Far from the Maddening Crowd

great article..keep it up...!

It must be so hard going through life surrounded by yahoos with no manners. It must have been terrible putting up with that incompetent employee in the barbar shop who thought she was working in two bars at the same time!!

;-)

You have a great sense of humor. enjoyed reading your article.

Re: # 24

Horizon,

Iss Main Itnaa Shukriya Adaa Kurnae Kee Kya Zaroorut Hae ? In a way, your memoir was supposed to be an eye opener for many of us. We do encounter hilarious and not so hilarious situations on a daily basis. You have put a sweet spin to the otherwise mundane things in life. I think something that I learned or I should say paid attention to after reading this hilarious piece was to enjoy the not-so-important things in the daily routine.

By the way, my remarks on the ``warm welcome`` by temporal were meant to be taken seriously :) You just have to wait for the right moment and you will be amazed. I won`t be hesitant to say that I have never liked that lovey-dovey approach, but each person is different whether I like it or not. I was just sharing my two cents on the prevalent ``dastoor`` on Chowk :) Nothing else.

Best Wishes.

Re: # 23Winterpk

Glad it made you laugh.

Re: # 22Shobig

Thanks for the support.

Re: # 21Burpinder,

What can I say after your comments addressed to Ozer bhaijan?

Re: # 20Zahra Jee...thanks a ton for taking some time out to read my article & for posting your comment. I took your advice and am ready for the ``warm wlecome`` :) BTW I have prepared myself with much more tennacity this time....

this was lovely :))....thanks for the laughs TH way to go!

Quite an old theme, yet amusing. Good work, keep writing.

Re: # 13

ozer-bhaijan,

your `review` is way funnier than the piece itself. if it was written in earnest, then the luaghter shifts from with you to at you, but funny nevertheless.

:))))

Re: # 19

Dear Horizon,

You are being too humble. No need to do that on Chowk. In case of rules and regulations, you need to consult mohtaram qibla temporal. He will come out with some lyrical ballads in no time. In fact, qibla loves to greet the new comers with his kind style. This has been dastoor`ae chowk for quite sometime.

Enjoy.

I do not think you`ve received the warm welcome yet. Sit tight and wait.

:)

Re: # 18Once again...it was my first time especially on Chowk. Had no idea about the norms in the sense that I did not even know whether they are going to edit my story or write back or reject or publish. One thing is for sure, I never meant to disrespect the reader`s bills of rights. Personally what I feel is that ``Chowk`` should be as choosy about the articles as the readers. Once again, I do not mean to shift the blame on Chowk...but what has happened has happened.

Tariq:

a belated welcome...and please continue sharing your eclectic observations:)

but a caveat...as others have already pointed out earlier....and i would add my name to the list...please have respect for the reader`s bill of rights...thou shall respect the reader

in brief, revise, revise and revise before submitting a creative piece for public consumption

rgds

t

Re: # 15Zahra, thanks for your comment. Well, I am doing slightly better. Cannot wait to have the bandages removed so that I can try and expererience another adventure :)

Re: # 13 Ozer, thanks for the detailed comment. Just to let you know that though ``Far from the madding crowd`` by thomas Hardy is a very well known book and I have definitely heard a lot about it but call it a con-incidence or whatever, but the fact is that somehow I have missed on reading that book.

Tariq,

This was hilarious.

I hope you are doing fine after your rough experience in the bus.