Bimal ji,

If you can write so well without taking sf seriously, one can only wonder how well you will write when you do take it seriously!! So please add my vote to your sf, and I hope to read more many more great stories from you!

Best wishes,

Reema. 

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Bimal Srivastava <bksrivastava2000@...> wrote:

Thanks Reema Ji for providing wonderful ideas for sequel and for refining the story. Arvind Ji has also given very good piece of advice regarding a sequel. I may mention that  Sf is not my primary field of work, and I write more on the topics of Science. However,  Zeashan Ji & Swapnil Ji have given me encouragement for taking it more seriously. --- On Sat, 4/4/09, Reema Sarwal <reema.sarwal@...> wrote: From: Reema Sarwal <reema.sarwal@...> Subject: Re: [indiansciencefiction] SUB: Science Fiction in Hindi To: indiansciencefiction@... Date: Saturday, 4 April, 2009, 1:56 PM Bimal ji, Just read the story and enjoyed it thoroughly! Thank You for sharing it on this forum! It's a great story based on such a simple principle, but the best part is the well fleshed out explanations and examples that Prof Rao gives to make his point. It gives such thoroughness to the whole thing, which is quite rare and is a clear marker of good science fiction. It also has all the elements of story-telling that make it interesting, especially the "flaw" in Prof Rao of being so secretive and not sharing his idea with even one fellow-scientist in the same field, which could have helped him out so much in his search, only in the fear that he will lose all the credit. But the reason for that is also given in the story -- being a lonely NRI, he hasn't formed strong ties of friendship or even professional camaraderie with any colleague in his workplace. The open-ending makes sure that the reader is left at a point when her curiosity is at its peak and enough food for thought has been provided. All in all, an intriguing story. My only complaint -- the opening paragraph is extremely boring with its long list of the 2 characters' degrees and alma maters... I almost wondered if the narrator wants to get the 2 characters married by describing all their degrees! :) It might have been better if the story began with the second para and some of the info given in the 1st para was provided in bits and pieces unobtrusively later. And dear Everyone, here's an idea for a sequel -- the chap whose help Hemu takes in reading the diary in Telegu, shares the interesting information with some other friend, who happens to work with National Geographic. This NG chap then takes his photographer friend and contacts some other specialist of the field and they all try to find the place where Prof Rao had found the transparent living beings... (this new scientist must add on something important in the way of details and explanations to Prof Rao's original discovery and hypothesis.) Any takers? -reema. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Bimal Srivastava <bksrivastava2000@ yahoo.co. uk> wrote: I am sending a copy of my SF in Hindi that has appeared in April 2009 issue of Vigyan Pragati. This story had earlier appeared in English in Feb 2004 issue of Science Reporter and then in Spanish in April 2007 issue of an e-magazine "Axxon" on sf from Argentina.