tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27177194.post3265078298430223062..comments2023-04-04T01:02:06.005-07:00Comments on thinkaloud: Once Upon A Time...Mandakinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04731503365372567981noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27177194.post-60014095547956047232009-07-07T14:59:29.204-07:002009-07-07T14:59:29.204-07:00hehe i suppose you can see a lesser version of it ...hehe i suppose you can see a lesser version of it amongst nidians wherein seniors sit n tell all the 'man, those were the years' stories to wide eyed juniors.. <br />yep, we're all grandpas and grandmas :Dfulcrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10830450072692507641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27177194.post-74906563585979682622009-06-15T23:24:31.826-07:002009-06-15T23:24:31.826-07:00Lovely! Really interesting how memories get re-arc...Lovely! Really interesting how memories get re-archived constantly... Nostalgia is the most engaging landscape, come to think of it :)P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17939863051858947922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27177194.post-41518617131912203372009-05-23T09:30:56.362-07:002009-05-23T09:30:56.362-07:00@Arun: I agree :) its what i love about memories.....@Arun: I agree :) its what i love about memories....the changeable, transient almost shapeless nature they have. <br /><br />I have seen Big Fish by Tim Burton. <br /><br />Definitely one for the 'favourites' list. I enjoyed it a lot more than the rest of Burton's darker, slightly macabre films.Mandakinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04731503365372567981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27177194.post-32404147210686774222009-05-22T01:54:45.388-07:002009-05-22T01:54:45.388-07:00Memories are elusively beautiful, as they unfold i...Memories are elusively beautiful, as they unfold in an interactive, changeable way, based on who is remembering and for whose benefit, and when. <br /><br />Have you seen this film 'Big Fish' by Tim Burton ?ARUN GUPTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135742567853853051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27177194.post-55765899901414327882009-05-21T19:59:15.804-07:002009-05-21T19:59:15.804-07:00@priyankar -somehow most grandparents tend to be f...@priyankar -somehow most grandparents tend to be firebrands!your grandmotehr seems to be no exception :) <br /><br /> looks like ours is the tamer generation no? <br /><br />thanks for the comment!Mandakinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04731503365372567981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27177194.post-26654049651415805442009-05-21T12:06:34.946-07:002009-05-21T12:06:34.946-07:00Hey Mandakini... very touching post...I must say.....Hey Mandakini... very touching post...I must say...i had the privilege of listening to such stories in my teens till I reached NID..as my grandmom who passed away the year i came to NID.Perhaps one of the earliest women to graduate in Economics and History as Major in the British era back in 1936 :)....She was the source of all my childhood fantasies and storytelling...which I scavenge through till date just for memory sake and marvelous inspiration !!!!Bondhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14153023884395517227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27177194.post-787800002825917522009-05-04T09:36:00.000-07:002009-05-04T09:36:00.000-07:00glad you liked this :)
and yes, it is exactly th...glad you liked this :) <br /><br />and yes, it is exactly that....open ended. the stories keep getting made and re-made :)Mandakinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04731503365372567981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27177194.post-88158860338042642192009-05-04T05:01:00.000-07:002009-05-04T05:01:00.000-07:00yeah...and its a beautifully open ended connect.
...yeah...and its a beautifully open ended connect.<br /><br />love this post. it quaint, and occasionally whispers :)<br /><br />nice!errormsg!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15506565095447608312noreply@blogger.com