Sep 06, 2002 09:33 PM
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(Updated Sep 06, 2002 09:34 PM)
When was the last time you thought that any day you could write better than Khushwant Singh, Shobha De or Vinod Mehta ? Was it last week ? Yesterday... this morning ? No ? Must have been when you settled down upon your favourite settee with the magazine you picked up from the news-stand this afternoon ! So no need to worry any more... and no need to go any farther, either. Keep your mouth shut and just keep typing out all those thoughts that crossed your mind since your Day 1. The substandard Barbie whose pumps came off her feet and fell into the kitchen bin.The bicycle which would always give you the feeling of being too short, and suddenly too tall' but never the right height.The lousy Tv channel which would black out at the 'two balls, three runs' stage. The Top brand microwave that would make a soggy mass of those crisp samosas...or the 'power this, power that, zip zap zoom' limousine which every wretched Maruti 800 would leave m-i-l-e-s behind. As you write these reviews, you get to know guys who got past you by a whisker in smartness. You get free peer opinion which can help you in harnessing your creativity. You feel amazed as you go through mail after mail about people who actually found time to read through the trash you composed...and yet encourage you with a 'somewhat recommended' More than everything else, the reviews on 'Mouth Shut' lend you the patience and knack of going through, and admiring, the genius amongst people you never knew.
