[Reader-list] Is this a Forum for fake ID's

[Tapas Ray [Gmail]]

Khshemendra,

Thanks, and yes, I can see that I shall have to hone my skills.

I would like to assure Anupam that he is wrong ... it was indeed a
tongue-in-cheek thing as you pointed out.

By the way, I think people here really need to light up ... sorry, lighten up.

Tapas


On 14 July 2010 12:27, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com> wrote:
> Kshmendra,
>
> I think I havent missed out or speed read any of the comments made by Tapas
> Ray. So it would kind of you to rule out such a possibility. Bauls, in
> general, have been mocked by Mr Ray at the cost of making a statement.
> Perhaps he should have read or heard bauls before making such a statement.
> It was completely uncalled for.
>
> Thanks
>
> Anupam
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear Tapas
>>
>> Looks like you need to polish up your 'tongue in the cheek' skills.
>>
>> Or, could be that people speed-read and miss out on the spirit of (and
>> meaningsin) the posting. Or, read a few words and presume the rest.
>>
>> That is more likely because there is often such a gap between what has
>> actually been written and how it is interpreted.
>>
>> I quite enjoyed your mail
>>
>> Kshmendra
>>
>>
>> --- On Tue, 7/13/10, Tapas Ray [Gmail] <tapasrayx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Tapas Ray [Gmail] <tapasrayx at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Is this a Forum for fake ID's
>> To: "Rakesh Iyer" <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "reader-list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 9:20 PM
>>
>>
>> And I third the opinion in question, voting (thirding, v.) with both
>> hands. Many words have been spoken since Rakeshji posted the first
>> message of this thread (below). I haven't read them. Don't ask me why.
>> Sometimes there are no why's 'n all, yaar.
>>
>> I just want to say one little thing. This Baul, whoever s/he really
>> is, has to be a bad character, no doubt about that. First, s/he has
>> violated copyright by taking another's (Kaulji's) first and middle
>> names ... showing a (nominal) middle finger you can say. Second, s/he
>> calls herself/himself Baul, and everybody knows Bauls are bad people.
>> Some of them are known to smoke the bad stuff. You know, the stuff
>> that gets you high. And they sing-and-dance about love 'n all. Love of
>> God? Bullshit, yaar. It's all about you know what. They are sort of
>> rebels. Think of that! In this day and age, when India is growing
>> really fast 'n all, and there are more highways and malls than crows,
>> the last thing you want is a bunch of gerua (ochre) robed rudraksha
>> necklace sporting ektara strumming semi-stoned (or not)
>> musical-spiritual freaks doing the rebel dance on your backside.
>> Chaah! No, yaar, I don't want any of this.
>>
>> On 13 July 2010 14:21, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I second that opinion. I would also like to know who is this Aditya  Raj
>> > Baul really. Is it some person with that name or a mockery making
>> session?
>> >
>> > Rakesh
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