Rudra ji – Usually when someone writes a comment on my thread that I don’t necessarily agree with, I click on the user_id and check that individual’s other postings. The mere purpose of my prying is to establish who I am dealing with. Though I don’t agree with you on the ending of my story, I’m 100% with you on the topic regarding the movie that depicts the fictitious killing of George Bush. I am a staunch liberal and I fear this documentary/movie, whatever it is, like the one mis-directed by Michael Moore in 2004, may only rally Bush’s base of fanatics and bigots. I see no positive coming out of this to help liberals in the midterm election. That is the sole reason I never share my political essays here, this administration has made me a caustically bitter resident. freak_alien/yacc/guchha/sndy/rythm – to have entertained you as you claim, pleasure is for me to owe. Remarks like yours make me feel like an escort after a generous tip. Hey I just sold me again. Sunnydev – You always pick the best lines from my story. One of my awkwardly arrogant cousins, who is already 31, is still looking for the perfect man that ‘Saibaba’ is yet to award her. Please help her pick one, I like what you pick—you simply pick the best. Thank you for identifying the nuance behind ‘Chhataa professor’, it may look so for the quick readers, but he was not a casual import in the story. Suraj2006 – Thank you, sir. As accented as I am, I’ll not be teaching this English course, however. In all seriousness… Most of the people we admire are only marginally better than us. It is marginally easier to admire them than trying to be as good as them. So we read them, instead of telling them our own stories. I, never for a second, have assumed that my thoughts are worth being printed permanently. That’s why I write in Sajha. But I thank you for believing in me. imi – This is the first story that I ever wrote. That was back in December of 1996. I regret nothing more in life than not writing a word for the next eight years. A shorter version of this story was published in one of the Nepali magazines in 1997. So if there is a coincidence, you’re busted. I smell plagiarism. To quote you: “hehe.” nepalonmymind – You are my most favorite person in Sajha, because you think in paragraphs. I always value your tips. Why would you need names like Ram and Hari? Use names like Sita and Laxmi. There are very few writers in Nepal who write about women. Samrat is a brilliant writer, but it seems he can only write about women after an overdose of Viagra. I have never read a writer from our neck of the woods, who is that sex-crazed. You need to start writing about women. Dissident – We have not committed on the amount, have we? Angeleyes – Thank you Dixie Chick. Sometimes I wonder names are so optional, my parents could have easily named me off_sum instead of sum_off. Keho -- Got your email. The first part is true. The second part is not. He was a good teacher. Hope he is doing fine.