Comments for cruel, crazy, beautiful world http://www.mahmudrahman.com mahmud's weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Eid Literature Specials 2008 by Global Voices Online » Bangladesh: Holiday Literary Supplements http://www.mahmudrahman.com/society/eid-specials-2008/#comment-169 Global Voices Online » Bangladesh: Holiday Literary Supplements Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:06:33 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=164#comment-169 [...] Rahman at cruel, crazy, beautiful world writes about the long tradition of publication of holiday special literary supplements of newspapers and [...] [...] Rahman at cruel, crazy, beautiful world writes about the long tradition of publication of holiday special literary supplements of newspapers and [...]

]]> Comment on Remembering Mahmudul Haque (1941-2008) by Kumar http://www.mahmudrahman.com/writing/remembering-mahmudul-haque-1941-2008/#comment-161 Kumar Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:39:09 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=38#comment-161 Hi Bonny, I enjoyed the piece and the little gems of wisdom that came out of your encounters with this interesting writer about whom I knew nothing. I am delighted that you are translating his work into english. Great to hear from you dosto, bhalo thakish! Hi Bonny, I enjoyed the piece and the little gems of wisdom that came out of your encounters with this interesting writer about whom I knew nothing. I am delighted that you are translating his work into english.
Great to hear from you dosto, bhalo thakish!

]]> Comment on Remembering Mahmudul Haque (1941-2008) by Minal http://www.mahmudrahman.com/writing/remembering-mahmudul-haque-1941-2008/#comment-160 Minal Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:47:14 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=38#comment-160 Beautiful tribute, Mahmud. It's lovely to hear from you. Glad you recovered from your mild monsoon fever. Beautiful tribute, Mahmud. It’s lovely to hear from you. Glad you recovered from your mild monsoon fever.

]]> Comment on Remembering Mahmudul Haque (1941-2008) by Unheard Voices » “One day everything becomes a story” http://www.mahmudrahman.com/writing/remembering-mahmudul-haque-1941-2008/#comment-159 Unheard Voices » “One day everything becomes a story” Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=38#comment-159 [...] More from Mahmud’s write up on this enigmatic personality. [...] [...] More from Mahmud’s write up on this enigmatic personality. [...]

]]> Comment on Letters in the age of e-mail by Tahmina http://www.mahmudrahman.com/memoir/letters-in-the-age-of-e-mail/#comment-132 Tahmina Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:33:26 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=7#comment-132 A beautiful piece. I have not written letters in ages, nor have I received any. IT has taken over us, all that we are left with is the dry dissemination of information and plain messages. Just the other day, my office e-mail crashed, all my e-mails vanished in a second. Apart from the fact that you can hold letters close to you, there is also this beauty about handwritten letters- the dainty sheets of paper, the folds, the scent of the writer, the envelope. Handwritings are so unique to each individual and there is a certain warmth that it conveys. Typed writings are all the same- flat and plain. Yet, we switch to e-mails and never bother writing letters- perhaps because in many ways, this age has also taught us to be distant and fast paced. This piece reminded me of those long letters I had once received- they were truly so much more valuable than any of the e-mails that I have in my mail box! A beautiful piece.
I have not written letters in ages, nor have I received any. IT has taken over us, all that we are left with is the dry dissemination of information and plain messages. Just the other day, my office e-mail crashed, all my e-mails vanished in a second.
Apart from the fact that you can hold letters close to you, there is also this beauty about handwritten letters- the dainty sheets of paper, the folds, the scent of the writer, the envelope. Handwritings are so unique to each individual and there is a certain warmth that it conveys. Typed writings are all the same- flat and plain. Yet, we switch to e-mails and never bother writing letters- perhaps because in many ways, this age has also taught us to be distant and fast paced.
This piece reminded me of those long letters I had once received- they were truly so much more valuable than any of the e-mails that I have in my mail box!

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]]> Comment on Remembering Mahmudul Haque (1941-2008) by I.K.Shukla http://www.mahmudrahman.com/writing/remembering-mahmudul-haque-1941-2008/#comment-107 I.K.Shukla Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:08:42 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=38#comment-107 This wonderful tribute-cum-memoir, sparse and matter of fact, is quite a model of elegy in prose. Thanks, Mahmud. This wonderful tribute-cum-memoir, sparse and matter of fact, is quite a model of elegy in prose. Thanks, Mahmud.

]]> Comment on Remembering Mahmudul Haque (1941-2008) by Amitabha http://www.mahmudrahman.com/writing/remembering-mahmudul-haque-1941-2008/#comment-106 Amitabha Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:33:00 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=38#comment-106 Mahmud, thank you for relating this life to us. A beautiful piece. Amitabha Mahmud, thank you for relating this life to us. A beautiful piece.

Amitabha

]]> Comment on Remembering Mahmudul Haque (1941-2008) by Devleena Ghosh http://www.mahmudrahman.com/writing/remembering-mahmudul-haque-1941-2008/#comment-105 Devleena Ghosh Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=38#comment-105 thanks Mahmud. poignant piece thanks Mahmud. poignant piece

]]> Comment on Brushes with Faith, Sin, and the Weird by Lillian http://www.mahmudrahman.com/society/brushes-with-faith-sin-and-the-weird/#comment-104 Lillian Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:42:00 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=36#comment-104 Hi Mahmud, thanks for your latest short story. How is your book coming along? Summer time is reading time for me. Last week I finished 2 books I can recommend to read. Cinnamon Gardens by Shyam Selvadurai and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossaini. This week I listen to Khaled Hossaini's own reading of his The Kite Runner. Hi Mahmud, thanks for your latest short story. How is your book coming along? Summer time is reading time for me. Last week I finished 2 books I can recommend to read. Cinnamon Gardens by Shyam Selvadurai and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossaini. This week I listen to Khaled Hossaini’s own reading of his The Kite Runner.

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