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A Personal Connection

Harimau Iyer April 6, 2005

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#1 Posted by ana on April 6, 2005 11:20:51 am
harimau:

in situations like these we feel utterly helpless at times that we cannot reach everyone, but you reached one person that too a baby, and that is something and yes, you will be connected to kandan for a very long time. i hope he thrives and grows and finds out about you as well. :)

i liked that you expressed your inner conflicts as part of the narration. it gives this a very human touch - something i wonder about you sometimes! :)

thank you

--ana
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#2 Posted by Urstruly on April 6, 2005 12:34:29 pm

nice butcher
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#3 Posted by temporal on April 6, 2005 4:30:10 pm
harimau:

fate works in strange ways

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#4 Posted by subroto on April 6, 2005 6:16:46 pm
That was extremely touching. I said it before and I`ll say it again you don`t merely talk the talk you also walk the walk. I feel like touching your feet too.
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#5 Posted by satyamvada on April 6, 2005 9:44:44 pm

good work harimau - both the writing and the actual lead you took in working for the
tsunami victims. But, you should not allow the results of the work to affect you.

good work.
dharmo rakshati rakshitah
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#6 Posted by Dash_Dot on April 7, 2005 2:57:20 am
very moving.....
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#7 Posted by dost_mittar on April 7, 2005 6:40:25 am
Superb! This is the most touching and poignant of your tsunami series. You are a true karma-yogi. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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#8 Posted by paindupastry on April 7, 2005 8:58:31 am
a touching and heart warming story. im so glad there are people like you out there helping those in need. i hope to be one of `your kind` sometime very soon.
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#9 Posted by MaheshG2 on April 7, 2005 1:52:21 pm

How can you write this and talk about massacring Muslims in the same breath, I don`t understand.
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#10 Posted by amrita on April 8, 2005 12:16:00 am
this was beautiful, i think we`ll all be wondering about kandan

Re: # 9
coz he`s human
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#11 Posted by rahulmal on April 8, 2005 1:43:30 am
Harimau,

God Bless You!
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#12 Posted by KaalChakra on April 8, 2005 10:32:59 am
Harimau

Very good work.
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#13 Posted by HN on April 9, 2005 9:56:01 am
Harimau,

Your set of pieces on Tsunami is a very touching impressionistic account. Its power was that it was an affected eye that saw. As you have so well documented in these series the moulting process, of skins gained, grown, and then grown out of. That is what makes it so effective.

It was a very refreshing series. And yes, I join in the applause for your work for the affected.

I like dost`s term....karma yogi!

HN
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#14 Posted by Ansari on April 12, 2005 12:55:06 am
A pleasure to read, Harimau sahab. God bless you.
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#15 Posted by harish_hyd on April 13, 2005 2:48:09 am
Harimau,

Very moving!! I wish I had half the motivation that you have.
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#16 Posted by semipreciousme on April 13, 2005 9:11:00 am
...unkal harimau...i`m sorry i got to this so late...this a beautifully human write up...here`s to you....and kandan...
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    #17 cayenne
    #16 semipreciousme
    #15 harish_hyd
    #14 Ansari
    #13 HN
    #12 KaalChakra
    #11 rahulmal
    #10 amrita
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    #8 paindupastry
    #7 dost_mittar
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    #4 subroto
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