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HE - Episode 8

Discussion in 'HE - Serial Story' started by varalotti, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. varalotti

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    Hello Aruna,
    Many dancers and musicians face such a situation.
    This happened some 20, 30 years back. There was a lady who was a good singer. Her husband was a good for nothing rich fellow who was jealous of his wife.
    Once she was singing in a concert. There came a moment during the performance that the mridangam artist perfectly co-ordinated with the singer. When such things happen, normally the singer and mridangist will smile at each other. It's a beautiful tradition followed even now. This lady smiled at him. The husband went on to the stage and slapped at her in publich, in view of a few hundred people who had come to the performance that day.

    Aruna, I am happy, that though you are a little tensed up with the developments, you enjoyed the episode.
    Thanks for the fb.
    regards,
     
  2. indhusri

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    Dear varalotti ,
    I ‘m writing this more as a fan of urs than as ur wife ! Depicting villainous characters in a clear –cut manner -the author being a perfect gentleman –is a difficult thing to do , I know .But U ‘ve done it nicely :


    PHP:
    "Nalini knew the pain in Sethu’s mind. She looked at him with affection."-
    What would have been the flashback in Sethu’s life ??? – Pl. break the suspense – I just can’t wait , varalotti ……

    - simple , profound & thoughtful statement by Sharadha ! Very true ! I have experienced that sort of feeling while playing veena !

    Now my comment as ur wife :
    Ur bad luck , Sridhar - I did go through ur reply to kamla ( especially the lines u didn’t want to be noticed by me ) . Better u arrange for a tight security for ur safety – but I don’t think that would really help u ! ( nara...nara...nara...) Rant
    Bye ,
    Indhu .
     
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  3. varalotti

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    Dear Chithra,

    Thanks for the elaborate fb. As usual your post replies a line by line reply. Let me make an attempt at it.
    I don't have a fascination for cars, let alone big cars. I love riding my bike rather than driving a car. But in a story like this I have to fit every one with an appropriate vehicle. Priya was driving a Verna (Rs.5 lakhs). Madhavan, a Benz (Rs. 30 plus lakhs) Elantra is about Rs.14 lakhs and Octavia Rs.12 lakhs. For stories happening 25 years ago, there used to be no problem. It was mostly an Ambassador or a fiat, or a generic "imported car". Ambassadors and fiats were contraptions we wrongly called as cars. But at this stage in life I am convinced that a 30 year old Ambassador and a brand new Accord - both are just tin-sheets each having a different kind of dent.


    Thanks. I never thought HE will become a source of recipe. But honestly if you want to have a cup of tea late in the night as a balm for headache, ginger and cardamom is the best combination.

    Well, having picturised my lovely heroine as soft and gentle, I let her sleep over the insult and then give it back to Balki the next morning. I wanted to write more on that, but being mortally afraid of infractions, I had to stop with that.

    Do you think, Sethu should be immune to love? Will it not be a little too harsh on my gentle hero, that for the sake of protecting his image, he should not fall in love? I would have to rephrase that expression. Sethu is not "falling" in love. He is raising in it. Again, this love is not a deliberate decision of his; at a point of time he is simply overwhelmed by it. At this stage it might be too early for him to profess his love. But it is never too early in life to feel "love" for somebody, wherever that somebody is.

    Thanks for your compliments. But wait... me... giving examples for Gita posts....do you really mean the posts on Bhagavad Gita or does it refer to somebody named as Gita?
    If it is for Bhagavad Gita, my supplying examples will be like asking Actress Nameetha to dance for the classic song, Mannavan Vandhanadi in Thiruvarutchelvar.

    I am a little confused here. The combination of the words "interesting" and "anticipated" in the same sentence sounds oxymoronic to me. If it can be anticipated, it can't be interesting.

    Well I have to confess that I cannot make the story completely unpredictable. It has to have some twists, some unexpected twists, no doubt. But it has also to conform to some overall pattern. I find this in most of the Jeffrey Archer's stories as well as Sydney Sheldon's.
    Honestly I am shivering at the prospect of connecting the two timelines which I have to do sometime or the other.


    That's the least I owe to your friend.

    Loves,
     
  4. Shanvy

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    hi sridhar,

    nice nail baiting timelines...looks like you want people of IL to next have a discussion on what will happen to the protagonists in both the timelines...in the lines of people discussing mega serials in temples/supermarkets etc...(have i planted an idea in your mind??).

    I love and appreciate cars...so now i am thinking in terms of what car will be allotted to whom..aka..what car will be allotted to nalini, sethu.if they drive a car.....(an afterthought, the car could have reflected their personality.....than their status)

    Anyway there is a story behind sethu, any day we are going to witness the narration to sharadha by nalini....

    Balki, when introduced, i understood the plane in which this story is taking a twist, as I have read about these things happening in the music/dance world...and also there is this famous violinist who had to face the same tune...not in the public but almost...as the singer.

    Stooping to detectives,is very common nowadays...and have you heard about their exorbitant fees....and the areas in which their services are offered..read about it in a article..

    Next time, when you make tea, add 2 sprigs of tulasi to the same thing and have it with honey. very healthy..it is better when you are going to sleep....

    technology can never capture god's creation in exact....(referring to your fb).

    The vibes between both sethu and sharada has started looking mutual...

    Liked the zen story and your reference to this..

    Great going........
     
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    Dear Vidya,

    Thanks Vidya. To get a note of approval and a word of praise from one's own moderator is a real blessing. Thanks.

    That is true. I have been watching many of our lyricists. When they are poor, when their poverty sort of suppress their talents, they tend to write very well. When they become famous and lead a comfortable life, their words do not have any "life."

    Yes, Balki was at one time quite ecstatic about that. But that was only as an external symbol. Evil doesn't relish so much of goodness so near.

    This is true both in the realm of love and in the spiritual realm. In fact one scripture defines Guru as one person in whose presence your mind gets automatically silenced. It says no other trait is sufficient enough to describe a guru.

    Thanks again.

    Thats the minimum I owe her. Because she got up early in the morning, waited till I posted the episode and while I had gone out for my morning game, had listed all the typos on a piece of paper.

    Thanks. But Vidya, you need to shift to the other timeline now. And statemments like these make me shudder how I am going to link the timelines without disappointing discerning readers like you.


    regards,
     
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    Hi Madam,
    You are quite unique, Malspie. You have focussed on one character who, I thought many would miss, or at least would not consider it worty to mention in the fb.
    That single photograph might change the storyline dramatically. Let's wait and see.
    Thanks for the fb.
    Have a great celeberation at Goa. Do take care.
    regards,
     
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    Re: Part 2!

    Dear Malathi,
    Thanks. I am happy that you enjoyed those points in the episode which I simply loved to write.
    During the period 1985 to 1993 I had professional work in Chennai and used to go around the city in a Rajdoot Motorcycle. I used to cover something like 100 kms every day. That gave me some idea. But Chennai right now is totally different.
    For instance in those days OMR used to be totally deserted. We used to visit a factory in Kandhan Chavadi. If you are stuck there during lunch time, you are done. Starvation was the only alternative. But now OMR looks like a Californian suburb.
    Thanks, Malathi.
    regards,
     
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    Dear Varloo,
    Since we have lifted ourselves off the ground, we need to travel faster now. We are now cruising at a height of 40000 ft. Let's see where the flight, I mean, the story takes us now.
    A photographer with an evil intention can do much more damage with a single photograph, than a good one with many. Let's wait to see what happens. Meanwhile we'll have to see what mess Madhavan is in.

    regards,
     
  9. varalotti

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    Dear Indhu,
    Now comes the most difficult part of my work. Replying to your post. You gave me jitters in the way you addressed me. "Dear Varalotti" instead of the usual, "Dear Sridhar." I knew something was coming.
    That's a great compliment whether you gave it to me as a fan or a wife or whatever. Madam, I seek your permission to use your own words when we have some arguments, especially the matters concerning "tight security" described towards the end of your post.


    There are things you have to wait. And if I tell that now, the story will lose its interest. (The real fact is that I myself am not clear.

    If you say so, I think it is long since you have had communion with God. For it is aeons since you last played Veena.


    I knew that I have to face the music sometime or other. Ok, now the question is, nara nara apart, the ranting smiley apart, don't you think the statement I made is true? If you say it is not true, then next time when we go out together you should not shout at/beat me....(well, let's stop at this. Let's not mar the decorum of the forum by bringing our infighting here)

    Thanks for the fb, anyway.
    Love,
     
  10. Vandhana

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    Dear Sridhar,

    Just now sipping my hot cuppa laced with ginger and cardamom ( its my favorite combo to add to tea, and i always take it this way anytime of the day!).

    Gosh, the two episodes are just racing ( and really I think i need to make a visit to the beauty shop to buy a wig now!!) .

    I think i am more partial to the S and S timeline than the Priya Madan one. Am still waiting to read the oh so sad flashback in Sethu's life. Now please don't keep us waiting. Is it possible to do that next week itself??


    Vandhana
     

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