tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post1145946287511984758..comments2023-10-20T15:38:54.730+05:30Comments on Mundane Journey: If I were a baby againPrashant Mehtahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08828932160526823509noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-63847596586868586672009-11-12T19:22:18.004+05:302009-11-12T19:22:18.004+05:30Arjuna ji and Chandresegar ji
Thanks!<b>Arjuna ji and Chandresegar ji</b><br /><br />Thanks!Prashant Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08828932160526823509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-34156942599167306962009-11-12T17:36:57.330+05:302009-11-12T17:36:57.330+05:30full of reality.good workfull of reality.good workchandrasegarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903306460125709441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-39185217484745449392009-11-10T22:26:24.657+05:302009-11-10T22:26:24.657+05:30Yes I remember computer ji :) i like you.. :)Yes I remember computer ji :) i like you.. :)narendrahttp://frozenwell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-22687080898661553822009-11-10T21:22:26.670+05:302009-11-10T21:22:26.670+05:30Beautiful piece of fiction...I especially liked th...Beautiful piece of fiction...I especially liked the last part where the character is tired of being a kid and yearns to be an adult again...you capture both sides of the pespective well.ARJunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521569264034779626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-32151686456568296202009-11-10T20:56:31.354+05:302009-11-10T20:56:31.354+05:30Bharathi ji
I remember seeing it on TV a long bac...<b>Bharathi ji</b><br /><br />I remember seeing it on TV a long back - don't remember much though. Sure. I'll watch it. <br /><br /><b>Guria ji </b><br /><br />Thanks! <br /><br /><b> Aneet ji</b><br /><br />The same to you :)<br /><br /><b>Vipul ji </b><br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Well, fans of Dev Anand think that he is 20 from past 46 years!<br /><br /><br /><b> narendra ji </b><br /><br />thanks!<br /><br />The Internet doesn't really tell us the age of a person. A lot of my readers are elders who i know in person and address them as dada/didi/bhai/ben. I felt a little uncomfortable addressing them by their first name. So, i made it common. The best part is, i can use "ji" not only for male and female names but also for inanimate objects! Do you remember Big B addressing computer as "Computer Ji" in KBC?<br /><br /><b>Mahesh Kalaal ji</b><br /><br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br /><b>Shruti ji</b><br /><br />Yes, i did and you have acknowledged as well :)<br /><br /><br /><b>Madhu ji </b><br /><br />Thanks! I am honored :)<br /><br /><br /><b>Dreamer ji </b><br /><br />Thanks! Yeah... when i see my nephews and niece running for class after class, i feel that they are growing up just two fast.<br /><br /><b> naveen ji </b><br /><br />Thanks! I agree :) And that's what drive us to keep going on.<br /><br /><b> Biswajit ji </b><br /><br />Yeah. The kids are very innocent unlike the adults. However adults are more independent :)<br /><br />You haven't written for a long time now. When can we have your next article?<br /><br /><b> Sainmanohar ji</b><br /><br />thanks!Prashant Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08828932160526823509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-77265831552778259312009-11-10T20:08:15.495+05:302009-11-10T20:08:15.495+05:30good post..good post..Saimanoharhttp://www.scratchyoursoul.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-9877305168244677692009-11-10T16:07:46.603+05:302009-11-10T16:07:46.603+05:30Nice way to putting up the pros and cons of every ...Nice way to putting up the pros and cons of every age.<br /><br />"I mingled with other kids of different communities, religions and castes. I played with them without conspiring against any other kids. I didn’t worry if the children of Uncle Sam were happy with me. I treated them as equals. I was fearless. I didn’t care if there was a bomb planted at the site. Neither did I plant a bomb. There was a bag full of gold moving at almost lightening speed. I didn’t care to run after it. I didn’t care if I had enough money for my food after 10 years."Biswajit Biswashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00776086909606763426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-36050206035072858952009-11-10T14:13:35.655+05:302009-11-10T14:13:35.655+05:30well a gud one .....lack of satisfaction is every...well a gud one .....lack of satisfaction is everywhere ;)Nανєєηhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044397729804698542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-28955170884838533652009-11-10T09:03:42.782+05:302009-11-10T09:03:42.782+05:30Really great imagination. Especially liked the end...Really great imagination. Especially liked the ending. It is true, nowadays childhood ends way too early.Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10275276379009334446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-23554903183270716722009-11-10T03:27:21.073+05:302009-11-10T03:27:21.073+05:30To me personally, I liked the ending. So when I sa...To me personally, I liked the ending. So when I said "Nice crash land to the reality at the end :-)". I meant it as a compliment ...MADHU RAO | (INDImag.COM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01238647651400273018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-47252923097522987272009-11-10T02:58:49.428+05:302009-11-10T02:58:49.428+05:30Do read my take on this topic!Do read my take on this topic!Shrutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02907230191165124394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-73826574757625336762009-11-10T00:53:16.360+05:302009-11-10T00:53:16.360+05:30@ Prashanth,
Hi.... It is innovative, analytical,...@ Prashanth,<br /><br />Hi.... It is innovative, analytical, and retrospective..<br />Nice post.Mahesh Aadhya Kalalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08671369216676666618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-41691247787989175132009-11-10T00:30:39.578+05:302009-11-10T00:30:39.578+05:30love the post...keep it up..and all the best..like...love the post...keep it up..and all the best..like the way you reply to your comments too.the JI thing. really shows in your post..:) nice nice..narendrahttp://frozenwell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-35060069182568927462009-11-09T23:54:44.910+05:302009-11-09T23:54:44.910+05:30Dev anand - 20 years old.. now thts a bit far-fetc...Dev anand - 20 years old.. now thts a bit far-fetched.. lol<br />Hey, a very nice post there nd very mch true.. we alwez want to be wat we r not at the present!<br />Really liked some expressions used like the ones for hair loss nd then how the child played around.. A nice read nd yeah congrats on Blogadda pick!<br />All the best :)Vipul Groverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759165630549569179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-20513550032003058842009-11-09T22:09:52.882+05:302009-11-09T22:09:52.882+05:30Thanks for visiting!Thanks for visiting!Aneethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059876292265934523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-83088626690218160702009-11-09T20:52:48.210+05:302009-11-09T20:52:48.210+05:30Really, really, really liked reading this...
Excep...Really, really, really liked reading this...<br />Except for the innocence there's nothing special about being a baby, especially not the innocence-ridding procedure (schools, tuitions and the likes) :)<br /><br />All the best for Blog-a-Ton :))Guriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17745027299909279888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-6879909718140575322009-11-09T19:57:42.243+05:302009-11-09T19:57:42.243+05:30Nice concept. I too wrote a little similar to urs....Nice concept. I too wrote a little similar to urs. I would recommend you to watch the movie 'Bedazzled'. That has something like this.Bharathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371852682866792178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-56828921226926104642009-11-09T18:35:01.445+05:302009-11-09T18:35:01.445+05:30Niharika ji,
Thanks!
Karthik ji,
Even i though...<b>Niharika ji,</b><br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br /><b> Karthik ji,</b><br /><br />Even i thought that i should give it a definite ending. But i decided against it. I wanted to leave the ending open to interpretations. I didn't want to give it "my" ending.<br /><br />Like - i wanted to keep the following questions open to the readers:<br /><br />1. Does the effect of potion go away?<br />2. Does he start liking the 'childhood' after the dislike?<br />3. What all things he go thru as a child?<br /><br /><b> indianhomemaker ji </b><br /><br />Yes. Even i think that childhood can be portrayed in a more happier way. But, i wanted to highlight the problems children of today go through. The peer pressure, the burden to be a winner is stealing their childhood from them. This would make them less happier. Hence the gloomy take - to portray the hardships children of the 21st century go through.<br /><br /><br /><b> Shruti ji </b><br /><br />Yeah. I agree with you. BTW, the reason i used the name <b> Bhagawan Khushi</b> was because it is synonymous to <b> Dev Anand </b> In the Bollywood, Dev Anand is said to be evergreen.<br /><br /><b> Nidhesh ji </b><br /><br />Yeah - that could have been another possible track the story could have taken. But i think it wouldn't have been okay to let a 4 year old smoke :-P<br /><br /><br /><b> evanescentthoughts ji </b><br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br /><br /><b>Makk ji</b><br /><br />Sure :)<br /><br /><b>Lavanya ji </b><br /><br />Thanks! Yes, like a short story i didn't want the story to end at its end. I wanted to leave it open added as i responded to <b>Karthik ji</b> abovePrashant Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08828932160526823509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-62178060383645352432009-11-09T14:24:13.745+05:302009-11-09T14:24:13.745+05:30Brilliant post! I notice strokes of a seasoned wri...Brilliant post! I notice strokes of a seasoned writer. Congratulations!<br />Ya, I agree with others, in that the ending was a little too sudden and abrupt. <br />But, on the whole, a fantastic read.Lavanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574721412687815248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-53183699349265672102009-11-09T14:05:01.879+05:302009-11-09T14:05:01.879+05:30Cool...dude!!
:)
keep writing!
Keep Smiling!!Cool...dude!!<br /><br />:)<br /><br />keep writing!<br /><br />Keep Smiling!!Makkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012915183456139011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-62036122394505381082009-11-09T11:51:40.236+05:302009-11-09T11:51:40.236+05:30This is one of the best posts on this topic I have...This is one of the best posts on this topic I have come across. It was too good :) loved it!!! And you are absolutely right. we wanted to grow old so that we could get rid of exams and the tensions associated with them. Nicely narrated too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-33482010467298825132009-11-09T10:33:01.753+05:302009-11-09T10:33:01.753+05:30nicely written post,
There could have been a way o...nicely written post,<br />There could have been a way of coming to the endpoint of the story. After taking the potion and becoming the child, this person would have had the same psyche. In that case, he would not have played so much being a grown up at mind, would have missed being able to freely go anywhere without his mother's permission. Other similar things may include riding his bike, being able to watch tv all night, and who knows, may be smoking. Again, becoming so small, and weak would have freaked him out. This we could have made the same conclusions.<br />Watch the misadventures of Little Man on a similar plot. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430304/Nidhesh Pandeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16694519937453036093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-68991397679978288822009-11-08T20:05:50.422+05:302009-11-08T20:05:50.422+05:30Prashant, I really enjoed! Anand, Khushi everythin...Prashant, I really enjoed! Anand, Khushi everything is synonymous..Everything is our perspective...How we deal and tackle things that come in our way! Beautifully expressed :)Shrutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02907230191165124394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-44483428254715260922009-11-08T15:35:59.722+05:302009-11-08T15:35:59.722+05:30Very imaginative and creative!!!
True we are neve...Very imaginative and creative!!!<br /><br />True we are never completely happy, but childhood can be easily made a lot happier. <br /><br />Enjoyed this unusual take.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372782620110680840.post-61396750992709823822009-11-08T11:08:50.243+05:302009-11-08T11:08:50.243+05:30The narrative style is splendid! I thought it woul...The narrative style is splendid! I thought it would go on for another one or two paragraphs, but it ended so soon. <br />It was really worth reading. We never get satisfied with whatever we have. Maybe that's good as it makes us achieve more. If at all we get satisfied with something, then it's all over, isn't it?Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02711684817675364335noreply@blogger.com