My Story in Deccan Herald!

Dear Sridhar,

The Deccan Herald link functioned only after several trials, the secrets of internet is just that to me, a secret!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading ' The Teddy Bear'. It moved me to tears. It was such a soft and sweet story, just like the pink teddy bear. This short story easily falls into a classic category and am sure, will make its mark with time. You have packed life's challenges, innocent love, parent's affection, the lure of commercialism and much more into such a short story. I am proud to be able to communicate with such a gifted and sensitive writer.

I am now motivated to read more of your works.

L, Kamla

dear sridhar,
i had a tough time getting to ur article....it just triggered my curiosity after reading so many praises...and yes like the sensitive writer u have done it again...u have not only raised the pride of the princess in the story but many of il who have little princess in their heart.....the love the bond...is a void many of us miss here without our dads around......very nice keep it up.....regards sunkan

Sridhar, that was one good story.

Sundari, amazing work. You have made Sridhar's story more endearing with the lil angel and her pink teddy bear.

Warm rgds
VR

Originally Posted by vidya24

Sridhar, that was one good story.

Sundari, amazing work. You have made Sridhar's story more endearing with the lil angel and her pink teddy bear.

Warm rgds
VR

vidya it is not my work but the deccan herald which had this pic for sridhar's story....to show him i have seen..anyway when u say its nice i feel very inflated like the lord hanumar......regards.sunkan..

Dear Vidya,
I felt like winning the Sahitya Academy Award when I read your post that my story had brought tears in your eyes. In the blurbs of my books and in my biodata in most of the websites, I always write that though I have won some awards here and there, when a reader tells me that she is moved by my story, that to me (and for that matter, any writer) is the greatest award I can ever hope to achieve in my life.
I did miss your comments on the other stories. But I am very happy that you were able to spare time for this one.
I am honoured Vidya.
My regards to Arun and my best wishes to your two year old.
sridhar

Dear Kamla,
Thanks for the nice words and sorry for the trouble with the link. I could have posted the story itself. But then I didn't want any copyright problems and hence provided the link.
This story has an interesting history. For one of Preethi's birthdays we got her a teddy bear. It was not pink but golden brown and it was very nice. Somehow I was impressed with the relationship a child shares with soft toys especially teddy bears. You should have also noticed that. The children will treat the other toys as mere toys whereas teddy bears will be bosom friends and bedtime companions.
I wrote the story in Tamil (at that time I did not write in English) and sent it to Vikatan on the birth of the millenium 01-01-2000. They kept that pending for 9 months and finally accepted it in September 2000 and published a few months thereafter. This story is a word by word translation of that story.
I am very happy that you liked the story.
As I was travelling out of Madurai, could not reply to your post earlier.
regards,
sridhar

Dear Sundari,
Thanks for the nice words. IL is a site which has the most number of princesses as members. I am happy, proud and felt priviliged and touched that I could bring so much happiness to so many hearts.
thanks again,
sridhar

Dear Vidya,
Thanks Vidya. I am very happy that this story was able to fall within the category of admiration within the broad category of guarded admiration.
An honour, Vidya.
sridhar

Its very heart touching story and so wonderfully tells to all that how well we can induce the kind hearted moral thinking in innocent kids. Hats off to you, Sridharan for this story.

I will translate this story in Marathi and Hindi.

Thanks and Regards,
वेदश्री ( Vedashri )

Nice words like these spur me to write more and write better. Thanks. Yes, you may please translate them into Marathi and Hindi. Please announce in this forum where it is published and how it is received by the readers in those languages.
sridhar