Love! Love! Love! - Episode 1

Thanks Abha for the nice words. I wanted this serial to be really fast without any drags. That's why I am editing it again and again to remove all the drags in the story.
And yes about the length. When I first started writing serials in blog format I had planned only for half of this size, about 2000 words. But then there was a request to post two times in a week. Instead of that I doubled the size.
And with about 4000 and odd words every week, to keep it interesting is a challenge to me. Let me see whether I can continue the trend.
thanks for the kind wishes.
sridhar

 

Dear Iswarya,
your fb was a real morale-booster. On that day when I was struggling with the second episode your fb inspired me to write it in one go.
Thanks for the kind words you have about my stories and characters.
Pray that I should maintain the same quality and let me continue to have your support for my future writings as well.
thanks once again.
sridhar

 

dear rgs,
thanks for coming in again. Will call you rgs on the condition that you call me sridhar. You call me Sir and I'll call you Srinivasan Sir.
There's nothing amazing about my replying every fb. Those kind hearts have spent their valuable time reading my story and leaving a fb. the least I can do is to respond to them. Again many people think that replying to a fb is not part of their writing. But to me my writing skills are better honed when I respond to the fb.
The story wrote itself is my experience many times, but the words are not mine. I borrowed them from great writers like La.sa.ra, Sujatha and many others.
regards,
sridhar

 

Dear Anabika,

Nice words. Thanks. And welcome.

I salute the golden exceptions in you, your DH, your friends and colleagues. May be you are on a different level. I have been to Bangalore many times and have personally witnessed this drinking binge. Especially seven, ten years ago. And it is more prevalent in the BPO Industry where the monotonous nature of their work force them for such wild parties.
I learnt from my friends in the IT industry (who themselves are week-end drinkers) that it is the norm.

Selvam was drinking for the first time. The drink was over-strong. he had finished it one gulp. And there was viagra too. May be he did not go astray without his knowledge. But his normal moral inhibitors will be down once he is in the influence of alcohol.
Though I am a teetotaler I have seen many of my friends losing all their inhibitions when they are under the influence of drinks. They lose all sense of morality and propriety at that time. The point is that the awareness is at the lowest and at that time anything could happen.
Well, Anabika, I was not saying that Selvam was raped by Ritu. But was only saying that he was a prisoner of circumstances.

He tried to ask Nisha's forgiveness. But she was adamant. He was not trying to cover up his act. He was ready to apologize to Nisha. But she would not listen to him. That's the problem. Can't blame her too. Because she has seen the act with her own eyes. It required Ritu herself to come forward and explain things. That's human nature, Anabika.

That's a very pertinent question, Anabika. A great philosopher once said, there is nobody in the world who has not contemplated suicide once or twice in their lives. When living becomes hell, death appears as heaven.
One of my acquaintance's daughters, Shraddha, a brilliant student, a good sportswoman, and a successful tv serial actress killed herself when she was hardly 20, because her mother advised her to "study hard"
Suicide is a momentary decision when somebody is in deep ****. Just imagine Nisha's position. She had lost her love. Her boss is harassing her. If she did not agree she would be fired and might not get another job. She has to support her mother and brother. One moment, she is so overwhelmed by problems that she took an easy route.
My characters are strong, Anabika. But they are not perfect. And I think that these flaws in the characters make the story interesting.

That's possible when Nisha had heard about Selvam's indiscretion. Once she had seen it with her own eyes, well, it would be very difficult for her to even listen to his explanation. Seeing the act would have destroyed Selvam's credibility completely and even if he comes up with a good explanation Nisha would not be able to believe that. That may not be right or scientific. But that's human nature for you.

Agreed, this part was a little cinematic. But the story has to be cinematic at times. Some people love it.

Calling 911 is not the first option. She has to have the recording of Ravi Subramanian's sexual harassment. Given her state of mind I am sure she would not have been able to handle the job all by herself. I have moved with many strong men. When they are in crisis they become so weak that even for the simplest of tasks they'd seek help.

That's the trapdoor in Ravi's armour. Like any other villain and sex-maniac who has been successful with so many girls he underestimated Nisha. He never thought that she will be supported by the best brain in the industry, who planned his destruction with nothing but cold logic and some simple gadgets.
If only he had suspected that Nisha was going to act that smart he would have sent his goons to kill her earlier.
There is always a flaw in the villain's character even in real life. The criminal always leaves an incriminating evidence on the crime scene. This aspect of psychology is known as Roshkolnikov Syndrome, based on Doestovesky's Novel, Crime and Punishment.

Hope I have answered all the questions. As I sign off, Anabika, I just want to tell you this. My writing is like my characters. Not perfect, have a lot of flaws, but they say both are interesting. And that makes me to write more and more.

Let me have your views on this serial.
thanks for the time spent in analysing my story.
love,
your appa

 

Thanks Malathi for the second fb. In fact I have a pet theory that if you do not have unfulfilled desires at all you can't write. But as every one of us, be it Aishwarya Rai or Krishnapremi, be it, Sonia Gandhi or Sneha, has unfulfilled desires, each of us have a book in us. I am just trying to bring it out.

Thanks for the compliments on my gift to churn out stories. but honestly malathi, it does not work that way. Back in 1997 my bil told me about a famous woman writer who stole a costly silk saree from Nalli. She was caught in the CC camera which was a novelty at that time. The owner cleverly included the cost of the stolen saree in the bill thus saving the cost and labour of packing it.
I just thought if only a beggar had stolen a saree would he be kind enough? I could not contain this thought in my mind. My first story oru nadikaiyin pudavai was born. published in kumudam in March 1997,
So these incidents make me restless and I have to spill them out in the form of stories.
thanks once again.
love,
sridhar

 

thanks for coming in Chocolate. I know that your coming in is a kind of quality seal for my story.
Your guess may be right. but just watch and see to where greed leads to.
My profession demands my presence in many of the high places where things happen. I have seen people who don't even think twice to kill for money.
I had the misfortune of handling a nasty fight between a father and his own son. Their fight was worse than sibling rivalry for family wealth.
That's world.
Waiting to see you in all the episodes.
sridhar