Dear Dinesh jee,
Ihave been receiving your mails regularly and Iam extremely sorry that Icould not respond quickly.I don't want to extend any pretext for not responding. In fact the process of interaction is a two way process, you did your share, I failed to do my share. But I noticed that some of our friends continue to meet their commitments. It is inspiring and at the same time we get informed about the discourses and events of our concern. This does not absolve me and the likes for being so docile and lacklusture. But is it  not o.k that some of us have kept the flame alive? This time it is you, next time it may be me or anybody else. It is not the occasion to be disappointed or getting frustrated that responses are not coming, that everybody is not comig up with same intensity. Is it not that our solidarity is getting stronger day by day? I know words alone will not do. And you know that the lower middle class situations are so pressing at times! Bihar is not a liability for us. It is flowing in our bloods. And if you ask me, I remember Bihar with each of my breath. I have always felt like living in a "saray" in my lat 20 years of stay out of Bihar. And sometimes I have the same feeling which Raghubir Sahay expressed in one of his poems-"Main ab Ghar Lotna chahata hun".We have got to do something and there is no choice! I understand your feelings. But come what may, the flame must remain alive- sometimes you will make it possible, sometimes I and sometimes others. Bashir Badra once retorted- Phir bhi har roj jala dete hain chowkhat pe diya, jab ki malum hai ki koi nahin anewala. We need that spirit. Dear friend do not stop moving because somebody like me has stopped. Please do send your words.

Your friend
Himanshu