tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post2137371007973693666..comments2024-02-08T23:16:36.239+13:00Comments on bottle broke: after the bombsfeddabonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08365326300429832990noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-8300717228390135912009-06-12T02:32:16.712+12:002009-06-12T02:32:16.712+12:00maybe I will mail you some soon.maybe I will mail you some soon.John Doenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-4478922950464128372009-06-10T08:25:42.408+12:002009-06-10T08:25:42.408+12:00aah, J. now i just *have to ask-where do i read th...aah, J. now i just *have to ask-where do i read them?feddabonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365326300429832990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-8553915814984874112009-06-05T00:01:15.002+12:002009-06-05T00:01:15.002+12:00never thought that I would be able to write a shor...never thought that I would be able to write a short story in 55 words. tried it and found that it was true. turns out all my short stories end up being of 33 words.<br /><br />go figure.John Doenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-57127438297713302132009-05-23T12:15:49.590+12:002009-05-23T12:15:49.590+12:00have heard of, jd, though never tried. do you?have heard of, jd, though never tried. do you?feddabonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365326300429832990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-20665809941647535122009-05-23T04:05:12.599+12:002009-05-23T04:05:12.599+12:00speaking of 'economy with words' have you come acr...speaking of 'economy with words' have you come across 55 fiction?John Doenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-68384986645455443032009-05-23T04:04:30.623+12:002009-05-23T04:04:30.623+12:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Doehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749876494929428691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-12958260946572800922009-05-10T14:16:00.000+12:002009-05-10T14:16:00.000+12:00the japanese economy with words is a lovely concep...the japanese economy with words is a lovely concept, though i cannot work within the discipline of a haiku.<br /><br />war is a stupid thing, and ultimately pointless. btw, there's also an electric post riddled with bullets in the museum.feddabonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365326300429832990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-3527225468413613652009-05-10T08:35:00.000+12:002009-05-10T08:35:00.000+12:00Short and ironically sweet.. Kinda reminds me of t...Short and ironically sweet.. Kinda reminds me of the Japanese art of "Haiku".<br />Back home in Durtlang, I once saw a small crater and was told it was one of the outcomes of that bombing.. I've heard of stories about it, about how terribly ignorant we were at that time, about how people were scared to dry red sheets in the sun fearing it might give out their location, about the fear it instilled into a handful people who were only defending themselves against a country who just couldn't bring them to their kness until they finally conducted the worst air-raid as a last resort.. etc etc.. I shudder to think how many were actually true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-47841468401634911842009-05-05T03:41:00.000+12:002009-05-05T03:41:00.000+12:00@calliopia: true. if my reading of history is corr...@calliopia: true. if my reading of history is correct, didn't they ask for help and *not get it?<br /><br />i do not personally believe that a declaration of independence is such a bad thing in itself, considering that india had just declared independence from the british empire.<br /><br />having said that, i do not believe independence will do the north east any good, and their struggles are more naive than not. mostly, we get sandwiched between terrorists in the chinky armies and the indian armies.feddabonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365326300429832990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-10768185906419583862009-05-04T20:54:00.000+12:002009-05-04T20:54:00.000+12:00Having actually experienced '66, I don't in any wa...Having actually experienced '66, I don't in any way support the Indian givt but I believe the MNF had also declared independence which woke up the central govt.Calliopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291737369959906567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-42383603974045090282009-05-03T08:55:00.000+12:002009-05-03T08:55:00.000+12:00true. but the bombing was to push the portugese ou...true. but the bombing was to push the portugese out, no? so goans were not citizens (yet). then again, i guess with a declaration of independence one ceases to be a citizen? heh.feddabonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365326300429832990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094423.post-62830395689837610522009-05-03T04:14:00.000+12:002009-05-03T04:14:00.000+12:00Hmmm a few years before, in Dec '61, the Indian go...Hmmm a few years before, in Dec '61, the Indian govt had also sent in the air force to drop bombs on GoaCalliopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291737369959906567noreply@blogger.com