Posted by: mcmxc March 9, 2009
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Ar_es!!
Pray read my comments in other threads and SKH's other threads. I am quite sure, you will understand the motive behind my verbosity, as well as so called condescending comments. Find me a place where I have tried to "genuinely" humiliate him, and I shall retreat.
The reason I go berserk over such narrow beliefs being imposed upon others in the name of religion and caste, is simple. Progressive belief system. I am quite arranged in my beliefs, and I do not impose my will and opinions on others. As you may take it, it is your prerogative.
Now, as far as English goes, I am a self taught person. I was very weak in English until 8th grade. I toiled and persevered and honed my skills, which is still primitive. I used to have a series of conflicts with my English teacher over my choice of words and sentence structure. But my fruition of labor culminated when I topped one of a mid term exams in my University in English with just a 87 percentile, and honestly was quite elated when my paper was passed out hand to hand. So much for the elation, in the subsequent exam, I barely passed with a mere 45 percentile. You can do the maths behind the reason. Yes, my friend, verbosity. I was cocky, and took my excellence for my invincibility. And I was defeated. But I have no qualms over it.
Now, if the purpose of any language is mere communication, I do not feel the need of set rules and regulations governing the usages. And if you have to turn pages of dictionary to find the words, then, I guess all the classic literature as well as any verbose book should be proscribed from the syllabus prescriptions. Anybody can spray paint over a blank canvas and call it art, but only Pollock could pull it off as an international fame and event of the century. By saying this, I am not comparing myself to any literary greats, but stating a mere drift of opinions here. I write for myself, at the most, and if someone finds it hard to understand me, which is not so unintelligible per se, I urge, why not expand our horizons.
A lot of sajha writers are acclaimed for their stories and so forth, yet, I have not garnered that following, nor do I aspire to. But an occasional adulation does bring a grin or smile in my face. My purpose served. And at that, if you can read and enjoy the literary classics without any inhibited criticism, I wonder why I end up being crucified as verbose or gaudy. I am a perfectionist, but yet not perfect in that. I grow everyday, with my shortcomings and errors, and strive to better myself in the future endeavours. If you think, my postings do not serve any purpose other than flaunt my oboslete and out of place words, then, I am yet again defeated.
Now, feeding the troll!! SKH is, I am sure, a well learned person of profound intelligence and academia. But his virtues hold no merit in my eyes, if he really does harbor such disdain and hatred for certain other things. The degree and education is worth nothing if one cannot spot a black from white. I am a university drop out and have not turned a single page of a book except for the raunchy and suspence paperbacks in more than a decade. The list of books our dear sajhaites discuss is out of my grasp of comprehension. So, I am sure, I am not parading my verbosity but striving to stay in the pool so that I can swim a little bit longer.
Having said that, I thank you for criticizing me. And I hope, I have not used any word that warrants the usage of dictionary.
Pray read my comments in other threads and SKH's other threads. I am quite sure, you will understand the motive behind my verbosity, as well as so called condescending comments. Find me a place where I have tried to "genuinely" humiliate him, and I shall retreat.
The reason I go berserk over such narrow beliefs being imposed upon others in the name of religion and caste, is simple. Progressive belief system. I am quite arranged in my beliefs, and I do not impose my will and opinions on others. As you may take it, it is your prerogative.
Now, as far as English goes, I am a self taught person. I was very weak in English until 8th grade. I toiled and persevered and honed my skills, which is still primitive. I used to have a series of conflicts with my English teacher over my choice of words and sentence structure. But my fruition of labor culminated when I topped one of a mid term exams in my University in English with just a 87 percentile, and honestly was quite elated when my paper was passed out hand to hand. So much for the elation, in the subsequent exam, I barely passed with a mere 45 percentile. You can do the maths behind the reason. Yes, my friend, verbosity. I was cocky, and took my excellence for my invincibility. And I was defeated. But I have no qualms over it.
Now, if the purpose of any language is mere communication, I do not feel the need of set rules and regulations governing the usages. And if you have to turn pages of dictionary to find the words, then, I guess all the classic literature as well as any verbose book should be proscribed from the syllabus prescriptions. Anybody can spray paint over a blank canvas and call it art, but only Pollock could pull it off as an international fame and event of the century. By saying this, I am not comparing myself to any literary greats, but stating a mere drift of opinions here. I write for myself, at the most, and if someone finds it hard to understand me, which is not so unintelligible per se, I urge, why not expand our horizons.
A lot of sajha writers are acclaimed for their stories and so forth, yet, I have not garnered that following, nor do I aspire to. But an occasional adulation does bring a grin or smile in my face. My purpose served. And at that, if you can read and enjoy the literary classics without any inhibited criticism, I wonder why I end up being crucified as verbose or gaudy. I am a perfectionist, but yet not perfect in that. I grow everyday, with my shortcomings and errors, and strive to better myself in the future endeavours. If you think, my postings do not serve any purpose other than flaunt my oboslete and out of place words, then, I am yet again defeated.
Now, feeding the troll!! SKH is, I am sure, a well learned person of profound intelligence and academia. But his virtues hold no merit in my eyes, if he really does harbor such disdain and hatred for certain other things. The degree and education is worth nothing if one cannot spot a black from white. I am a university drop out and have not turned a single page of a book except for the raunchy and suspence paperbacks in more than a decade. The list of books our dear sajhaites discuss is out of my grasp of comprehension. So, I am sure, I am not parading my verbosity but striving to stay in the pool so that I can swim a little bit longer.
Having said that, I thank you for criticizing me. And I hope, I have not used any word that warrants the usage of dictionary.
Last edited: 09-Mar-09 09:27 PM