tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post113965946948614437..comments2023-11-05T10:43:47.305+00:00Comments on Kombai: IdentityPremalathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741047367535557036noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1157991942654574562006-09-11T17:25:00.000+01:002006-09-11T17:25:00.000+01:00there are two distinct skill sets needed here:one ...there are two distinct skill sets needed here:<BR/><BR/>one is the editor: she/he can edit your work ie by simply juggling the words in your sentence, make it look 10 times better. she will not re write your stuff. this is a special skillset.<BR/> <BR/>agent: for 10% or so commission, she/he will represent you to the book publisher. this is only because it is tough to get direct connection to thephantom363https://www.blogger.com/profile/00957614020070420299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1157782599466765942006-09-09T07:16:00.000+01:002006-09-09T07:16:00.000+01:00seriously, talk to a sympathetic agent.That is the...<I>seriously, talk to a sympathetic agent.</I><BR/><BR/>That is the problem. :) No one corrects me.Premalathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741047367535557036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1157584340235234832006-09-07T00:12:00.000+01:002006-09-07T00:12:00.000+01:00english is good and natural. don't change. don't a...english is good and natural. don't change. don't apologize. :)<BR/><BR/>i hope it is just modesty talking.<BR/>don't change your english. it is sooo natural and sweet. :)<BR/><BR/>seriously, talk to a sympathetic agent. you have in you a work than most published writers. a little bit of mentoring is all you need to put everything together. :)phantom363https://www.blogger.com/profile/00957614020070420299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1157568824055391632006-09-06T19:53:00.000+01:002006-09-06T19:53:00.000+01:00Hi phantom363,Thank you for your comments. I am gl...Hi phantom363,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comments. I am glad you like them. Hope you will get to read the rest, and hope you will like them too. They are all written in very bad english. One of my tasks is to rewrite them all in acceptable english (spell check, grammer check). Hope I will be able to do that one day. <BR/><BR/>Enjoy reading my blog(s)<BR/>:)Premalathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741047367535557036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1157480497664222162006-09-05T19:21:00.000+01:002006-09-05T19:21:00.000+01:00a couple of very interesting points about our more...a couple of very interesting points about our mores. <BR/> <BR/>the first is that you have brought out the suppressed hopes and excitement at the prospect of an arranged marriage, with a fair dose of nervousness hovering around. being a man, i would never know or experience such a unique female feeling.<BR/> <BR/>another outstanding presentation is the attachment to one's own household. so phantom363https://www.blogger.com/profile/00957614020070420299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1157478229744829052006-09-05T18:43:00.000+01:002006-09-05T18:43:00.000+01:00i grew up in madras in the 1950s & 1960s. my role ...i grew up in madras in the 1950s & 1960s. my role model was a guy, (though he did not know it), two years my senior. he went to the same school. he was good in sports, studies and popularity. infact a perfect allrounder. :)<BR/><BR/>he had cool parents who gave him far more freedom than mine did and i always used to look at his household so longingly. there was more trust there than in my home. <phantom363https://www.blogger.com/profile/00957614020070420299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1144669681063129902006-04-10T12:48:00.000+01:002006-04-10T12:48:00.000+01:00This comment comes rather late but here it is just...This comment comes rather late but here it is just the same.<BR/><BR/>I hope the world stops spinning for you. The key is to spin at the same rate as the world does. Have I spoken like a true engineer? heh heh<BR/><BR/>The bottomline is....it is all a matter of which frame of reference one chooses. As Dustin Hoffman says to his son in Hero (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104412/), truth is like an Dadojihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116292221888902617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1139910432399480802006-02-14T09:47:00.000+00:002006-02-14T09:47:00.000+00:00Hi Shiv,you seem to have allowed sarah's experienc...Hi Shiv,<BR/><BR/><I>you seem to have allowed sarah's experience to dramatically affect you.</I><BR/><BR/>ya. I feel vulnerable these days.<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>your language has turned stronger,</I><BR/><BR/>exactly Balan's (my husband) observation. It will take time before I can get things back to normal. I am trying. <BR/><BR/><BR/><I>it is possible that this could be a rant you have no caring forPremalathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741047367535557036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1139869708536840892006-02-13T22:28:00.000+00:002006-02-13T22:28:00.000+00:00you seem to have allowed sarah's experience to dra...you seem to have allowed sarah's experience to dramatically affect you. your language has turned stronger, from viewing your previous posts, and impressions that mince no words while doing the telling the way you see it. <BR/>it is possible that this could be a rant you have no caring for if people would stop to read, as long as you get your few minutes of rage. <BR/><BR/>i can empathize; though,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1139678367189868722006-02-11T17:19:00.000+00:002006-02-11T17:19:00.000+00:00and the expectations that comes along with them. w...<I>and the expectations that comes along with them. </I><BR/><BR/>what expectations?Premalathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741047367535557036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1139676266349249362006-02-11T16:44:00.000+00:002006-02-11T16:44:00.000+00:00reply romba overaa, latha? nah. :)I get a very few...<I>reply romba overaa, latha? </I><BR/>nah. :)<BR/><BR/>I get a very few readers who truely understand what *I* am talking about. not that I have "many" readers anyway. lol.<BR/><BR/>some of the superficials don't leave us do they? :)Premalathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741047367535557036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17142635.post-1139671718442893792006-02-11T15:28:00.000+00:002006-02-11T15:28:00.000+00:00That is the message. but,I (we all) face conflicts...That is the message. <BR/><BR/>but,<BR/>I (we all) face conflicts when I (we) contradict myself(ourselves), like here http://premalathakombai.blogspot.com/2006/01/what-am-i-doing.htmlPremalathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741047367535557036noreply@blogger.com