen
  window to see the sunset. Though I see it everyday
  it is ever new and ever colorful. After reading
  your story I got a new perspective now. Good work!
  And I wish you Good luck!!!
  
  
  
  
• From: Ramji (@ 205.177.170.67) on: Sat May 22 11:37:06
  
  pae and Sathya:
  
  Thanks a million!
  
  
• From: ravi sundaram/sun/sooriyan (@ 192.149.1.168) on: Mon May 24 12:48:14
  
  Good one Ramji. Most of the philosophical stuff
  goes over my head most of the time. I liked the
  narration and the story. Hope you would accept
  compliments from one who does not fully understand
  your "srishti"
  
  
• From: Ramji (@ 205.177.170.67) on: Tue May 25 07:00:48
  
  ravi:
  
  Your response was both moving and embarrasing. I have taken time to answer it because I did not know what to say without sounding egocentric or stupid.
  
  Please do not read too much of "phylosophical stuff" in to the story. "phylosophical stuff" can never explain nature and creation. "sirushti" is nothing but an expression of my awe of nature and creation. You will see that I have not even tried to explain the mind or actions of Guruji. Calling him "paiththiyam" saved me that job.
  
  I respect your compliments. I respect your openness even more.
  
  

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