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Dr. Jai Maharaj  
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 More options May 19 2012, 1:38 am
Newsgroups: alt.philosophy, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, soc.culture.indian, sci.physics, rec.arts.books
Followup-To: alt.philosophy, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, soc.culture.indian, sci.physics, rec.arts.books
From: use...@mantra.com and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 05:38:35 GMT
Local: Sat, May 19 2012 1:38 am
Subject: Re: Metaphysics before physics - and the necessity for assholes in he social universe
In article <5d8dbc53-7b4f-4c48-85c8-9837d32fd...@jx17g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>,
Arindam Banerjee <adda1...@bigpond.com> posted:

>> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:

>> In article <01930346-959a-4be5-953e-9041d7bf0...@nl1g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
>> Arindam Banerjee <adda1...@bigpond.com> posted:

>>>> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:

>>>>> In <0d8e0230-325a-45ae-af58-af0e349c3...@n5g2000pbg.googlegroups.com>,
>>>>> Arindam Banerjee <adda1...@bigpond.com> posted:

>>>>>> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:

>>>>>>> In article
>>>>> =3DA0<6df48db8-d339-4eff-8d68-0d3d424ca...@sm6g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>>> Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1...@gmail.com> posted

>>>>>>>> Hmm, in my forthcoming book the struggle of the born
>>>>>>>> asshole against great odds, has been given the most
>>>>>>>> sympathetic treatment possible -as it seeks to overcome
>>>>>>>> through Time this basic human limitation that creates
>>>>>>>> needless strife, by striking metaphysical positions
>>>>>>>> elaborated by dramatic narration.

>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Arindam Banerjee

>>>>>>> I would consider your "overcome basic human limitation .
>>>>>>> . . by striking metaphysical positions elaborated by
>>>>>>> dramatic narration" to be the high concept of your book.

>>>>>>> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
>>>>>>> Om Shanti

>>>>>> I don't suppose you have read it yet. =3DA0I am still doing the final
>>>>>> draft of the ms. post the formatting stage. Strange how many little
>>>>>> things are always getting missed!

>>>>> Writing is rewriting! And a bit of polish before submission of course.

>>>>> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
>>>>> Om Shanti

>>>> After the final draft is approved, changes are made to
>>>> the script while the movie is being filmed. Such is the
>>>> timeline of screenplays.

>>>> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
>>>> Om Shanti

>>> I have submitted the final ms, now have to wait for them to finish the
>>> cover and interior layout. =A0They allow up to 80 small changes, withou=
> t
>>> extra charge, to the texts.

>>> Arindam Banerjee

>> Great! Are you still planning to publish at Amazon?

>> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
>> Om Shanti

> Oh yes, I am with their self-publishing wholly-owned
> subsidiary, createspace.  The book will be sold (at
> maximum benefit to myself at their eStore), but it will
> also be available in amazon.com and other online
> bookstores via extended publication routes, and also on
> kindle. Well, let us see what happens, this is probably
> my very best creative effort so far - and I doubt if I
> can ever do anything better!

> Cheers,
> Arindam Banerjee

70 percent, isn't it, from Amazon? All the best!

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

> o o o

> About the terrorist Goon Squad:

> "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>

> The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> many years.
> -Updated on February 2, 2012-


 
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