tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post3690095021558714428..comments2024-03-28T21:08:32.637+05:30Comments on Tomichan Matheikal's blog: A Game of DiceTomichan Matheikalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-69524807093126669502014-10-06T20:15:29.245+05:302014-10-06T20:15:29.245+05:30My pleasure, Datta. I ask a lot of questions to m...My pleasure, Datta. I ask a lot of questions to myself. My stories come from such questions. Welcome to my second story based on the Mahabharata: 'The Autumn of the Patriarch'. The question that triggered the story was: which is greater: love or dharma?Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-53509497564280308062014-10-06T18:13:21.693+05:302014-10-06T18:13:21.693+05:30Passion is another form of addiction. Passion is w...Passion is another form of addiction. Passion is what you love to do and this one thing slowly becomes your life. Addiction is something you like, then you get used to it and then it becomes the most important driving factor of your life the one you cannot live without. Similarly passion when not attained leads to loss of equilibrium in a person's life. You have Sir ignited a new line of thought in me Thanks for the potent question.Datta Ghoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375800182580592805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-14816231109509663002014-10-06T17:35:26.027+05:302014-10-06T17:35:26.027+05:30Indeed the Mahabharata is a complex work with nume...Indeed the Mahabharata is a complex work with numerous themes. I'm now working on a story about Bhishma and Draupadi. Glad you liked this one. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-16448469244003043762014-10-06T01:55:38.421+05:302014-10-06T01:55:38.421+05:30Fabulous Analogy.. I had the luck to see both the ...Fabulous Analogy.. I had the luck to see both the televised versions, the first by BR Chopra, the second recently on Star Plus. Both were eye openers in their own ways but common in that, that both had the message that the world till date lives in the shadow of the Mahabharata. Hopefully one day, will cover my dream to write a post on the entire subject, until then, happily reading yours :)Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00600634674918412596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-36469082763339493562014-10-04T20:54:41.702+05:302014-10-04T20:54:41.702+05:30Datta, would you draw a distinction between an ...Datta, would you draw a distinction between an 'addiction' and a 'passion'?Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-41000810271669339422014-10-04T20:53:52.346+05:302014-10-04T20:53:52.346+05:30Yes, Abhijit, the Mahabharata is an eternal story....Yes, Abhijit, the Mahabharata is an eternal story. That's why it is an epic that will continue to sustain the interests of readers of all time. <br /><br />Whether hermitage is an act of escapism depends on the person who undertakes it, I think. It can be a running away in some cases. But it can also be a genuine 'standing out', as you say. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-56408908793954291482014-10-04T13:18:45.875+05:302014-10-04T13:18:45.875+05:30I loved Yudhistir's soliloquy. Life is but a g...I loved Yudhistir's soliloquy. Life is but a game of dice and you are addicted to some or the other. even Hermitage is an addiction. Datta Ghoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375800182580592805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-60068888857078747702014-10-04T07:43:10.668+05:302014-10-04T07:43:10.668+05:30Mahabharata the eternal,story of human struggle fo...Mahabharata the eternal,story of human struggle for power, for greed, ability to follow the path of dharma, continuous battle between right and not so right. Finally, hermitage is not necessarily escapism. When one wants to escape cycles that life and death throws at us, one may want to stand outside and not participate. I think that is hermitage.Abhijit Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053181712880530470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-36717034979984297952014-10-03T21:31:20.098+05:302014-10-03T21:31:20.098+05:30The Mahabharata teaches us much. I'm beginnin...The Mahabharata teaches us much. I'm beginning a series of stories based on it. Of course, just a few stories like this one. Glad you liked it. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-90896681387551775252014-10-03T20:11:09.998+05:302014-10-03T20:11:09.998+05:30You narrated it so well. One can learn so much fro...You narrated it so well. One can learn so much from the Mahabharata, there is a lesson to be learned in each and ever aspect of it :)Renu Vyashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17980281054247838797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-73029257725628627972014-10-03T19:00:20.400+05:302014-10-03T19:00:20.400+05:30Suffering along with self-knowledge, that's th...Suffering along with self-knowledge, that's the real secret of wisdom. Suffering per se is useless and even dangerous. Otherwise we would have had a lot of saints in India since there are more slums and such places here than elsewhere and suffering is abundant in such places. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-23418937140455086292014-10-03T16:23:50.202+05:302014-10-03T16:23:50.202+05:30Interesting, impressive and thought-provoking... S...Interesting, impressive and thought-provoking... Sorrow provides a depth in personality. Great kings either Rama or Yudhishtira spent a long duration of their life in forest as a symbol.Ravish Manihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06743610113574998103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-29055812521083340662014-10-03T15:24:09.098+05:302014-10-03T15:24:09.098+05:30The Mahabharata is an amazing work, Shweta. Each ...The Mahabharata is an amazing work, Shweta. Each time you read it, it can inspire you in different ways. Not simply does it boast that there is nothing elsewhere what is not in it!<br /><br />I'm planning a series of stories based on the epic.<br /><br />By the way, my name does not have a 'd' at the end. :)Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-91623346594612833622014-10-03T15:17:09.081+05:302014-10-03T15:17:09.081+05:30I really liked the conversations you weaved in the...I really liked the conversations you weaved in the story, it makes it so interesting. If life is a game a dice, i was wondering if we become more passionate the more we lose. Sometimes we just tend to give up and move on. I really liked the characters thought process you have portrayed through your words. Nice post Tomichand. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01272566806003281467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-56232042461361692782014-10-03T15:04:27.846+05:302014-10-03T15:04:27.846+05:30Thanks, Sakshi.Thanks, Sakshi.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-20142920502213424942014-10-03T14:29:38.120+05:302014-10-03T14:29:38.120+05:30You have narrated it very beautifully :)You have narrated it very beautifully :)capturesunshynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695293815524508634noreply@blogger.com