tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post1340458633225945566..comments2023-08-20T19:19:05.121+05:30Comments on Shadowy Dreams: Tragedy: Under 100 wordsChhayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02793691982402313454noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-6369892037926552402010-03-10T23:20:00.821+05:302010-03-10T23:20:00.821+05:30Oh WOW! Shocked. Awesomely told! :)Oh WOW! Shocked. Awesomely told! :)C Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512629516386807921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-58906257607296971952010-02-20T11:06:29.725+05:302010-02-20T11:06:29.725+05:30Hi Chhaya,
Don't become such a ergomaniac that...Hi Chhaya,<br />Don't become such a ergomaniac that you forget your passions.<br />Awaiting your return to the blog eagerly.RAJ47http://abcd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-84925298537405670252010-02-20T05:21:44.272+05:302010-02-20T05:21:44.272+05:30I did finally manage to put up stuff about me :d
H...I did finally manage to put up stuff about me :d<br />Have tagged you for another award..its not a tit-for-tat:)<br />I hope the deadlines aren't troubling you too much..Tk carevidyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09266003291776615036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-13527997392827886722010-02-18T19:58:29.665+05:302010-02-18T19:58:29.665+05:30Hello Chhaya, do you remember me? :)
I was readin...Hello Chhaya, do you remember me? :)<br /><br />I was reading your poem about smoothcoffe&warmthcandles or, just coffee :P<br /><br />And I remeber you and this nice blog of yours.<br /><br />How are you? Long time no...writting :POutsiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12492644084524468549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-3697076593750644902010-02-16T20:35:16.087+05:302010-02-16T20:35:16.087+05:30that's a crisp tale! loved it and more so beca...that's a crisp tale! loved it and more so because it was short... interesting indeedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-34552439225756566832010-02-12T21:42:10.183+05:302010-02-12T21:42:10.183+05:30well, I got the latter part now ... as a story it ...well, I got the latter part now ... as a story it is brilliantly written ... nod doubt ... but personally I don't think someone would be so mad that he would murder ... I mean killing is too big a task to commit ... nevertheless a good read ... keep walking!!!Amit Kumar Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507958743875516328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-79008877642843732472010-02-11T22:50:48.126+05:302010-02-11T22:50:48.126+05:30creating cliffhanger peaks from the start to the e...creating cliffhanger peaks from the start to the end. tragedy is merciless and there's no retribution.Tongue Triphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357978662867516949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-37638252662622778262010-02-10T07:49:09.057+05:302010-02-10T07:49:09.057+05:30@Brosreview : wow! u made my day :)
i had started...@Brosreview : wow! u made my day :)<br /><br />i had started thinking that i have bitten more than i cud chew.. but u justified the way i treated this story. i had worked really hard on this :)Chhayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793691982402313454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-15730995631081803052010-02-10T07:47:17.942+05:302010-02-10T07:47:17.942+05:30@pete : I said Othello cz Othello killed Desdemona...@pete : I said Othello cz Othello killed Desdemona without checking on the facts.. Romeo and Juliette always felt rather shallow to me.. i mean, how cud they fall in love in a jiffy?<br /><br />@Pointsingularity : you are most welcomeChhayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793691982402313454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-33727867864377394612010-02-10T07:44:39.070+05:302010-02-10T07:44:39.070+05:30@Ayu : frankly , only thing i uderstood about your...@Ayu : frankly , only thing i uderstood about your comment was that u didnt understand my story. well, i never talk in detail about such short stories as it kills the intelligence behind it. but if you read the comment left by Vittal, you will know.<br /><br /><br />btw, i will visit your blog very soon and comment on your content. this reply belongs here so i m putting it here :)Chhayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793691982402313454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-33541149720649993652010-02-10T07:41:54.045+05:302010-02-10T07:41:54.045+05:30@swapnanjali , Ashley, Shash : thank u :)@swapnanjali , Ashley, Shash : thank u :)Chhayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793691982402313454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-57751073166100387912010-02-10T07:40:43.233+05:302010-02-10T07:40:43.233+05:30@buckingfastard : :)
@Oxymoron : Regret is, but j...@buckingfastard : :)<br /><br />@Oxymoron : Regret is, but just a tiny part of this story. And i think most tragedies stem from regret of <i> what if </i> and <i> if only </i>Chhayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793691982402313454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-12583742260389798292010-02-09T20:59:22.795+05:302010-02-09T20:59:22.795+05:30Well-written. Good twist n suspense.Well-written. Good twist n suspense.Sh@shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04458716449718422625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-78500986159178875822010-02-08T10:13:20.608+05:302010-02-08T10:13:20.608+05:30Great and Ouch! On the Bard theme it reminds me mo...Great and Ouch! On the Bard theme it reminds me more of Romeo and Juliet with their accidental suicides.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-35701961449953200392010-02-07T23:53:56.919+05:302010-02-07T23:53:56.919+05:30Hey Chhaya,
Nice writing, this one!!!
Read some of...Hey Chhaya,<br />Nice writing, this one!!!<br />Read some of your other poems too... really liked some, some were totally over me(bouncers). Guess m extremely poor when it comes to poetry and their context(though I was very good at mugging them in school).<br />Btw, couldn't reply on ur comment on my blog, as read it only some time back. More of a commentator than a blogger for some time now,PointSingularity86https://www.blogger.com/profile/01007193822550140430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-1065442814500052832010-02-07T22:54:52.748+05:302010-02-07T22:54:52.748+05:30:o
Awesome! I was stunned and shocked. Applause! :...:o<br />Awesome! I was stunned and shocked. Applause! :)Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11051126348353987135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-40372366263387170982010-02-07T19:22:06.991+05:302010-02-07T19:22:06.991+05:30Short but cryptic, specific yet crude ... yeah, I ...Short but cryptic, specific yet crude ... yeah, I guess you have started to define them well. <br /><br />This twist was the sweetest part of the story. Not that I would leave out the soft description of a murder. Don't know how many authors have described the knife going in through butter while killing!<br /><br />A mis-delivered mail may be, but the spirit of a man is brutal. Well conceived!IdleMindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05944544667725227373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-41557824881004286842010-02-07T10:49:19.523+05:302010-02-07T10:49:19.523+05:30I am not surprised by such a cerebral tale coming ...I am not surprised by such a cerebral tale coming from you. No, I am not. I am sure you have taken ample time to shape this up to such perfection. Loved it! The mind=game this just played i s just fantastic! Well done! Keep on writing artist!Opaquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673267899145564334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-975785459504975722010-02-05T23:24:38.214+05:302010-02-05T23:24:38.214+05:30@Anorak : u didnt get the story or the twist at al...@Anorak : u didnt get the story or the twist at all.. :)<br /><br />the letter was not written to her.. so there is no Q of her being a liberated woman or not. that letter was abviously written to someone else who cud have been called Mrs. patel, in 1976Chhayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793691982402313454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-86244274777907951022010-02-05T22:30:18.349+05:302010-02-05T22:30:18.349+05:30The economy of words is well maintained but I thin...The economy of words is well maintained but I think just by receiving a letter, a man won't be so mad that he would kill his wife. Ofcourse untill and unless he belongs to Taliban and his wife is a purdah-clad woman. But as she has a letter which talks about adoption and all that, It gives me an impression that she is an educated and free woman.... anyways!!!...I liked the twist.... keep Amit Kumar Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507958743875516328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-64131469387637020172010-02-05T16:07:08.935+05:302010-02-05T16:07:08.935+05:30using few words...explained everything ....
start...using few words...explained everything ....<br /><br />starting to end full of tragedy....but i love the last part ...FEB,1976 ......swapnanjalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12824336063821592253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-50849959901137144792010-02-05T16:05:07.137+05:302010-02-05T16:05:07.137+05:30nice twist at the end...yet another demonstration ...nice twist at the end...yet another demonstration of a bad decision taken in hate...but would have loved to read more of it....i find the pain of the husband to be very intriguing...maybe you could do it under regret...Oxymoronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218564425878891301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-21429154294254616482010-02-04T20:12:45.883+05:302010-02-04T20:12:45.883+05:30dammit indian post!!! :)
luvd it!!dammit indian post!!! :)<br /><br />luvd it!!buckingfastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288515789173570238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-63870077329636162942010-02-04T18:05:19.185+05:302010-02-04T18:05:19.185+05:30@Karthik : ahhh, inherently I am a descriptive wri...@Karthik : ahhh, inherently I am a descriptive writer. I prefer to devote a lot of space behind building up a character. I always want my readers to be able to be OK with what the character does, cz it goes with his/her persona. here, in this micro version, I am trying to be better.. to say lot with less... its a masochistic exercise I have grown to love :)<br /><br />PS: a longer story coming upChhayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793691982402313454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877742558488754430.post-19837753796746541442010-02-04T18:02:17.751+05:302010-02-04T18:02:17.751+05:30@ET : I got what u meant :) ... exactly my aim beh...@ET : I got what u meant :) ... exactly my aim behind this style. it had to be crisp, short and yet vividly imaginable to be effective.<br />btw, this was my first attempt at writing from the point of view as a man... I m so glad I didn’t mess it up ;)Chhayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793691982402313454noreply@blogger.com