Comments on: The Tree http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/ These fragments I have shored against my ruins Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:28:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: anjaly http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4755 anjaly Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:21:00 +0000 https://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4755 great story, well written and well edited. what do you do? great story, well written and well edited. what do you do?

]]> By: dazedandconfused http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4754 dazedandconfused Fri, 19 May 2006 00:10:00 +0000 https://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4754 pointblank, there are a few more like that... 1. Woman smoking cigarettes 2. Man being chased by plastic bag 3. Man cooking, getting wet in rain. Just kidding falstaff, don't jump on me. Love everything you write :) pointblank, there are a few more like that…

1. Woman smoking cigarettes
2. Man being chased by plastic bag
3. Man cooking, getting wet in rain.

Just kidding falstaff, don’t jump on me. Love everything you write :)

]]> By: drifting leaf http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4753 drifting leaf Thu, 18 May 2006 22:55:00 +0000 https://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4753 fal... i have a tree that i'm incredibly attached to in real life :) so this story kinda breaks my heart cos i can feel his pain...and i don't know what i'd do without it... fal…
i have a tree that i’m incredibly attached to in real life :) so this story kinda breaks my heart cos i can feel his pain…and i don’t know what i’d do without it…

]]> By: Falstaff http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4752 Falstaff Thu, 18 May 2006 22:01:00 +0000 https://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4752 lindsay (if you really are Lindsay - I notice that the link goes to your website, not to a blogspot account): Thanks. I'm sorry if my criticisms of your piece hurt you in any way, that was certainly not my intention. All: For the record, I received an e-mail ten days ago from lindsayp@gmail.com, which makes the following defense of the interview: "To be honest, however, I chose to leave it that way, simply because I just wanted him to talk, about anything and everything. I could have changed direction, but I didn't because he was comfortable talking about a few things and I respected that. The point was never to put him on the defensive. I respect his work, and wanted to leave it at that. I prefer to let others do the attacking. As for the little asides such as "so you did feel he was marginalised", these were put in later only to make the interview a little more navigable for readers, considering the interview was carried as a slideshow." Just so you know. pointblank: Thanks. Shall we say it comes naturally to me because of who I am personally? anon: True. Then again, you could say that for a lot of writers. lindsay (if you really are Lindsay – I notice that the link goes to your website, not to a blogspot account): Thanks. I’m sorry if my criticisms of your piece hurt you in any way, that was certainly not my intention.

All: For the record, I received an e-mail ten days ago from lindsayp@gmail.com, which makes the following defense of the interview:

“To be honest, however, I chose to leave it that way, simply because I
just wanted him to talk, about anything and everything. I could have changed direction, but I didn’t because he was comfortable talking
about a few things and I respected that. The point was never to put
him on the defensive. I respect his work, and wanted to leave it at
that. I prefer to let others do the attacking.

As for the little asides such as “so you did feel he was marginalised”, these were put in later only to make the interview a little more navigable for readers, considering the interview was carried as a slideshow.”

Just so you know.

pointblank: Thanks. Shall we say it comes naturally to me because of who I am personally?

anon: True. Then again, you could say that for a lot of writers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4751 Anonymous Thu, 18 May 2006 17:26:00 +0000 https://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4751 hey 2x3x7...well well...now its becoming a generic statement...but its true..right...your writings--lots of them...do tend to take the road where theres an air of lonliness and sadness...encompassing not only the protagonist but also the reader... btw i am still waiting for a reply to the queries raised. hey 2×3x7…well well…now its becoming a generic statement…but its true..right…your writings–lots of them…do tend to take the road where theres an air of lonliness and sadness…encompassing not only the protagonist but also the reader…

btw i am still waiting for a reply to the queries raised.

]]> By: pointblank http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4750 pointblank Thu, 18 May 2006 16:58:00 +0000 https://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4750 Great story, no doubt. A tinge of sadness and unexpected ending, as usual. Falstaff - a question, if I may ask. Why is it that in all your stories, the character is alone and lonely? There's this one, 'Left Behind', 'A squirrel's fall', 'Dream no 380' etc. All of them have this similarity. Is is because that's what comes naturally to you or is it something more personal? Just wondering. Great story, no doubt. A tinge of sadness and unexpected ending, as usual. Falstaff – a question, if I may ask. Why is it that in all your stories, the character is alone and lonely? There’s this one, ‘Left Behind’, ‘A squirrel’s fall’, ‘Dream no 380′ etc. All of them have this similarity. Is is because that’s what comes naturally to you or is it something more personal? Just wondering.

]]> By: Lindsay Pereira http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4749 Lindsay Pereira Thu, 18 May 2006 15:20:00 +0000 https://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4749 falstaff, great story. wish i could write half as well. thanks also for the review of my interview with kiran nagarkar. i know that no one thinks much of my writing/interviewing style, but please understand that it's about all that my level of talent will allow. i got into st xavier's on the christian quota and studied english literature. i came out to find that the only jobs i was qualified for were at call centres, until i begged my way into my current low paid, part time gig with rediff. i really have nothing much to do with my ample free time, between my meaningless phd in english and writing footnotes for a book being written by my english teacher from xavier's. what i'm saying is that i have nothing else in my life other than my admittedly poor writing, so your criticism really hurts. falstaff, great story. wish i could write half as well.

thanks also for the review of my interview with kiran nagarkar. i know that no one thinks much of my writing/interviewing style, but please understand that it’s about all that my level of talent will allow.

i got into st xavier’s on the christian quota and studied english literature. i came out to find that the only jobs i was qualified for were at call centres, until i begged my way into my current low paid, part time gig with rediff.

i really have nothing much to do with my ample free time, between my meaningless phd in english and writing footnotes for a book being written by my english teacher from xavier’s.

what i’m saying is that i have nothing else in my life other than my admittedly poor writing, so your criticism really hurts.

]]> By: Lindsay Pereira http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4482 Lindsay Pereira Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000 https://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4482 falstaff, great story. wish i could write half as well. thanks also for the review of my interview with kiran nagarkar. i know that no one thinks much of my writing/interviewing style, but please understand that it's about all that my level of talent will allow. i got into st xavier's on the christian quota and studied english literature. i came out to find that the only jobs i was qualified for were at call centres, until i begged my way into my current low paid, part time gig with rediff. i really have nothing much to do with my ample free time, between my meaningless phd in english and writing footnotes for a book being written by my english teacher from xavier's. what i'm saying is that i have nothing else in my life other than my admittedly poor writing, so your criticism really hurts. falstaff, great story. wish i could write half as well.

thanks also for the review of my interview with kiran nagarkar. i know that no one thinks much of my writing/interviewing style, but please understand that it’s about all that my level of talent will allow.

i got into st xavier’s on the christian quota and studied english literature. i came out to find that the only jobs i was qualified for were at call centres, until i begged my way into my current low paid, part time gig with rediff.

i really have nothing much to do with my ample free time, between my meaningless phd in english and writing footnotes for a book being written by my english teacher from xavier’s.

what i’m saying is that i have nothing else in my life other than my admittedly poor writing, so your criticism really hurts.

]]> By: pointblank http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4483 pointblank Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000 https://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4483 Great story, no doubt. A tinge of sadness and unexpected ending, as usual. Falstaff - a question, if I may ask. Why is it that in all your stories, the character is alone and lonely? There's this one, 'Left Behind', 'A squirrel's fall', 'Dream no 380' etc. All of them have this similarity. Is is because that's what comes naturally to you or is it something more personal? Just wondering. Great story, no doubt. A tinge of sadness and unexpected ending, as usual. Falstaff – a question, if I may ask. Why is it that in all your stories, the character is alone and lonely? There’s this one, ‘Left Behind’, ‘A squirrel’s fall’, ‘Dream no 380′ etc. All of them have this similarity. Is is because that’s what comes naturally to you or is it something more personal? Just wondering.

]]> By: Anonymous http://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4484 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000 https://falstaff.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/the-tree/#comment-4484 hey 2x3x7...well well...now its becoming a generic statement...but its true..right...your writings--lots of them...do tend to take the road where theres an air of lonliness and sadness...encompassing not only the protagonist but also the reader... btw i am still waiting for a reply to the queries raised. hey 2×3x7…well well…now its becoming a generic statement…but its true..right…your writings–lots of them…do tend to take the road where theres an air of lonliness and sadness…encompassing not only the protagonist but also the reader…

btw i am still waiting for a reply to the queries raised.

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