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 Share This SiteDear Aparna, This writing of yours on Ghalib took me to a very different world of romantic sensations. I am not in a position to express the feelings that surged in me but there were some strange sensations that I experienced while reading it. Just thinking about him, his passion, his love, his sufferings transported me through a dream like journey I have very seldom taken. Thanks for this experience. You are doing a wonderful job. Wish you enviable success and a world of happiness in the New Year 2006. Luv, Joy (Joybrato Mukherjee, India, 03/01/06) Dear Ramen,Your story Fatal Attraction was a good read. You have beautifully captured the emptiness of a marriage doomed from the start. In the gory twist you have given at the end, one sees the contortions and 360 degree turn taken by an ego brutally hurt and mangled. It is a sad end even for the husband who was blinded, first by his passion for the beautiful wife he could not really possess and then by the need to seek justice and vengeance. And it is sadder still to think that there really are people like the couple in the story who do not know what true love is and should be. Shernaz (Shernaz Wadia, India, 29/01/06) Dear Aparna, This week's article Where are we going ? by Dr. Morice Deogratias is simply superb. How I wish that sense of direction percolates to all Indians, and mostly to the people that take decisions that matter. Dr. Morice not only you kept the flame burning in you, but also enlightened us with this wonderful article. May your tribe increase. Nauduri (N.S. Murty, India, 29/01/06) HI : I read on your web article following title : Dogs can Detect early Lung and Breast Cancer - Rajeev Menon. My professor died of Cancer. I was very sorry to have learned this from his wife. His name was George Gore. A very accomplished professor with a masters in Industrial engineering and a Ph.D. from the Michigan University in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I believe my professor was suffering from suppressed anger that may have been one cause of his death. I recall there was another less accomplished professor who was causing him problems periodically. I suspect this took a toll on my professor. I was interested to read about topic on anger in this book and I found a very useful information that could be very healing to other human beings. When learned of this sad news I was stunned since he was relatively young person and not quite be victim of this grave life condition. So I decided to read about this disease and came up with a very excellent book which is as follows : Title: Answer to Cancer ; Sub Title: Is never giving it a chance to Start. Authors: Hari Sharma, M.D. and Rama K. Mishra, G.A.M.S. with James G. Meade, Ph.D. ; Publisher: Select Books, NY ISBN: 1-59079-018-9 ; Price: U.S. $12.95 ; Published in 2002. It is relatively new book and worth reading. Can you pass this information to your readers? Thanks for your great work. Sincerely, Dilip (D.M. Gaekwar, USA, 06/02/06) Dear Aparna, The Article - The Verse Libbers - by Ramen is hilarious and I shudder to venture into the realm of modern poetry. His last sentence (or should I say Sentence) calling mothers of modern poets to follow their original impulse is the parting shot. The Article - Will One World Become A Reality ? - by Ramesh is also very good but for the last para where he sounds more optimistic than needed. World Powers have embraced the economic philosophies of development and world order not out of any love for the developing countries but out of their compulsions of trade and existence. Even the meagre assistance they allow to poorer countries with a host of unmentioned and unmentionable conditions are only to establish their reign over the world overtly and covertly. But nature is a great leveller. It never allowed any single species to dominate this earth however mighty it was. It is incumbent on us to learn from history, and be fair and honest in our intentions and exercises. I may be excused for saying so. With kind regards, ns murty (N.S. Murty, India, 26/02/06)
Dear Aparna, I must apologise in the first place for missing the Article - Lessons to be Learned from Mumbai Holocaust - by Nadeem Ishrat. Dear Nadeem, yours is a wonderful article and at your age the stream of ideas that flowed from your pen are heart warming. Yes what you said is true. There is no use in wailing for something that we could correct ourselves. It is the young like you and the old like me to come forward and unite to do things for a better morrow. I get a feeling when calamities unite people barring across barriers, aren't they worth their salt ? Please keep the flame burning and my most sincere wishes to you to succeed in life. With love and kind regards, ns murty (N.S. Murty, India, 03/03/06)
Dear Aparna and Shernaz, I congratulate you both, each for their part in getting this Article " A Crabby Old Woman " to our Anjuman, and a lot more for the wonderful picture attached to it. God! What a painting! With most sincere and warm greetings to both of you, ns murty (N.S. Murty, India, 02/04/06) Aparna - Enjoyed very much reading your article on Manto . Best wishes, Amitabh (Dr. Amitabh Mitra, South Africa, 03/04/06) Dear Murty, You undoubtedly have a very generous spirit. You are ever ready with words of praise and encouragement. I am sure most of us enjoy what we read and see on the Anjuman and the interaction on the forum but you are always amongst the first with your positive reaction. It reminds me of an inspirational poem: - M. F. Shernaz - I like you so much for the fund of knowledge you have and the enviable ease of your poetry. In fact poetry is my greatest weakness. When I read good poetry I can not contain my emotion and tears roll down out of sheer pleasure. There is another good poetess like Annu Chopra who writes wonderfully well and needs to join our forum. And so do you Aparna. I am attracted to your web site just for your poetry. But yours is an altogether different kind. You are a courageous girl that can shed inhibitions to elevate a common place subject to sublime poetic thought. You are almost a lonely traveller in this respect. Don't laugh, but it was my ardent wish when I was posting my poems to your web site that you should at least notice one poem. Can you imagine how greatly I was surprised when Shernaz wrote me that you chose 'A Pinch of Salt' as the poem of the week sometime in January. Honestly, we are all birds of same feather. Poetry is our stream of life, our spirit and our essence. What we do, we just do to keep ourselves kicking. Without that, I am sure, we die. Any good expression touches some corner and stimulates us to respond. That's all. with kind regards to both of you. Nauduri (N.S. Murty, India, 04/04/06)
Dear Editor, I really appreciate the Article : The Journey of a Lifetime. The writer has been able to sustain the curiosity of the reader till the very end. It is a true life story but at the same time the end is very tragic. Innocent lives have been lost for no fault of theirs. The readers would like to know Dr. Shalini's past life as well as the motive for playing havoc with innocent lives. I wonder if the writer could enlighten us on this. Debi Mukherjee (India, 12/06/06)
Dear Aparna, Read your article on Nazrul Islam . Wonderful, a great writeup - Dr. Amitabh Mitra (South Africa, 03/08/06)
This week all the Articles are interestingly new and nice. Aparna's quotations on Friendship is nice to read. The Rose and Pearl Necklace are Beautiful. As far as friendship is concerned I always remember the famous proverb: A friend in need is a friend in deed. Then I cherish the view on friendship by Jeremy Taylor in his famous Essay, THE CHOICE OF FRIENDS that a friend is one who is helpful in private and useful in public life. Thanks and Regards, T.A. Ramesh (India, 07/08/06) The Article Positive Attitude is nice and worth reading this week. Especially the 6th and 7th Steps I liked much and appreciate them though other steps also worth remembering. Life is Short: Yes, it may be. So, we should not bother about the past and failures. We should think about what we can do next to compensate the losses to achieve better things than the past. That way we can actually regain the paradise we have lost! This is quite true. Believe it and rely upon it for best results and happiness in life! Do More with Less: Whenever we get the opportunity we should try to do more best things with less time; that way we can do more things than we could have actually done worthy things in the world. I accept this view vey much. This is the Positive way to life successfully in this beautiful world. - T. A. Ramesh (India, 23/08/06)
Dear Aparna, Health Tips For Life gathered and presented by Arup Ganguly is essential for everyone to read. The triangular illustration of The Food in Pyramid in a nutshell sums up the food to be consumed for the maintanence of health. In the modern world due to electronic developments sedentary way of life has come into vogue. The lion's share of people's routine in the world is taken up by the TV and Computer programmes leading to problems like obesity, diabetes,etc. and these in the extreme case may lead to paralysis, eye blindness and even to cardiac arrest. To overcome these problems prevention is better than cure. Doing excerise like walking for 30 minutes everyday is the best for everyone. Walking is total exercise. By walking cholesteral, sugar and circulation of blood can be regularised. Life can be lived longer. For that health should be maintained as health is wealth! So, our kudos to Ganguly for this week for presenting wonderful article on Health ! - T.A. Ramesh (India, 31/08/06) Dear Mohan Chandran, Meeting with God is a fantastic story and I congratulate you sincerely for this wonderful piece. With Regards, N.S. Murty (India, 16/09/06) Aparna - Enjoyed Reading your Article on Mahalaya. Best Wishes, Dr. Amitabh Mitra (South Africa, 02/10/2006) Dear Aparna, The Sacred Narrative of Durga Ma written by you with the collection of relevant information about the subject is interesting to read. The image of Durga Ma reminds me of Mother India. Mother India is indeed Shakti. Yes, this Shakti is Sarasvati, this Shakti is Lakshmi and this Shakti is Parvati. Many are not aware of the fact that Parvati has two children. One is Ganesh. The other child is Kartik or Kumara. This Kartik is known as Lord Muruga in Tamil Nadu of South India. Lord Muruga or Subramaniyaswamy is very famous here. Perhaps from your Article only many will come to know Lord Kartik. All the Best and Thanks, T.A. Ramesh (India, 04/10/06) In this week, of the Articles, What do women Really want ? is very interesting to read. Her own way or no way is the best and wonderful ending ! Mabel's Book Review is also good to read. T.A. Ramesh (India, 06/11/06)
BONDAGE - Ramendra Kumar. Simply beautiful. Great poem, expressing great feelings...Bondage ! Samir Shah (India, 12/12/06) Opu, Really appreciate the fact that you are so "OPEN". Thus the change in address. Whether you like it or not, am taking liberties. There is something about your blog which makes it endearing. Feel like visiting it again and again, in fact even staying there.There seems to be a lot of emotional energy packed into your garden. Have not seen anything even remotely close on the web. It kind of grows on me with each visit. Every nook and corner is carefully planned, detailed, you seem to have managed to put both heart and soul into it, in the right proportion. Any creation has two aspects to it. Body and Soul (mind). The body is the "physical", "matter", the obvious, the one that is sensed, felt by the five senses, with limitations on size, smell, colour, shape, sound, feel. It is reactive, has a determined longevity of life.The Mind is the cosmic energy that flows through all of us, that keeps us alive. It's physical form cannot be percieved by the five senses. It's presence cannot be proved by using so called scientific methods but it can be felt. It is very subtle, like the spirit, and called so. It is non-reactive, unaffected by time, nature, gravity, weather and has an infinite quality about it, as in longevity as well as in existence. Every creation, natural or man made, has to have both Body and Mind to exist. In nature, for eg. the clouds are the Body and the sky is the Mind. In the air we breathe the nitrogen forms the Mind (non-reactive) while the other gases form the Body (reactive). In a musical composition, the composition is the Mind and the voice, sounds etc. form the Body. Similarly, any creation, be it poetry, painting, prose, computer, motor car, anything...has both the aspects, Body and Mind. That brings us to balances. There are some things that appeal to us instantly but fade away very quickly. Does that mean that there is a lot of oxygen packed into it which combusts instantly and burns out very fast, figuratively speaking? In contrast there are other things which take their time to attract you but slowly keep growing on you? More nitrogen, less oxygen? Similarly, each one of us has our own balance which is reflected in our perception? Is that why each one of us percieves the same thing differently? There are some very finely balanced creations which appeal to the perception of a larger mass (huge), over a long period of time (eg. Taj Mahal, Opu's Anjuman). Well that's my perception. Cheers !!! - Samir Shah (India, 22/12/06)
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