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Sucheta Potnis March 30, 2004

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#13 Posted by hellbound on March 31, 2004 5:34:31 am
Very Saadat Hasan Mantoish. Reminded me of ``Thanda Ghost``. Very well written and with the subtlety that only a feminine mind can grasp.

Good work

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#12 Posted by PunjabiZulu on March 31, 2004 5:34:31 am

Ansari

I dont think it is fair to describe this as pornography.

It was a good read Sucheta.

Good luck with trying to get published.

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#11 Posted by Saminasha on March 31, 2004 5:24:07 am
Writer,
Edgy, authentic and interesting. I did not expect the last scene at all, and the writer should be commended for taking that leap.

I`d revise or edit the last scene a bit-it seems a bit pervy or written less from Padma`s amazing voice. Give that scene that same imagination and restraint that was given to describing a village as a ``red gash`` or the Aunty.
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#10 Posted by nazarhayatkhan on March 31, 2004 2:36:41 am

Ansari # 1

Chowk is introducing such good new writers with varied subjects. And finally entering the 21st century!
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#9 Posted by nazarhayatkhan on March 31, 2004 12:05:46 am

Pontis

Really enjoyable. Tantalizing.

Lonely young wives with husbands across the seas do get vulnerable. I do not blame Padma for those few moments of getting her chemicals worked up through an unseen hand.

This is your field - write more in this area.
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#8 Posted by soundmeister on March 30, 2004 9:50:43 pm
saman#7-
how else would it get published on chowk ;))))

PS>>piece of advice, don`t get hung up on that one detail, enjoy the story
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#7 Posted by samankhan on March 30, 2004 9:19:35 pm
Why couldn`t the brother just run off as most do?
Why run off with a Muslim girl of all the girls?
Or do I miss something here?
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#6 Posted by soundmeister on March 30, 2004 8:11:09 pm
This is great. Please write more Ms. Potnis
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#5 Posted by ixno on March 30, 2004 5:30:48 pm
scandalous : - )
never thought from this point of view
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#4 Posted by MaheshG2 on March 30, 2004 2:37:59 pm

Maybe, such encounters are what give encouragement to anonymous body gropers.

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#3 Posted by Maharana on March 30, 2004 1:23:50 pm
Sucheta,

Beautiful!!
The boredom and tedium of life for common women and men in india finds temporary relief in bollywood flicks or such close and physiological encounters. Wonder what the village dwellers resort to.
Adios
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#2 Posted by jang on March 30, 2004 10:01:22 am
sucheta

Very cool. For some reason reminded me of the john irvin novel ``The Fourth Hand`` something about the faceless hand and narcotic power of carnal pleasure. A very real urban mumbaiya story, i alomst got car-sick.
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#1 Posted by Ansari on March 30, 2004 9:19:03 am
Chowk`s taken to publishing porn?
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