After a discussion in Puja'a car yesterday, i am left with a feeling that good writing skills are grossly overrated. And ofcourse i am party to this 'overating', that i must not deny. It is easy to admire someone to whom you can attribute a handful of amazingly written things, which somehow, i believe leads one to draw other inferences about that particular person. Now darling Anamika believes Sreemoyi to be a good writer because, and here i'm left reactionless, she speaks well ?!!. it is a fact well known that Sreemoyi is an amazing writer, but, behold, can the same be gauged from the way she speaks?
And yes, there is one more person, i cannot but mention in this regard. Pritish. Darling, you must be aware that your conversations are half jibberish as you wrestle with words and use the most unlikely combinations, to, i fear , flaunt (to yourself) your verbal prowess and forget to convey meaning in the process. convolution adorns a new meaning altogether.
I recently chanced upon a copy of competition success, and came to the essays section. To my horror, more than content, these essays were crammed with nauseating flowery language and archaic words. Most of the stuff that IAS and MBA aspirants have ever managed to think about is, if one was to infer from these essays submitted by them, on stereotypical lines. The rest half of nausea is caused by their choice of words; "the typical mentality of us Indians indicates backwardness ..." shot one sample. I don't want to deviate from my original project but what is happening to language, i fail to understand? Why is it given more mileage than meaning by so many.. yes there is certain delight in indulging in witticisms and puns but please reserve your doctorate in the art of cramming words when only a couple would suffice , to yourself . Please. Thanks.
I'm jobless, as can be easily inferred.
