Comments on: My Mother’s Lover: Sumana Roy http://pratilipi.in/2008/08/my-mothers-lover-sumana-roy/ A Bilingual, Bimonthly Magazine / द्विभाषी, द्विमासिक पत्रिका Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sumana Roy http://pratilipi.in/2008/08/my-mothers-lover-sumana-roy/#comment-1029 Sumana Roy Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:10:24 +0000 http://pratilipi.in/?p=314#comment-1029 Devang: How well you put your impressions about my story. Thanks, especially for that remarkable last line of your comment. Devang: How well you put your impressions about my story. Thanks, especially for that remarkable last line of your comment.

]]> By: Devang Vaidya http://pratilipi.in/2008/08/my-mothers-lover-sumana-roy/#comment-965 Devang Vaidya Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:19:52 +0000 http://pratilipi.in/?p=314#comment-965 "In her life, my mother had betrayed her self; in her writing, she had refused to be her other." The narrator (the reader? the author?) comes to face her own estranged self through re-discovering her mother as the stranger, and as the beloved of another stranger. The story haunts you with the parallel themes of intimate strangers and incomplete relationships, and with it, a redeeming sense that nothing is ever entirely whole, or entirely incomplete. And that no one is ever only intimate or only a stranger. “In her life, my mother had betrayed her self; in her writing, she had refused to be her other.” The narrator (the reader? the author?) comes to face her own estranged self through re-discovering her mother as the stranger, and as the beloved of another stranger. The story haunts you with the parallel themes of intimate strangers and incomplete relationships, and with it, a redeeming sense that nothing is ever entirely whole, or entirely incomplete. And that no one is ever only intimate or only a stranger.

]]> By: Ashwini http://pratilipi.in/2008/08/my-mothers-lover-sumana-roy/#comment-244 Ashwini Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:49:20 +0000 http://pratilipi.in/?p=314#comment-244 http://www.dhvani.co.in/author_month.html http://www.dhvani.co.in/author_month.html

]]> By: Sumana Roy http://pratilipi.in/2008/08/my-mothers-lover-sumana-roy/#comment-230 Sumana Roy Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:23:25 +0000 http://pratilipi.in/?p=314#comment-230 1. Abha: Thanks. 2. Jay: Thank you for your comments. You are right about my tendency to pile comparatives, often to suffocation. This is a story I wrote about two years ago. I'm aiming for a leaner prose style at the moment. It's difficult, I can tell you because my mind works through the filter of comparisons. But I am trying ... I hope to get rid of all that girth soon. Thanks. 3. Divya: Thank you. "True depth" suddenly makes me feel so self-important! But I am glad you liked it. 4. Joseph: Thank you for reading it. "Sharing": isn't that why we write? 1. Abha: Thanks.

2. Jay: Thank you for your comments. You are right about my tendency to pile comparatives, often to suffocation. This is a story I wrote about two years ago. I’m aiming for a leaner prose style at the moment. It’s difficult, I can tell you because my mind works through the filter of comparisons. But I am trying … I hope to get rid of all that girth soon. Thanks.

3. Divya: Thank you. “True depth” suddenly makes me feel so self-important! But I am glad you liked it.

4. Joseph: Thank you for reading it. “Sharing”: isn’t that why we write?

]]> By: joseph cameron http://pratilipi.in/2008/08/my-mothers-lover-sumana-roy/#comment-227 joseph cameron Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:22:50 +0000 http://pratilipi.in/?p=314#comment-227 beautiful story. thank you for sharing it. beautiful story. thank you for sharing it.

]]> By: Divya Midha http://pratilipi.in/2008/08/my-mothers-lover-sumana-roy/#comment-202 Divya Midha Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:02:13 +0000 http://pratilipi.in/?p=314#comment-202 Very nice story.Though the true depth is difficult for me to get.But i could not stop once i started reading it. Very nice story.Though the true depth is difficult for me to get.But i could not stop once i started reading it.

]]> By: Jay http://pratilipi.in/2008/08/my-mothers-lover-sumana-roy/#comment-187 Jay Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:14:29 +0000 http://pratilipi.in/?p=314#comment-187 Your stories and poems are always a treat to read. You have a beautiful way of using and puting words in place that often contrasts but conveys the intent at the same time. But I feel you tend to use too many comparatives and too often, that at times is distracting. Never read anyone terming children (one's own) as 'blood's bakery'. This is so unique and touching. Keep writing. Your stories and poems are always a treat to read. You have a beautiful way of using and puting words in place that often contrasts but conveys the intent at the same time. But I feel you tend to use too many comparatives and too often, that at times is distracting. Never read anyone terming children (one’s own) as ‘blood’s bakery’. This is so unique and touching. Keep writing.

]]> By: ABHA IYENGAR http://pratilipi.in/2008/08/my-mothers-lover-sumana-roy/#comment-118 ABHA IYENGAR Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:15:37 +0000 http://pratilipi.in/?p=314#comment-118 Impossibly unbelievable read. Could not let go once began. Impossibly unbelievable read. Could not let go once began.

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