Khabardar,
I think the rest who are not saying ‘you da man’ are just sparing me. I am pretty sure many people hated this story. Most of the people by nature do not enjoy offending others; it’s not an emotionally lucrative profession. But trust me, a constructive criticism will not offend me. That will make me happy. Just spend some time and try to understand the tone of the story before critiquing it though.

The other reason people don’t post negative comments is they fear of being tagged ‘envious’—which I believe is ridiculous. As a society we have not completely evolved to accept the inclusion of a critic. That is because we don’t know how to be a critic without being personal. Read your own comments. You wrote: “our Bheda mentality.” Was the use of word ‘Bheda’ necessary in getting your point across? I will reach my wit’s end if I start debating you on this. So I won’t.

What the hell… now I think about it… What the hell am I defending here? Why am I even replying to you? Am I really that insecure? (Never mind me, these are just rhetorical questions).

Where is Lumi when I really need to be defended? I think she’s a nice girl (very sensitive though, I have a first-hand email experience). Never use the word ‘fan’ with her, not even figuratively.

I immediately need five compliments from five distinct user_ids saying how good I am. Khabardar has made me feel very very insecure. I will skip lunch if you don’t tell me how good I am. Pashupatinath le vasma.