Epitaph of a critic

At least some of you will remember that I had a critic who used to write rather acrimonious comments on this blog. I learnt a lot from this guy who hid behind the cloak of anonymity. I learnt that some people will never have anything of their own and their only stab at the limelight is in being nasty to other people. I also learnt that this required me to respond. When he started attacking others using this blog, I had to close anonymous comments. But I got another mail from puneet that told me that I should open it again for comments. During this journey I learnt that there are people who will target you for no other reason than the fact that they are impotent by themselves.

Recently my self appointed critic took an extreme step, when he hacked into my yahoo id. In one act he changed over from being a prankster to being a criminal. When he started sending emails on my mailing lists, posing to be me, I sent him an email stating that Identity Theft is a Crime punishable by law. He could end up losing his job and thrown into prison. I finally got yahoo to give me back my account. THIS IS POSSIBLE, despite what reports say. He had changed my details so I couldn't even generate a new password.

But isn't it chilling how easily we can step into the dark side when we focus purely on negative energy and hate? The sad part is that this person is an ex student from XLRI. This blog is an epitaph of my relationship with him.