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A Paean to my Family

farukh pracha February 22, 2005

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#7 Posted by QueenTut on May 26, 2005 12:45:00 am
I love what you wrote!
I find it so difficult to ever be able to write about my family - theres so much to write - so many incidents to choose from, so much to put into one piece of writing!
But the emotion behind this is so evident - how much your family means to you! I think thats amazing.
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#4 Posted by hamidm2 on February 23, 2005 7:45:35 am
temporal,

...... people like you are the reason we haven`t blown up this world yet :-)

..... so i will apologize to farukh for being old and cranky !
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#5 Posted by farukhpracha on February 23, 2005 8:53:07 am
Re: # 4

Thanks for the thumbs-up - this is a very personal account and my son encouraged me to share it. I hope you will share your experiences too - i think human accounts enrich history.
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#3 Posted by temporal on February 22, 2005 8:26:17 pm
hamidm:

…for old times sake…i hope you will not recommend a fatwa if i say in defence of farukh…she wrote this paean for her family…and while she may not be an accomplished or known writer she takes us places…and times…not experienced by many of us here…

rgd

t

ps:

pae•an also pe•an P Pronunciation Key (p n)
n.
1. A song of joyful praise or exultation.
2. A fervent expression of joy or praise: “The art... was a paean to paganism” (Will Durant).
3. An ancient Greek hymn of thanksgiving or invocation, especially to Apollo.

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#6 Posted by farukhpracha on February 23, 2005 8:56:00 am
Re: # 3

thanks for the comment - to be honest, this was a journey into my history.
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#2 Posted by hamidm2 on February 22, 2005 6:44:49 pm
farukh mian,

.......... honestly, i tried to read this because i really thought you had a story to tell, but it was too darn painful .........simply terrible !

chowk staff: please get saminasha to review this stuff before it gets on the front page ......... if you are not careful you will end up publishing my disjointed ramblings......... for god`s sake, you have to draw the line somewhere ! ......... i strongly suggest that you take this off the front page and send it back to the author to rewrite ........
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#1 Posted by kaurasach on February 22, 2005 1:57:39 pm
This could`ve been more interesting and better narrated. Good luck with future writing.
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