It’s poor form to leave a party without saying goodbye. And though for a while now I’ve done little more than relax on the porch and watch the revelers come and go, it’s time now for me to head back out into the city. I’ve had a rich and productive experience here and I thank you all for the insight and the perspectives; you’ve helped me through changes and contributed to my growth in ways you don’t know. I don’t have time to blog at this point, but there are other ways to maintain and contribute to online communities, and I look forward to running into some of you in those future settings. To everyone: Go forward with honesty, kindness, and joy in our complex and ambiguous diasporic lives. PEACE.
81 comments
on July 30, 2007 9:56 AM · Direct link
I knew it and I'm deeply saddened...
you’ve helped me through changes and contributed to my growth in ways you don’t know.
likewise, man, likewise.
Blaze trails.
on July 30, 2007 9:56 AM · Direct link
Bye Siddhartha. Sorry to see you go. Have enjoyed this blog for a while now that it feels like a 'home' on the web.
on July 30, 2007 9:59 AM · Direct link
Stay awesome. ^__^
on July 30, 2007 10:01 AM · Direct link
Good Luck!
on July 30, 2007 10:01 AM · Direct link
Siddhartha,
Best wishes and all that. Hopefully the party will continue at Illhindu.
on July 30, 2007 10:29 AM · Direct link
All the best with the new gig Siddhartha. You'll be missed here.
on July 30, 2007 10:31 AM · Direct link
Awww man all the best to you. Stay smooth and brilliant.
on July 30, 2007 10:39 AM · Direct link
I'm sorry to see you go, Siddhartha, but good luck! :)
on July 30, 2007 10:45 AM · Direct link
S: Really sorry to lose your voice HERE - but looking forward to catching it elsewhere. All the best, SS
on July 30, 2007 10:52 AM · Direct link
I mostly lurked on your posts, but I did enjoy them. Best of luck!
on July 30, 2007 11:01 AM · Direct link
Siddhartha,
Thank you for the time that you spent on this blog and for all of your posts. I enjoyed reading your work and it was one of the things that made me stick with this blog in the first place. Best of luck and I hope we will see you around here from time to time.
:0)
SemiDesiMasala
on July 30, 2007 11:04 AM · Direct link
you’ve helped me through changes and contributed to my growth in ways you don’t know
dude likewise. very unfotunate we didn't get a chance to chat the other Friday, but stoked to meet you regardless. you, cica and ultra were the main reason i came up to NYC. best of luck bro.
on July 30, 2007 11:06 AM · Direct link
NOOOOO! I was waiting for your "comeback" post. All the best and I am sure I'll catch you 'round town.
on July 30, 2007 11:10 AM · Direct link
without a doubt, with your skilled rhetoric in posts and strong arguments in the comment sections, you were my favorite mutineer.
best of luck in any future activities!
on July 30, 2007 11:10 AM · Direct link
Siddahartha: Good luck and Godspeed. You will be missed at SM.
on July 30, 2007 11:12 AM · Direct link
I guess like son like father. I cannot spell!! SIDDHARTHA - OK
on July 30, 2007 11:18 AM · Direct link
All the best, Siddhartha.
on July 30, 2007 11:20 AM · Direct link
Yes, sad to hear you're leaving man. I've actually met you a few times -- at Patrick Cox's or Bianca and Phillip's house probably and once at a Rashid Taha concert at the Paradise.
on July 30, 2007 11:51 AM · Direct link
Best of luck, man.
on July 30, 2007 12:07 PM · Direct link
SM with no SM??
Mais, ce n'est pas possible!
At least we can enjoy you online and on air at WNYC.
Best of luck in all that you do,
felinely yours,
Filmiholic
on July 30, 2007 12:07 PM · Direct link
Of all the talent here at SM, I'm proud to say I felt your writing among the most thought provoking and honest. I will miss that unique outlook.
on July 30, 2007 12:20 PM · Direct link
really enjoyed your posts.
good luck, god bless!!
on July 30, 2007 12:22 PM · Direct link
Siddhartha, sad to see you leaving SM.
My first comment here at SM was on one of your posts. And browsing the archives, I came across your conversations with Desi Dancer on interraciality and desiness, and those were long, thoroughly insightful explorations of a kind I haven't read anywhere else.
I also absolutely loved how you got into cricket during the World Cup and brought us dispatches from Indo-Carib bars. Your unique takes on art and music and desiness will also be missed.
But there's always your own blog and NPR, and you will probably continue to comment here, either as yourself or incognito, right? :)
Good luck, friend.
on July 30, 2007 12:34 PM · Direct link
Too bad for us and best of luck to you.
on July 30, 2007 12:37 PM · Direct link
Goodluck!
Thanks for your time and effort, it was informative and appreciated.
on July 30, 2007 1:13 PM · Direct link
mr. mitter: you know my thoughts... be well... be in touch... ;)
on July 30, 2007 1:14 PM · Direct link
mr. mitter: you know my thoughts... be well... be in touch... ;)
on July 30, 2007 1:15 PM · Direct link
You will certainly be missed at SM, sir. Looking forward to catching you on WNYC. Good luck with your future endeavors!
on July 30, 2007 1:16 PM · Direct link
Siddhartha,
Will miss your posts. All the best.
on July 30, 2007 1:17 PM · Direct link
I second #21. Was just going to ask you to return from summer vacation.
Thanks for the great posts!
on July 30, 2007 1:24 PM · Direct link
Hind-Jew,
Your contributions have been among my favourites. Good luck to ya bud..
on July 30, 2007 1:46 PM · Direct link
You brung it proper like it needed to be broughten.
Nuff respect.
on July 30, 2007 1:49 PM · Direct link
SM won't be the same without you. You were one of the best.
on July 30, 2007 2:13 PM · Direct link
I've always enjoyed reading your well-written posts. Best of luck in your endeavors. I just now hope that ennis and amardeep don't jump ship!
on July 30, 2007 2:30 PM · Direct link
Aw, what a tragedy. SM has become a better place because of you. You will be missed.
on July 30, 2007 2:35 PM · Direct link
I just now hope that ennis and amardeep don't jump ship!
I will convey to Abhi and Anna that you don't mind if they do. ;)
Siddhartha, you were always the gentlest, to the interns. Your kindness (and the music wafting out of your room) will be missed.
on July 30, 2007 2:49 PM · Direct link
SM Intern wrote:
I will convey to Abhi and Anna that you don't mind if they do. ;)
Well, since this is Abhi's endeavor (unless I have an incorrect version of SM history in my mind), I figure if he stays, SM stays and vice versa. Intern, I always knew there was a trouble-making streak below that mild-mannered exterior! Must be all the bananas...
on July 30, 2007 2:49 PM · Direct link
Siddhartha:
You've been one of my very favorite posters to read and follow here. Thank you for all you've contributed, and good luck with all you're moving on to! All my best wishes to you and yours.
on July 30, 2007 2:49 PM · Direct link
Damn.
Amigo sabio...you know.
on July 30, 2007 2:55 PM · Direct link
Ah, siddhartha, you bid farewell in your typical, Buddha-like enigmatic style. Happy travels, man, with whatever you do, and maybe I will meet you sometime.
P.S: Is 5000 the number of your post? Were you just waiting for that milestone to bid adieu?
on July 30, 2007 3:05 PM · Direct link
Rahul,
Re: 5000
on July 30, 2007 3:07 PM · Direct link
Siddhartha:
You arrived at the party bearing a fine bottle of Sour Mash, a witty sidekick, and a wicked intellect. Oozing charm and elegance rivaled only by the Antichrist, you had half the ladies present removing their panties faster than the by the Tom Jones Fan Club attempting to secure an encore. And then you were gone.
Too soon I might add. Too soon.
Respect.
on July 30, 2007 3:36 PM · Direct link
Thanks dude and good luck
on July 30, 2007 3:51 PM · Direct link
Say it ain't so!! Good luck, Siddhartha. Thanks for all the fantastic posts. I do hope you'll stop by every now and then with a comment.
on July 30, 2007 3:52 PM · Direct link
It was one of your post that 'made me'de-lurk, all the best, bye :-(
on July 30, 2007 4:22 PM · Direct link
thanks for elevating the discourse and decency, brother. will miss you around here, but as filmiholic says, thank goodness for WNYC. peace.
on July 30, 2007 4:23 PM · Direct link
Rahul, Re: 5000Thanks for the clarification, coach. I guess I wasn't cool enough to figure it out :)
on July 30, 2007 4:32 PM · Direct link
Thanks for the good times! I too first delurked to comment on one of your posts. Go well and come back to visit, or let us know where to find you.
on July 30, 2007 5:12 PM · Direct link
kwa heri. your posts will be terribly missed
on July 30, 2007 6:06 PM · Direct link
I'm really sad to find out you're leaving. Thanks for all you have added to this community. Best wishes to you in future.
on July 30, 2007 6:59 PM · Direct link
Oo-Bop-Sh' Bam, taking it Straight, No Chaser
All The Things You Are, Sweet And Lovely, So Tranquilizin'
without you
A Different Journey, Life Between The Exit Signs, a Chromatic Aberration
Pout's Over, will be Jumpin' With Symphony Sid on the WNYC Ooh-Pa-Pa-Dah
Have A Real Time Moonchild In Your Quiet Place
Bye-Ya
on July 30, 2007 7:01 PM · Direct link
Is Siddharth doing a "Buddha" here?
on July 30, 2007 7:10 PM · Direct link
Siddhartha - Bloody shame that you are not blogging these day. Auf wiedersehen or should it be Auf schriebersehen?
on July 30, 2007 7:13 PM · Direct link
Siddhartha - im gonna really miss your posts and thoughtful insights on pretty much every desilicious topic out there. good luck in the future!
on July 30, 2007 7:33 PM · Direct link
on July 30, 2007 8:22 PM · Direct link
Best of luck! Thanks for all the interesting reads. Do keep us posted if and when you start a blog or online community of yours!
on July 30, 2007 8:27 PM · Direct link
I'm going to miss your posts bro, best of luck.
on July 30, 2007 8:50 PM · Direct link
Siddhartha, thanks for all the excellent posts. You're a good man and a good writer. Best of luck.
on July 30, 2007 10:29 PM · Direct link
Thanks for the posts & writing!
on July 30, 2007 10:56 PM · Direct link
BOO. That is all.
on July 30, 2007 11:09 PM · Direct link
Good luck and good wishes.
on July 30, 2007 11:43 PM · Direct link
You will be missed, brother.
on July 31, 2007 12:02 AM · Direct link
Hey Siddhartha, you made my year one day last February! Will miss you and will keep an eye on your girl M.I.A....Have some good times and please come back for at least a guest appearance one day!
on July 31, 2007 2:35 AM · Direct link
My friend, you've made your exit in the sagely manner of your namesake; I shan't ask for more, no matter how much I'll miss your voice here.
I look forward to seeing you bring it wherever life takes you. Do it like you do.
on July 31, 2007 2:57 AM · Direct link
Your compassion and insights will be missed. Thanks and best wishes.
on July 31, 2007 5:50 AM · Direct link
Bye Siddhartha! Looking forward to reading your comments when you have the chance to write something.
on July 31, 2007 9:08 AM · Direct link
cheers mate..
on July 31, 2007 9:35 AM · Direct link
I return from a blissful weekend in the remote backwaters of San Francisco, happily away from the computer, and what do I return to? Y'alls been talking about me, whitey's been steeling our wimmen, and, most shocking of all, our resident bodhisattva has just completed his 10 step plan.
It's too much to process. I'm going back to the Tea Garden to make sense of all this malarky.
Good luck, Siddartha- you'll truly be missed 'round these parts.
on July 31, 2007 11:03 AM · Direct link
Best wishes to you, Siddhartha. and thanks for all those wonderful writings here.
on July 31, 2007 11:34 AM · Direct link
Best of luck to you and I hope you have plans to come back often to visit.
on July 31, 2007 12:30 PM · Direct link
i enjoyed your posts the most and you will be thoroughly missed!
on July 31, 2007 3:44 PM · Direct link
Siddhartha,
How about guest hosting our end-of-the-year music poll?
on July 31, 2007 3:52 PM · Direct link
Oh Siddhartha! Say it isn't so!
"There would have been a time for such a word.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow..."
That voodoo that you do so well will be much missed hereabouts.
on July 31, 2007 4:44 PM · Direct link
You've been one of my favorite posters. Thank you for your excellent contribution. All the best to you in what ever you may peruse.
on July 31, 2007 5:15 PM · Direct link
I've loved so many of your posts here. All the very best!
on July 31, 2007 5:34 PM · Direct link
Great work here, Siddhartha! Stay in touch and let me know if you're ever in New Orleans.
on August 1, 2007 8:25 AM · Direct link
Thanks, everyone. It means a lot to me. Nuff respect. I'll see you around...
on August 1, 2007 12:37 PM · Direct link
All the best! Shall continue to catch you on WNYC, halfway across the world here, thanks to streaming audio. And shall look forwardd to reading your comments on SM.
on August 2, 2007 7:36 AM · Direct link
Awww...you were definitely my favourite Hinjew in this corner of the blogosphere...go in PEACE :)
on August 3, 2007 10:19 PM · Direct link
You will be missed, Siddhartha. Terribly missed.
All the best to you and visit Richmond Hill more often, will ya?
on August 4, 2007 8:19 PM · Direct link
Enough Respect.
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