As far fetched as this:
(After having (auto-) evoked interest in Jeet Thayil, I look him up online. I find some forum, in which [verbatim]:)
Now quite apart from the fact that I have an irrational dislike for "best" as a signoff, this bb character seems to be one of those classic asking-the-obvious types.What do you think of Jeet Thayil? I once wandered into a book store and there was some desi looking dude reading poetry in a sombre voice, like somebody had just died, but I sat down and liked what he was reading. Later, I looked up his name in the bookstore's schedule of readings and found the name Jeet Thayil. Since then, I have looked upon him as some sort of a protege of mine, for no good reason of course. I haven't read any of his poetry, but still, I look at his career with great avuncular interest.so miya malhar ji, are the troops that you lead all poets? your comment about jeet thayil being your protege intrigues me. so you write poetry? i was not terribly impressed with jeet's poems. they reek of '21st century wastelandesque' angst. not that that's a bad thing:) just not my kind of thing. will ruminate some more on thayil and give you my response best, bb***Bhenji, Of course I don't write poetry. I can barely write prose. I regard him as a protege because I once walked into a book store and he was reading poetry. This sort of thing forms a bond. It's a guy thing.
But that aside, I'm even seeing this Jai Malhar's attitude as a marvelous coincidence, because I feel the same way about so many artistes whom I discover.
Have now given self kick and advised self to control impulse to create serendipity.
If this made no sense whatsoever to you, dear co-crawler of cyberspace, it just goes to show how far gone I am.
Sigh.
I'm going to go study Economics now. P.S. Poor JM and bb are in for a shock next time they Google themselves (oh wait, don't tell me even that is something only I do?!)
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