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  1. varalotti

    varalotti IL Hall of Fame

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    Dear Mindi,
    nice to see you here in this thread. This was almost the first thread I started in IL. And this thread got me the prize back in 2005 when we had less than 100 members.

    This story is much praised and much critcised too. People always say that such kind of love is almost impossible. I always tell them that when you read the story you feel that kind of love in your veins, right? That is more than enough for me.

    I later made this short story (first published in Anandha Vikatan in 1998 and later in Deccan Herald in 2005) into a full length novel in Tamil. The book came out in December 2008.

    I know the relationship you share with your brother. I know about the post that got you the FP award. You are the right person to read a story like this.
    thanks once again. I think you are pretty busy now. I am not seeing you in Love All these days.
    love,
    sridhar
     
  2. tuffyshri

    tuffyshri Gold IL'ite

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    well, i could guess the entire story after reading the first line itself
     
  3. varalotti

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    That's really great, tuffyshri.
     
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    DEar Sir,
    How stupid i have been to miss reading your stories.i just now saw chitvish ma'am s announcement of your stories coming as serial in jaya tv.congratulations sir and you do deserve such a acclaim.this story is just awesome all about love and how true the quote "beauty is but skin deep".


    Thanks for your story which filled our hearts with unpolluted love.


    neethu.
     
  5. SriVidya75

    SriVidya75 Platinum IL'ite

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    Sridhar Sir

    What do I say now? I wept very badly that I had to rush to the restroom in my office...(dont know what people around me would think...)

    But I always wondered one thing..hope you would be able to explain something to my question..."Why is it that always those who show love are being hurt? why is it that people who want to be loved or who needed to be loved & Accepted are being hurt and rejected? andwhat is the use of realization when that person is no more in this world? sometimes I wonder, people say we know the value of the person when they are not around..but what is the use of such a realization???or am I stupid to think in such a way?


    Glad to see atleast Sethu came to know about the truth finally
     
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    vijianand Senior IL'ite

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    Sridhar Sir,


    Read the story in one stretch. People are so carried away by the external beauty, that the true inner beauty is so often forgotten.
    Here the sister sacrificed for the sake of her brother, and all these years never said a wrod about it!!!!
    There still are people on this world like Sharada, full of love and totally selfless...if only they are recognised... lif ewould become more peacrful...

    Regards,
    Viji
     
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    Dear Sridhar Sir,
    Nice story 'The Scar ', now telecasting as ' Thangathile Oru Kurai Irundhaalum ' in Jaya Tv Serial -- Idhayam Thotta Kathaigal . :thumbsup
     
  8. varalotti

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    Dear Neethu,
    thanks a ton for your kind words. This was almost the very first story I posted in IL. Even before that somebody had posted my story The Promise and that was how I came to IL.
    Scars in hearts are far more uglier than the one on faces. Thanks for coming in, Neethu.
    love,
    sridhar
     
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    Srividya,
    Sorry for making you run to your office's rest-room. But you went there to shed tears of love and would have come out as a more loving individual. In fact more than you your DH has to thank me for the story.

    And you have raised a million dollar question. Now Srividya everyone is hurt. But those who are loving feel the pain more. Because it is they who have soft and sensitive hearts.

    Yes, you are right. What's the use of realising the person's worth after she is dead and gone?

    Even in that TV serial the hero would chide his mother. Why did you hide that fact from me? I want to apologize now. But to whom and how?

    At least he has felt his sister's love in the end. That's all. The remorse would be there in his mind so long as he lives.

    love,
    sridhar
     
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    Viji,

    thanks for reading the story in one stretch. The world places so much premium on external beauty that the internal beauty is totally ignored in the process.

    Life would be more peaceful and splendid if only we recognise Sharadas. But there are a thousands of Sharadas who do not seek recognition. And we are not even aware of their existence.

    The one lesson we learn from this story is that we should always keep our hearts open for love.
    regards,
    sridhar
     

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