Oys, You did not have to apologize. I knew it was innocent, genuine and, as you called, a 'heat of the moment'. And as you seems to be understanding rightly, I was not criticizing your WORK per se but the PRESENTATION. Mero aagraha was that sometimes you have to give space to others. And by others, I absolutely do not mean persons, I mean the atmosphere, the taste, the expectation. When somebody is enjoying a cup of, let's say, a heavenly made aduwa-chiya, you don't pour a finest bottle of wine to it. Kura tetti ho. I appreciate mG's compassionate remarks. And I share his appreciation for your writings. I am a great fan of your memory lanes myself. However, I do have a differing view on criticism. ..criticizing is ruthless but very easy.. Ruthless, may be. But easy, No. Criticizing is way too difficult than giving compliments. We don't have to go very far. Just compare the frequencies of the criticism and the compliments the poetry in Sajha gets. I don't mean they don't deserve compliments, they do. (Particularly mine, ehehe.) My point is that it is the compliments, not the criticism, that is easy. Let's appreciate the work and the criticism too.