Cold Metal

[....handpainted sign ``Operation Theatar`` in your average Hindi flick...]

How about ``Operation Theatore`` at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi? (I saw it in a TV program.)

Anoop:

..don’t mean to pry but why this cold and distinctly aloof and detached write up?

rgds,

t

Anoop: i read the entire psssage in almost one go. excellent way of handling such a topic. short sentences. very meaningful. you`ve pointed out details like the watch, gold flake, lunch, nurses, etc. very eloquently.

temporal: i actually like the `cold and distinctly aloof and detached` way he`s used. brings a certain clarity to the descriptions.

fara:

...excellent technique to use if this were a report or news coverage...cold, analytical, observant...

but

...feels just aloof and cold when the subject is one`s close relative?....hence my query

lve,

t

t-bhai

you need to ponder on what is unsaid rather than what is said here. A suggestion- look at it from the point of view of the guilt of the `inadequate` son, not quite a prodigal- and you may begin why the cold, distinctly aloof, detached approach is necessary.

Anoop,

Very good piece this. The stacatto works. And as Farah pointed out, nice dollops of detail. And your response to t kind of spoils the pleasure for those who might read responses before reading the piece.

Looks like the block has been removed ... on the writing front!

a/s:

...forgive my indiscretion!...you`re right...

...a belated welcome and as HN hinted hope to see more of your contributions here:)

rgds,

t

high praise. am speechless (no kidding)