tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post3536433202672617900..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: Year End Recap - Part 1Alokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-53267713944001347372007-12-08T12:37:00.000-05:002007-12-08T12:37:00.000-05:00what a hiatus! I came back to your blog post a sel...what a hiatus! I came back to your blog post a self-imposed carnival of silence, detachment...<BR/>I am glad to see you fondly looking at the whole set of books or authors you met through the year, standing by them reminiscing about all those moments when certain decisions were taken which invariably have led you to strings of expeditions into the world of words, stories..<BR/>I may desist to list down and stretch fingers to indicate at the winners, as I believe each book is an experience by itself, a stubborn glance at certain situations prevailed around the land..<BR/><BR/>I loved what Vidya said.New author is discovered. through your blog, I discovered the world of Bernhard and since then there has been no turning back..I found self lingering around his fence all the time...as I told you earlier, I found WG Sebald through ur blog <BR/><BR/>"A spell of Silence or Calmness and detachment", in a way, is a great thing to happen, and I am able to connect to the preamble you have given here.A majority of life is unnecessarily spent on perching at the window sill and looking outside, subtly n secretly desiring for others' appreciation or to raise that tempting appeal quotient, a process during which one ignores himself or herself.<BR/>That "strange peacefulness", you mentioned emerges from the sea of tranquility one managed to create around self.<BR/>I realized "others" enhance the noise levels in our respective world....at times, it's a healthier move to withdraw self into the shell we are born with....<BR/><BR/>your blog, like Ant's , always encourage to me to write something spontaneously..as I call it "Influence"....<BR/><BR/>good that I strained my neck to glance at your fence. W.r.t movies, I think, I took a lead over you...:))))))))) ye, ye finally!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-63687211411475650512007-12-08T00:04:00.000-05:002007-12-08T00:04:00.000-05:00Peacefulness is good.I got back to good reading an...Peacefulness is good.I got back to good reading and introspection and uneventfulness after almost a month. <BR/>When you consider next year's awards there needs to be one additional category - New author discovered. I discovered Bernhard and Laszlo K over the last year through your blog. vVidya Jayaramanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11878238708389655574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-3584786807638748392007-12-07T11:55:00.000-05:002007-12-07T11:55:00.000-05:00actually a lot happened in my life too but only in...<I>actually a lot happened in my life too but only inside </I><BR/><BR/>hahaha :)anuraghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178119895116619951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-80897359160362479522007-12-07T10:45:00.000-05:002007-12-07T10:45:00.000-05:00madhuri: actually, giving the award is much easier...madhuri: actually, giving the award is much easier, specially if you already have a blog :) Would love to see you end of the year list btw.<BR/><BR/>antonia: Hope your year was a bit more eventful. actually a lot happened in my life too but only inside ;)Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-33775409825653304192007-12-07T05:42:00.000-05:002007-12-07T05:42:00.000-05:00I do hope to see more nice experiments in strange ...I do hope to see more nice experiments in strange peacefulness (which seems to be not such a bad things) from you next year. 50 films, i am impressed. Maybe i should make such a list too, for your entertainment, i am sure i would not surpass 20 and this would entail all the films i have seen in my life :)*https://www.blogger.com/profile/05680450955867041830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-83267042789950517342007-12-07T00:00:00.000-05:002007-12-07T00:00:00.000-05:00What is the prize money? May be I will struggle to...What is the prize money? May be I will struggle to get that award sometime :-)Madhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323335479301675432noreply@blogger.com