Comments on The Quaint and Luminous Life of a Cha Lover: What's in my backpack?

I just watched this movie couple days ago....and I...

2010-03-13T04:56:48.874+05:30

I just watched this movie couple days ago....and I was thinking of a similar post :)

I have the same problem as u - I cannot write the stuff that irks me or hurts me or saddens me....for that, I would have to start another anonymous blog....not sure if I can handle it.

@jp sir: thank you, sir. your line- 'malice is...

2010-03-13T04:34:01.721+05:30

@jp sir: thank you, sir. your line- 'malice is not your style', made me smile.

My dear KG, I have been reading your blog careful...

2010-03-12T12:19:38.300+05:30

My dear KG,

I have been reading your blog carefully for a long time now and broadly agree with your observations.

You have become needlessly cautious and suppressed the outspoken person that is the essential KG.

When I started "Against the Tide" I did it as much for my students as for myself: to help us all to resist the tide to conform, to fall in line; go along with the silent majority; to speak up, to dare to think our own thoughts.

Listen to that inner voice, KG. Your conscience is still alive and throbbing. Listen to it.

You have never been the one to hurt anyone consciously. Malice is not your style. So do not worry.

Be yourself and slowly you will feel the strength return; the courage to speak your mind, to speak the unspeakable, to blow the whistle on all that is hypocritical and false in our beautiful world.

Be brave and honest, KG. "To thine own self be true. And then thou canst not be false to any man (or woman)." (I hope I have not misquoted Shakespeare after 40 years.)

My love to your family, near and far.

Peace and love,
- Joe.

@casuarina: i think my friend Tracer puts it very ...

2010-03-11T08:50:29.611+05:30

@casuarina: i think my friend Tracer puts it very well and simply. We are free to say what we like, but am sure we'd not like to hurt those who matter?

That's the irony of it all...I feel like I wan...

2010-03-10T15:52:47.944+05:30

That's the irony of it all...I feel like I want the recognition of being myself most of the time but I also do feel like I'm betraying my readers by not sharing all my stories because they know who Casuarina is after all !

Recently there was chaos and resentment in our family when I wrote exactly how I felt about my in-laws after a certain set of difficult circumstances (you might rememember the post in qstn)in my blog. I wondered then what you are contemplating in this post : should I just have stuck to my pseudonym ?

Or is the lure of recognition too much for me to forsake it after all ?

I guess we have to draw the line somewhere. My question is : Just where ?

@fareed: its a nice pass time, yes. but at the end...

2010-03-10T05:56:59.617+05:30

@fareed: its a nice pass time, yes. but at the end of it i feel very silly :D

@tracer: i see you heb becaalm bhery bhiej. ijj ee...

2010-03-10T05:55:51.115+05:30

@tracer: i see you heb becaalm bhery bhiej. ijj eet the nieu compaany theej daze?

:D so good to see you around. was missing your very very articulate comments :p

The knack of going back and stumbling upon my idio...

2010-03-09T17:16:15.514+05:30

The knack of going back and stumbling upon my idiosyncrasies has been a contended pastime for me. The pilgrimage from frown to flourish is consecrated to extent where you set to see yourself from the outside.

coming back to ur blog after ages.... loved the mo...

2010-03-09T16:25:51.599+05:30

coming back to ur blog after ages.... loved the movie and liked ur post too :) see i have been careful with my choice of words... i didn't say i loved your post :P :P just kidding... ur too hard on yourself... u see there's a difference between social animals and animals... we don't really walk around naked even if we want to... so take a chill pill... like my dad would have said...do (write) what u want to irrespective of what people may think... just don't end up hurting anyone significant :) and walk around naked if that's what u want :P :P Hail Calvin!

patty: :D you looney about clooney too? :D but why...

2010-03-09T07:49:58.754+05:30

patty: :D you looney about clooney too? :D but why did he have to look so miserable at the awards night?
nasty ones, eh? :))

IK: i think everything has its consequences, and being too outspoken always comes across as being insensitive. like i said, ive gone too far beyond in the conformity game. its going to be difficult to undo a lot of qualities i've taken to consciously...

discovering m: mone, good to see your comment here :). after eons! Yes, i think i should have just begun anonymously....like you. How have you discovered yourself, m?

@primitive lyric: true! but look at it the other way...the older we grow the more independent we become--don't we? then shouldn't we be less careful about what we do . If i was a teenager and wanted to smoke, i'd do it privately hoping so and so doesn't see me. but as an adult you have that much more independence to do your own thing. or may be it is an INDIAN thing?

I wonder if the need to act (write/talk) with caut...

2010-03-08T19:17:21.220+05:30

I wonder if the need to act (write/talk) with caution comes with age. A few years ago, I wrote fearlessly about loony exes and exasperating encounters with bosses. It all feels so immature today.
Now much of what I write feels safe!

being anonymous has its definite advantages :) one...

2010-03-08T16:40:34.687+05:30

being anonymous has its definite advantages :) one being that one can be brutally honest when you blog !

Clooney ? hmm.. good luck with that :-P

u took a long time to think on these lines. write...

2010-03-08T13:35:49.884+05:30

u took a long time to think on these lines. write from your heart not from the balance of your social circle. you have read quite a number of my blogs and they scream collectively that i write what I feel like.. the world be dammed

Oh... dont bother.. he wont say yes to you... coz ...

2010-03-08T10:03:13.496+05:30

Oh... dont bother.. he wont say yes to you... coz i'm in line waaaayyyy ahead!!! *wink*

Hey.. I always thought you were rather outspoken.. and hence just love your blog.. But if you think otherwise.. I'm waiting for some nasty posts... :-)