The Unenviable Chroniclers!

Dear Cheeniya sir, with that kind of an opening paragraph if you think you have trouble, imagine my plight! This ramble was not an easy one for me to respond, I confess! P.G.Wodehouse brings memories, not those expressed by any of you here, just another phase in life.

However, I too wonder Cheeniya sir about how a person's life would come across if it were chronicled in a different way? Would it have shown them in a different light? Like I have expressed many times, while it is so easy to understand the greatness of a person, the persistent question that I battle internally is "How? How do they do it? Don't they have normal human problems? How does one grow beyond what is normal and human?" Perhaps chronicling what is perceived ordinary might help ordinary people like me look into the extra ordinary lives of these people with more ease and appreciate their greatness even better.

While there is a chance that sharing these ordinary experiences might show them in ordinary light, I personally think it will just make them that much more human yet offering inspiration and hope to others! How would we all come across minus the projections, appearances and greatness (where it applies)? Certainly something to think about.

In the same vein Cheeniya sir, while such discretionary abilities might elude you and me, I do believe that is what makes us feel good, feel human and feel a connection. Who needs those discretionary chroniclers when just your chronological list keeping has still made you so endearing to so many ILites and I am sure has made a difference to your circle! On second thoughts, let me wonder how it would be if it were presented by those chroniclers? Nah! I personally still like this better.

 

My dear Anna

I am also surprised like Viswa how you say you have problem where to start when you write something. I also agree with him that you combine two, three subjects together and end up so well. Only you can do that. I am also a great fan of yours and like to give fbs to your threads though sometimes I have to see the dictionary to see some difficult words

I am odd person out here because I have not read PGW's books nor I am a great writer. But still try to post something or other in the snippets and get disappointed when I dont get fbs. Like OJ I also think I should stop writing and be happy giving fbs to the threads which I am able to give. I know I should stop writing in snippets because there are so many young and great writers there so people will like to read those threads only. Everytime I think like that but then land up writing because when I get fbs I feel very happy. Now let me see how long I can stop writing there.

Today I was feeling very depressed thats why let out my feelings here. Sorry if I have written anything wrong.

 

Dear Sri,

When I read your rambling the first time, a few months back......my first thought was it is related to some literature....then as I continued the next reaction was, what is the relevance and finally when I finished reading it I was amazed!!! How you could link up things in a very natural way and that too very convincingly with wit, humour and at the same time thought provoking with a matured mind.!!! Some incidents that you mention happen in many people's day to day lives... but the way you present them is amazing! That needs extra spark of writing and thought process which is a god given gift. If I write about the same thing it would look like a school essay given for homework. Looking forward for many more snippets

Syamala

 

That was a fantastic piece. Apart of your characteristic humour and literary style (no matter how much you protest to the contrary in this snippet), you have written about this chappie Bertie Wooster and his creator PGW who are my eternal favourites. So much so that I have designated my nephew to be Bertie (though he does not possess any of the qualities of Bertie) and I am Aunt Dahlia or Aunt Agatha depending on my disposition towards him in the moment. :-D

Now who else other than PGW could ever come up with a simile like this one. It is so picture perfect, that one almost has a feeling of being on the scene and seeing this happen. (May be the one who comes closest to PGW is a Marathi stage personality called Pu.La. Deshpande or simply PuLa. Strangely enough his first initial is also a "P". Unfortunately he is no more. A tremendous loss to the Marathi stage).

 

Thanks Anna dear for your loving reply and advice which I will follow hereafterwards. You made my day, brought a smile on my face and at the same time tears in my eyes for the affection you are showing me as Anna.

I am so grateful to have Anna like you who is loving, caring and sweet natured as you are, you are very precious. I am blessed to have Anna like you. You are very precious