tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post5118315289593267976..comments2024-03-15T03:22:15.700-04:00Comments on A Joyful Experience: A local train journeyJoy Foreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12648549085158946686noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-55772910373267184172007-04-07T05:13:00.000-04:002007-04-07T05:13:00.000-04:00As usual i differ from your view point. It matters...As usual i differ from your view point. It matters to the first anonymous (this anonymous is first for only this post as that person wrote first) if some comments or queries are apparently ascribed by other anonymous to this anonymous. It certainly then falls in the domain of the first anonymous and thus I answer ur question of “What does it matter to you?” And the reason I felt embarrassed is that it is not in my grain to ask anybody about his/her marital status in a blogpost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-16645702433777429102007-04-06T20:43:00.000-04:002007-04-06T20:43:00.000-04:00@anonymous at 12:00 AM: No I'm not, although I fai...<B>@anonymous at 12:00 AM:</B> No I'm not, although I fail to see how that is relevant here.<BR/><BR/><B>@anonymous at 1:05 AM:</B> No need to get embarrassed. What does it matter to you? After all nobody knows who you are, and it would hardly matter if they thought the other person was you too. Of course, I write this assuming that you are the person with whom I was arguing above.Joy Foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648549085158946686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-68541024726261705842007-04-06T15:35:00.000-04:002007-04-06T15:35:00.000-04:00Wow what a question to ask in a comment space!!!! ...Wow what a question to ask in a comment space!!!! Sorry for my unsolicited comment about the above anonymous's comment. But the only reason i am doing so is to let u and everybody know that i am not the last anonymous who asked whether you are married or not. I dont understand why your marital status has anything to do with what u wrote on this post!!!<BR/><BR/>@anonymous: sir/madam, will ur opinion (that is if u have any on this topic) change if this writer is married or a bachelor? Or is your query based on yearning of searching for further personal information about the writer for your personal needs? Then pl send ur comments as anonymous 2 and pl dont embarrass me!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-22376547960643863652007-04-06T14:30:00.000-04:002007-04-06T14:30:00.000-04:00Are you married?Are you married?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-1567551885815975592007-04-04T09:25:00.000-04:002007-04-04T09:25:00.000-04:00Well I have some reservation when u didn’t at all ...Well I have some reservation when u didn’t at all mention anything about your usage of word like ‘try’ about me. <BR/>Anyway in a crowded bus any woman can decipher 10 out of 10 whether it is a violation or just a mere accident – there can be no two thoughts about it if u ask any no of female just as there is no doubt that the sun comes up in the east nothwithstanding the cloud or solar eclipse !!! Ur mention of all physical features erring does not relate to physical violation, infringement of another body – does it? And does one put oneself in double whammy of trauma by putting oneself for scrutiny and the forceful toleration of the violation? Woman UNDERSTANDS what is violation and what is an accident. I am sorry I think u r just refusing to accept the reality!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-3220075057001406222007-04-04T04:31:00.000-04:002007-04-04T04:31:00.000-04:00@anonymous: Firstly I never said you can't comment...<B>@anonymous:</B> Firstly I never said you can't comment on that issue. I only said that as you started the discussion with "Why didn't you write about that...etc." and so I explained why I did not. And yes, you can do a serious discussion on a funny post, but it does take away the fun somewhat.<BR/>Secondly, I even have no problem in accepting that women have a sense which tells them about a man's intentions in a bus/train. However, I do have problem accepting that they <B>never</B> make mistakes. Our eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin... everything errs at times, and so does this other sense that you talk of.Joy Foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648549085158946686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-26851600976687845702007-04-04T02:10:00.000-04:002007-04-04T02:10:00.000-04:00Let me first start by making my point on this issu...Let me first start by making my point on this issue clear once and for all. The point that I raised on my first comment was why did not u as a writer mention anything about “man falling over a woman deliberately”. And after all these comments and counter comments u wrote in ur last comment that “if ever I fall over a woman in a crowded train or bus, it would only be an accident and nothing else”.<BR/><BR/> I have all along been talking about women having that extra sense to decipher very correctly, each time and every time which one is a deliberate act and which is an unintentional act from a man in a crowded bus. Besides, as that act happens in a real world the woman has the benefit of watching first hand the immediate and exact reaction of the said man. Please dont tell me that in the case of an unintentional occurrence the reaction of the man would be the same as that of a deliberate occurrence. So if u agree on this vast difference (which obviously has a far reaching impact on the woman’s reaction) then where is the scope of “accusation and counter accusation”? Simple sorry accompanied with appropriate body language/facial expression settles the matter. <BR/> <BR/>U even say “I agree that what you are talking about does happen. But if you say that in each and every case where a man falls over a woman the man does it deliberately, then you are being judgmental”. I never once mentioned that. I honestly don’t think all men are capable of being so dastardly. So you are putting words in my mouth. What I don’t understand is that why is it so difficult for u to accept that women have special senses to decipher the intentions of men in a crowded bus all the time, every time? I am sure u don’t have any problem in accepting that women have uteruses (something which men are not endowed with) all the time every time although u cant personally see it in every woman!!!<BR/><BR/>Lastly, u wrote “Here you are trying to bring the discussion on to something which is a very serious issue in my opinion and I did not want to include it in my humorous post.” Well, all I can say is that if what should be discussed/commented on in your post should be solely decided by u then u should put a line in each post expressing which are the points that you want to be discussed as any other points mentioned by anybody else means to you that the commenter is “trying to bring the discussion ..very serious issue’ – otherwise ppl like me will stay away from commenting as infringing in your wish/right is not my intention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-1237757042352719852007-04-03T21:47:00.000-04:002007-04-03T21:47:00.000-04:00@anonymous: Here you are trying to bring the discu...<B>@anonymous:</B> Here you are trying to bring the discussion on to something which is a very serious issue in my opinion and I did not want to include it in my humorous post. I am not trying to force my opinion on somebody. I agree that what you are talking about does happen. But if you say that in <B><I>each and every</I></B> case where a man falls over a woman the man does it deliberately, then you are being judgmental. And the moment you start being judgmental, objectivity goes out of the window. You can say it happens often and I'll agree. You can say it happens 9 times out of 10 and I'll agree. But when you say it happens 10 times out of 10, you are hurling an insult at <B>all</B> men including me, and I have to disagree with you on this point. I don't think there is any point in arguing over this issue any further as none of us has any solid statistical data. But I don't <I>need</I> any data to say beforehand that if ever I fall over a woman in a crowded train or bus, it would only be an accident and nothing else.Joy Foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648549085158946686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-20269962368520243802007-04-02T04:53:00.000-04:002007-04-02T04:53:00.000-04:00Well that is a proverb that I used. But where did ...Well that is a proverb that I used. But where did the minus sign specifically come from? It could very well have been addition, division and multiplication!!!! Aren’t we being a bit too hasty in making our point stand and also accuse someone of being judgmental? Although I accept that women are not all saints but I still insist that in a crowded train/bus/metro when a lady yells she doesn’t yell for nothing as she is quite aware that she herself is attracting unwarranted attention from others. Yet she yells. At that point of time in her mind the ‘cost benefit analysis’ of yelling and thus attracting others attention vs. tolerating the trauma only runs in one direction!!!<BR/> And I suppose u won’t know that as u belong to the gender where women don’t abuse men in a “public place” – at least not yet!!!!!! But be aware - may be, may be things will change and I would be the first person to read your post on that experience of yours and comment. <BR/>I honestly believe that any body who is writing in a public domain (as against his/her private diary) and which is read by others the writer should be more careful in what he propagates as his own opinion at the cost of being insensitive to the readers simply because although it is his own space yet he opted to keep it open to public and thus has some responsibility. It is sort of taking one’s clothes off in a public place in the name of personal freedom which may go like it is my body and hence my domain and I do as I please and if it bothers u then don’t look at me!!! Well, will anybody buy that logic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-91679305812772611272007-03-30T22:08:00.000-04:002007-03-30T22:08:00.000-04:00@abhijit: I'll try to keep your request.Two trains...<B>@abhijit:</B> I'll try to keep your request.<BR/>Two trains on the same platform? I have seen that too, in Barddhaman. Of course, you know better about long platforms as you lived in the town with world's longest platforms.<BR/><BR/><B>@anonymous:</B> Well... sometimes we put two and two together and write "4" where actually there is a minus sign in between. So we should be careful and non-judgmental.Joy Foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648549085158946686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-52326907700878246892007-03-29T14:03:00.000-04:002007-03-29T14:03:00.000-04:00As u wanted this post to be humorous, u should mor...As u wanted this post to be humorous, u should more so mention about men falling over women in slightest pretext because that is humorous indeed though from the negative point.<BR/>And as for u not ever seeing any ‘man falling over a woman deliberately’ but heard about the altercations means that u still haven’t learnt to put two and two together!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-89080653335816843962007-03-29T07:24:00.000-04:002007-03-29T07:24:00.000-04:00hummm...Lengthy post..but given the topic of subje...hummm...Lengthy post..but given the topic of subject post could have been of double the size.<BR/><BR/>I was about to tell you what shreemoyee has mentioned in her comment..<BR/><BR/>I used to travel lot of times. Once at Howra station our train was supposed to come on 12 number platform. But there was already one train there on the same platform. We kept waiting for this train to move and our train to come. But someone told that our train will stop at the same platform but behind the current train and will leave from thee itself. We kept running only to miss the train.<BR/><BR/>Lengthy platforms is speaciality of bengal. Am I right?abhijithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751226978644220306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-7784608081908464002007-03-29T01:10:00.000-04:002007-03-29T01:10:00.000-04:00@anonymous: I did not write about men falling over...<B>@anonymous:</B> I did not write about men falling over women deliberately for two reasons:<BR/>1. This was meant to be a humorous post and so I avoided the serious issues, and<BR/>2. I have not yet <I>seen</I> a man falling over a woman deliberately (I am not saying that does not happen). All that I have seen are altercations after the act where accusations and counter-accusations fly and to be honest it may or may not have been the man's fault. And then, as I have written, such fights also happen between two men or two women as well.<BR/><BR/><B>@shreemoyee:</B> I was returning to Salt Lake after spending the weekend at my home in Hooghly. I may write something on the hawkers in the future.Joy Foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648549085158946686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-9915103876831195722007-03-28T23:12:00.000-04:002007-03-28T23:12:00.000-04:00:) where were you going? Yeah do write about the ...:) where were you going? Yeah do write about the hawkers selling their cucumbers, jhaal muri, lozenges, chai , potato chips, digestion pills etc etc.Persona non gratishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347105859803795796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21963135.post-48560285484048081702007-03-28T13:36:00.000-04:002007-03-28T13:36:00.000-04:00Hey, how come u forgot to mention about those men ...Hey, how come u forgot to mention about those men who purposefully lose their balance when standing near attractive women? As a writer with keen observation pl don’t tell me u have not witnessed any such thing!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com