tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post3747894971127494369..comments2023-12-06T14:39:25.446+05:30Comments on of this and that: Remembering Lalitadipalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-63876226525230574022010-08-26T22:28:37.115+05:302010-08-26T22:28:37.115+05:30My condolences.My condolences.Indian Home Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649133480442907582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-48612575639563792602008-09-04T20:12:00.000+05:302008-09-04T20:12:00.000+05:30@~nm:Yes, it is really sad. I have so many memorie...@~nm:Yes, it is really sad. I have so many memories of the past year and a half, so many constant reminders. I'm still so glad that I was able to spend some time with such an amazing person.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-87924285190429657512008-09-04T15:04:00.000+05:302008-09-04T15:04:00.000+05:30Oh no!!! This is so sad!! Just now when I rad your...Oh no!!! This is so sad!! Just now when I rad your blog budday post I was dreading it was her and am so sad to hear that it indeed was her.<BR/><BR/>I still can't believe this!!~nmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483363042572158612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-83633278720763605352008-08-31T20:59:00.000+05:302008-08-31T20:59:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-34127696973853077212008-08-31T20:58:00.000+05:302008-08-31T20:58:00.000+05:30@old friends and new: Thank you all for your kind ...@old friends and new: Thank you all for your kind words. Reading her blog is the best way we can remember this very special person. I can quite imagine her chuckling at all this posthumous traffic!<BR/>@OJ:Thanks for this second visit.I suppose I'm alright, I just have to learn to live with this loss.<BR/>@tivi: Lali was lucky to have such wonderful sisters who were there for her when she needed them. I can only imagine your pain and sense of loss, Tivi. Take care.<BR/>@raj: Lali introduced me to your often hilarious blog, Raj. Our dear grammar Nazi was delighted to meet you in Chennai. She was( yes, I hate using the past tense here)so special,we are truly blessed to have known her.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-44926789754058577282008-08-31T13:20:00.000+05:302008-08-31T13:20:00.000+05:30I used to lurk around there all the time. wish i h...I used to lurk around there all the time. wish i had delurked more often than i did. by the way - something for you at my blog.the mad mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535453643548976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-20725592609425612792008-08-31T11:06:00.000+05:302008-08-31T11:06:00.000+05:30I visited Lalita's blog through yours. Only recent...I visited Lalita's blog through yours. Only recently. You were indeed blessed to know her. Take care.Bannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855784743978203037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-34082350864419598242008-08-30T19:39:00.000+05:302008-08-30T19:39:00.000+05:30how could such a creative writer be bugged by the ...how could such a creative writer be bugged by the ultimate 'c' word? life is too unfair.I read her post on relative perception and it was superb.we have indeed lost an important and valued blogger.Hip Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891699611146003601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-50399630275656169312008-08-30T15:17:00.000+05:302008-08-30T15:17:00.000+05:30Hi, just popping in to check: are you okay? Leavin...Hi, just popping in to check: are you okay? Leaving you with a bear hug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-13746688613797188852008-08-30T12:07:00.000+05:302008-08-30T12:07:00.000+05:30I am so sorry for your loss Dipali. She does sound...I am so sorry for your loss Dipali. She does sound like a great person. May her soul rest in peace.Neerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908239217422161292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-35481281024066840942008-08-30T11:21:00.000+05:302008-08-30T11:21:00.000+05:30Lalita was ( past tense already?) one of the few b...Lalita was ( past tense already?) one of the few bloggers I met in person. She was in Chennai on a holiday and made it a point to get in touch with the bloggers here. I and my daughter met her one evening and had dinner together. She blogged about it and how she enjoyed the 'rasam'.<BR/><BR/>Another time, she mailed me a request to pick up a calendar from somewhere. Apparently she had been using the same one ( well, not the same one, but a different one each year, from the same publisher) for many years and she was kind of used to having it in her kitchen. I managed to trace it in some shop here and had it couriered to her. “My hero!” she wrote back and thanked me. <BR/><BR/>Her intolerance for spelling errors manifested itself every now and then. Once she chided me for misspelling the word, “minuscule”. When I argued that it was indeed the correct spelling, she apologised profusely and even blogged about the incident. “Raj, please, please don’t forget to close quotations with inverted commas”, she wrote to me, another time. <BR/><BR/>Courteous to a fault, she would check with me if it was ok to link to my blog, in any of her posts that she was working on. <BR/><BR/>A lively person, interested in a wide range of subjects. Music, literature ( English, Tamil, Telugu…) cooking, crossword (of course)….. Glad that I met her, even if only once.Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-34431102765009598052008-08-30T04:43:00.000+05:302008-08-30T04:43:00.000+05:30Thank you. As you can guess, she meant a lot to me...Thank you. As you can guess, she meant a lot to me. I'm happy that somebody who knew her read that piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-18660459786515762812008-08-30T04:14:00.000+05:302008-08-30T04:14:00.000+05:30Oh Dipali, *hugs* this must be so tough on you.. I...Oh Dipali, *hugs* this must be so tough on you.. <BR/>I'm going through her blog, numb at the thought that she is no more.. its almost like she is speaking to us readers out there..sigh..<BR/><BR/>This whole blogosphere is a strange place, you meet new people only to live every precious blog-worthy moment of their lives with them and become closer than friends and even family at times.. I really can't imagine what a massive loss it would be to lose a blogging friend..<BR/><BR/>rest in peace lalita, you will be missed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-32351899146077500852008-08-30T01:32:00.000+05:302008-08-30T01:32:00.000+05:30Dipali:So sorry for your loss. I only found her th...Dipali:<BR/><BR/>So sorry for your loss. I only found her through this post of yours. And I must say, I am blown away by her writing. I have already gone back to it several times today, reading her archives and each one of her post is marvellously written. A great loss, no doubt. <BR/>Your tribute to her is beautiful.Sukuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03687700782885198456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-59034984726105909202008-08-30T00:19:00.000+05:302008-08-30T00:19:00.000+05:30I'm sorry she went in so much pain.I'm sorry she went in so much pain.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819608939555247317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-11723054388533139332008-08-29T22:32:00.000+05:302008-08-29T22:32:00.000+05:30Don't know what to say, Dips. Beautifully written ...Don't know what to say, Dips. Beautifully written post about a brilliant blogger - I wish I knew her as a person. <BR/>RIP, Lalita.Sukhalokahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839282055547314024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-56592890403501932102008-08-29T20:39:00.000+05:302008-08-29T20:39:00.000+05:30Thanks Dipali.this is Tivi her younger sister. I w...Thanks Dipali.<BR/>this is Tivi her younger sister. I was so glad of her Blog friends who kept her company alongwith her Crosswords & books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-46293290940674436812008-08-29T20:13:00.000+05:302008-08-29T20:13:00.000+05:30DipaliMy condolences.I have been reading her since...Dipali<BR/>My condolences.I have been reading her since yesterday and she was wonderful and witty.<BR/>TaniaTaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675390504952528994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-90422237877348382922008-08-29T12:53:00.000+05:302008-08-29T12:53:00.000+05:30I did not know her, but as Parul says, I will visi...I did not know her, but as Parul says, I will visit her blog and get to know her. SadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-41545412547537518452008-08-29T10:52:00.000+05:302008-08-29T10:52:00.000+05:30@Everyone: Thank you, friends. Do read her posts- ...@Everyone: Thank you, friends. Do read her posts- Lalita was unique and just marvellous to read!<BR/>@deziree: yes, it was oesophageal carcinoma, and was inoperable. When it was diagnosed she was in no condition for chemotherapy and/or radiation.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-17348242319100092008-08-29T09:39:00.000+05:302008-08-29T09:39:00.000+05:30I am so sorry for your loss, Dipali. I did not kno...I am so sorry for your loss, Dipali. I did not know her but will read her blog now, to get to know the person she was.Parulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253359833589556438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-59642382712358761902008-08-29T08:46:00.000+05:302008-08-29T08:46:00.000+05:30I came to know about her from your touching post t...I came to know about her from your touching post today. I can feel your pain at the loss of a wonderful friend and a person. I'm so sorry for your loss, Dipali May God give her family members and friends the strength to cope with this tragedy.Mystic Margaritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615330145873480073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-88756804460033655982008-08-29T08:28:00.000+05:302008-08-29T08:28:00.000+05:30It is only today, through your touching tribute, t...It is only today, through your touching tribute, that I have come to know her. I will be reading her blog with sadness and disbelief that she is no more!<BR/>I can feel your pain and I am so, so sorry for your loss.<BR/>May her soul find peace!Mamma mia! Me a mamma?https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136269509737254271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-41779654176086525512008-08-29T00:29:00.000+05:302008-08-29T00:29:00.000+05:30Dipali, if I may intrude, do you know what cancer ...Dipali, if I may intrude, do you know what cancer t was? Was it oesophageal? I thought it was carcinoma in situ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-14409345124102065342008-08-29T00:04:00.000+05:302008-08-29T00:04:00.000+05:30In one of her last posts, she had talked about the...In one of her last posts, she had talked about the smells of food. I remember having an exchange of comments and mentioning roasted potatoes. I didn't understand <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21396038&postID=5757550193262632375&isPopup=true" REL="nofollow">her response then. </A> It did not seem like mere jest. But now I realize that she was ill even then, and you mentioned her famous fried potatoes, I suddenly understood her comment :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com