tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606715.post6958225822746184446..comments2023-10-31T07:59:32.793-07:00Comments on wannabewodehouse: A Dead Letterwannabewodehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13203391268297565393noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606715.post-90379572923081075822009-04-25T20:41:00.000-07:002009-04-25T20:41:00.000-07:00"The dead letter" is a stunningly beautiful piece,..."The dead letter" is a stunningly beautiful piece, I think it's one of your best. I disagree with Mr. Stoic that it's mushy. If you write about a person who has passed away recently, you cannot but be a little sombre in your tone. Let's not give up the traditional folly of treating the dead with a little respect.<br /><br />I often think about how the Net has changed our life. If your story is based on real experience, (which I believe it is,) it is just another example that shows how human relationships have been irreversibly altered by the WWW.<br /><br />The story also tells us that we humans are capable of creating our own worlds and our own freedom. Stephen Covey, in his book "Seven habits ..." tells us about an inmate in a Nazi concentration camp, who realizes one day that his body is fettered, but his mind isn't. Despite the terribly degrading environment of the Nazi camp, eventually he starts to create a world in his mind and starts living in it, as a perfectly HAPPY man!<br /><br />Although I live an infinitely more comfortable life than Covey's hero, I badly need to create a world of my choice, just to preserve my sanity, if not for anything else. I have been trying to do so, with partial success. So I can relate to your late friend in the cyberspace, and I offer her a posthumous bow.Santanu Sinha Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062744470522359652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606715.post-33908391402152559212009-04-24T14:28:00.000-07:002009-04-24T14:28:00.000-07:00Very sentimental...Very sentimental...A Stoichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657488599907311113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606715.post-90706273137525560022009-04-22T08:28:00.000-07:002009-04-22T08:28:00.000-07:00What a piece!What a piece!kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606715.post-2528913050602369982009-04-19T10:14:00.000-07:002009-04-19T10:14:00.000-07:00Though I was expecting something Wodehouse-like (o...Though I was expecting something Wodehouse-like (or is it wannabe?)... I LIKED IT! Made me sit up and become serious , suddenly!முகுந்தன்https://www.blogger.com/profile/07187914762037584304noreply@blogger.com