That Whore

Hello Urstruly

Interesting read, there were a few passages that I truly loved, the following being one of them...
``Some people are bestowed with an internal glow that radiates from every pore of their bodies and forms an aura around them. And then there are people who are like moon, which does not have light of its own but it reflects the sunlight from its surface. Such people, without their own respective suns, are nothing but a meaningless heap of rubble.``
Ouch, so shallow that it hurts:)
Well can you elaborate on the significance of transition between the five-legged to the four-legged asses... i meant donkeys;).

Urstruly - it was a nice read. you did a great job in putting the scene together. however, i think you ended it rather abruptly. and i don`t understand why you titled it ``that whore``.

I get it!
This story is a masterpiece of symbolism.
The author talks about the girl being faceless--never revealing his/her true identity the author himself/herself is faceless.
It is the protagonist on both sides of the window.
Urstruly is ``That Whore.``
Right, Urstruly?
C.

This is good stuff. Even without Cemendtaur`s imagined symbolism(#35) it works for me!

Inspirational- if Urstruly can write like this, surely I can too ;))

Some good stuff from unexpected quarters on chowk recently, huh?

it is nice to reading.
point is what we can do to save these ppl selling their dignity for money and others pleasure

Cambodian cuts off penis to feed spirits
Mon Mar 29, 3:01 AM ET

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian man cut off his penis when he said he was visited by four hungry spirits in a dream and he had no chicken or duck to offer them.

According to police, 33-year-old Soun Ney told the spirits to go away when they first appeared to ask for food, and waved his penis at them in defiance.

``Devils, I don`t have any chicken or duck for you,`` he was quoted as saying by local police chief Phoeung Vat. ``If you want to eat anything, you can eat my penis.``

Soun Ney said the spirits agreed to eat his penis. He was rushed to a hospital near the capital Phnom Penh after he castrated himself with a butcher`s knife.

``He is lucky to be alive,`` Phoeung Vat told Reuters.

Villagers in the deeply impoverished southeast Asian traditionally offer chicken, duck or cake to the spirits of the dead to ward off bad luck.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=1 0&u=/nm/20040329/od_uk_nm/oukoe_cambodia_penis

this was too good. the narration, characters...et all was very interesting.

good writting and good stuff...I enjoyed the reading..anxiously looking for the end since the begining of text. Nice end

Urstruly - Overall a nice read. Some sentences were a stroke of brilliance. The ending could have been a bit gradual, with the expressions and outward feelings of the older girl described.

People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.
But you are life and you are the veil.
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and your are the mirror.

- Kahlil Gibran, in Prophet

Harsh title. Nevertheless, interesting read, considering it got me reading to tha end. Like the idea of face and faceless showing how their inner self reflects on them. And where does one find a five-legged animal?

Urstruly: I`m afraid I didn`t enjoy this one. You have a gift with words but the story and its character, the various moralities intrinsic to this tale, fail by me.

Enjoyed the read. The only turnoff for me were the Americanisms like ``ugh, that is gross`` and ``ugh, i hate milk`` which marr the rural imagery and bring to mind a spoiled teenager of the western world instead. Even in English, I think it is possible to desify the context so as to make the imagery more authentic.

A neat idea! I wish the author would write this in Urdu again. Urdu literature is devoid of beautiful ideas now and shtty digests dominate it. New Urdu writers are more influenced by TV dramas and movies in creation so that every thing is a screenplay now.

There really was no need to explain the moon or sun stuff, as it was irrelevant. Other than that it is a neat work.

Frailty

This story is about frailty – the frailty of us, the human beings, our morals, our bodies, our minds, our ethos and the frailty and dichotomy of our pathos. The original title of the story was also ``Frailty``, but then it had to be dropped because it itself was frail and not blunt enough. There are three characters in this story and one of them is ``That Whore``. I would like to leave it on my reader`s judgment as to who they think is the whore. Could it be that all three characters qualify.

What really intrigues me is to explore how innocent minds get ``corrupted`` in this world. It really is intriguing because by nature we are so innocent, so transparent, and so pure. I know very well what pure is but I am too frail to understand what un-pure is. This story was not an attempt to be ``preachy`` either way – it was merely a reflection. This is the reason why most of my stories mention God, angels, woman and children at one place. Perhaps they symbolize the purity and innocence that I yearn for.

To those faminazies who think that this story has hurt their feelings, I must assure them that I truly believe that He has really shortchanged her. And I am not a part of problem but I am the problem. I am making things worst for her with a zeal as if it is my divine mission. If it is of any consolation to you, allow me to tell you that the ``donkey`` in story is really a metaphor for man. I am sorry. I apologize….. now can I have my consolation kiss.

#46 Urstruely
``It really is intriguing because by nature we are so innocent, so transparent, and so pure. I know very well what pure is but I am too frail to understand what un-pure is. ``

Urstruely is converting to Hindooo!

jung:

i chuckled...as others more knowledgable have explained elsewhere anybody believing in anything can be a Hindu...so why not....?

now that is a thought a Hindu Muslim:)...

rgds,

t