Somebody once told me
To Write Well,
Write What You Know.
This is what I know......

Tuesday 22 November 2011

A LOT CAN HAPPEN OVER COFFEE ;)


My article in our college magazine this year, fx991ES
A Lot Can Happen Over Coffee *wink*
(An "A" is printed extra. Don't know what actually happened or who added that)






































Please give your frank opinion on this story.
To be very frank, I hadn't liked the story very much. Many of you might not like Aparna asking Richard to keep in touch; they've known hardly for a few hours! This creates an impression (well... to be precise, only in Kerala) that she's not a good girl. When I was about to modify the situations, all my friends who read the rough copy suggested that I needn't make further modifications and that it is better than Silpachechiyude Ormaykku. Hence, that rough copy became my article for the magazine!
Now an explanation to the given problem:
Maybe Aparna too felt that same "UNDEFINED SOMETHING" for Richard...
Maybe because she's more like cool a Chennai girl than a Keralite...
After all, it's just a Fiction, like Silpachechiyude Ormaykku. Come on... cool down... and enjoy the journey with them... B-)
And don't forget... SHARE SOME LOVE... LEAVE A COMMENT.........! :))

Yours truly,

7 comments:

  1. Darsana22 November 2011 at 18:11

    kadhayil chodyam ella... :P

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  2. Siby22 November 2011 at 23:37

    Well, to honest I am slightly disappointed with this story and may be its because I was having high expectations after seeing the initial sketch.

    Its like a normal passable one and not standing out for meStill the amount of detailing regarding the train journey is at its perfection.

    Expecting better ones in line with with ur old posts....

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  3. aNU23 November 2011 at 14:42

    Thanks Sibycheta... I knew that this story is not of the type you are looking forward to. But I got an amazing response from college. Maybe because it's a kind of story for the youth. You are the 3rd person who gave this response, 1st being myself and 2nd a true critic friend of mine. Anyway, thanks for dropping a comment. And 1 imp thing: plz don't expect much from me. EXPECTATION KILLS!!!

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  4. Vishnukelothmax1 December 2011 at 18:50

    can u post a translated version of the story....(in english??)

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  5. autumn4 December 2011 at 14:43

    What about  rewriting the story from aparna's perspective? perhaps you can add it to this story, just before the after 8 years part. I say this because depicting guys feeling 'undefined something' for girls is very commonplace, you see it in all the movies and all, but what about seeing it from a girl's point of view? Your character aparna offers lot of possibilites for a writer. Anyway, good read. Thanks.

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  6. Anuraj27 February 2012 at 10:37

    വളരെ നന്നായിട്ടുണ്ട് .

    ഒരു ഡോകുമെന്ററി, വേണ്ട. ഇപ്പോഴത്തെ സ്റ്റൈല്‍ "ആല്‍ബം" ആണ്. അത് കണ്ട പോലെ തോനുന്നു. മുന്നില്‍ നടക്കുന്ന ഒരു സംഭവം എന്നേ വായികുമ്പോള്‍ ആര്‍കും തോന്നു. പലപ്പോഴും മലയാള സാഹിത്യത്തിലെ ചെറുകഥകള്‍ വായിച്ചു തീരുമ്പോള്‍ ഞാന്‍ പറയാറുണ്ട്-'wasting of time' എന്ന്. കാരണം ഒരിക്കലും ശുഭാവസാനിയായ കഥകള്‍ കണ്ടിട്ടില്ല. കുട്ടികാലത്ത് ബാലരമ വായികുമ്പോള്‍ എല്ലാം നല്ലപോലെ ഉള്ള കഥകള്‍ ആയിരുന്നു. പക്ഷെ പിന്നീട് വായിച്ചു തുടങ്ങിയ പലതിലും വായികുന്നവനെ മണ്ടനാകി കുറേ തത്വചിന്തയും സാഹിത്യവും അരച്ച് ചേര്‍ക്കും. വായികുന്നവന് രസകരമായ ഒരു അനുബൂധി ഉണ്ടാകാന്‍ അവര്‍ മറന്നു പോകുന്നു. തന്റെ അപര്നയും റിച്ചാര്‍ഡും നമ്മുടെ ഒക്കെ ജീവിതത്തില്‍ എവിടെയോ കടന്നു പോകുന്ന രണ്ട് സുഹൃതുകളാണ്.

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    1. aNUbOMB28 February 2012 at 17:17

      Thanks Anuraj, for your +ve comment :)
      But every story doesn't have a happy ending...

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