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Dear Jaal,
I'm mailing you with the totally unoriginal idea of writing for your magazine. I'm sure you have more than enough writers, but what I'm offering is sheer quality of humor, with inspiration in writing style from greats like Wodehouse and myself...Anyways, please do get in touch with me if you can even remotely use me. Just say the word and you shall have my samples at your doorstep..actually mailbox...Even better would be if you gave me a relevant topic and let me write something on it as a trial. I specialize in biting and honest (in that order) reviews. Since I'm feeling quite optimistic right now, I would like to mention that I would love to join your copyediting team. I have some experience. With an even more optimistic outlook, I'm sending along my resume, to take care of your moments of boredom. Please try and go through it.
Thank you
Ashutosh Pande
Jaal: This guy made our day. We like people who don't take things seriously, especially stuff like work.
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Dear Jaal,
Your piece on the battle of the sexes for Jaal was uproarious! Ironically though, it reeked of the sad truth. Gender is so socially constructed, and it is indeed unfortunate that the Indian woman wound up with the most tasteless piece of pie - berated for every move she makes out of the household, and when she doesn't - she is rendered useless. And yet, we fantasize about our ostensibly indispensable role, taking solace in that fact that the nation is gendered with female colors - and the woman is the core of the people. Conflicting thoughts, once you begin to ruminate on them...
Anyhow, just thought I'd send along a little note of my appreciation for making my day - it truly was a delightful article. Here's a quote from Timothy Leary (that you would no doubt have heard time and again, but it makes me laugh every time I reflect on it - hopefully it'll do the same for you)... "Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."
Name Withheld
Jaal: This message was originally sent to one of our writers, Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta, because we happened to post her email address on the site. Due to that she also received several other emails, not necessarily as sensitive. That is why we've stopped posting the email addresses of our correspondents in HateMail. After all, we would like all abuse to be directly directed at us.
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Dear Jaal,
Me a first time visitor to your site. Its very cute.
I was just wondering if you guys are located in India or where?
Darna mat ... me not gonna knock on your doorstep. Juss a question.
Anyway ... take Care you guys.
N keep up the good work :o)
Mansi
Jaal: Actually, we're more dislocated than anything; especially our bones whenever our creditors manage to trace us. That's one reason we're petrified of knocks on our door.
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Dear Jaal,
I read your article on Jaal and took the liberty of emailing you. I liked the essay very much - it was scathing, but unfortunately true. I think that it is high time that a women's revolution took place in India (I know, wishful thinking...)
Anyway, great job on the article -- hope to read more from you.
Anshu
Jaal: Another message that Uma received and forwarded to us. BTW, her articles are truly funny; check out our recent editions for her take on Miss Universe Lara Dutta and, of course, on whether Indian men have entered the 21st century.
- Editor
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Dear Jaal,
We would like to advertise on your web site. Please let us know the user stats & ad rates.
Deepak
Jaal: No, as you'll find we're not plugging for an advertiser. But, anyhow, their service, Indian language email, is pretty nifty. Check it out at Mailjol.
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