Comments on Inside Orkut: Virginia Tech Shooting: Minal, Where Are You?

You were right & I was wrong. Thanks for clarifyin...

2007-04-20T12:48:04.534-04:00

You were right & I was wrong. Thanks for clarifying my doubt.

Actually, what happened was that somebody created a fake profile with the same name & picture. That profile was posting in the real Minal's scrapbook. I thought that Minal actually was replying in her scrapbook which actually was not the case.

Hey Goutam,Thanks for replying!First off, let me i...

2007-04-19T12:50:05.788-04:00

Hey Goutam,

Thanks for replying!

First off, let me inform you that over the past few days there have been many fake profiles of Minal floating around Orkut, which users have flagged as fake (and Google is in the process of removing those from existance).

Second, there was another Minal with the same exact name in India, and she was receiving hundreds of scraps as people assumed that she was among the fallen. She has since deleted her profile (I'm assuming at least).

But yes, the media is already reporting her among the fallen, as a simple Google News Search would reveal.

But just in case you do not believe me here is her photo listed in Yahoo! India News and Times of India.

Since both of those images are from Orkut, you may be still doubting that its the real Minal, and if so, then this report from Daiji World should lay the rumors to rest.

Thanks again Goutam for commenting here, and I hope this clarifies everything in your mind regarding her unfortunate fate.

I am not able to locate the exact scrap because he...

2007-04-19T11:09:05.962-04:00

I am not able to locate the exact scrap because her scrap book is now flooded with now 34417 scraps (and still counting). But, I have visited her scrapbook a day before & she has replied so many times that she is alive. I believe that I am correct.

By the way do you have any link to official reports from government authorities or from where she works?

You are not insulting me. It is just that we are on the opposite ends. Waiting for your answer!

Hey Anonymous,The profile you just linked to is th...

2007-04-19T00:27:13.146-04:00

Hey Anonymous,

The profile you just linked to is the Minal we are talking about. She is listed among the dead, and her photo in the profile is the same one the media is also reporting.

She has some older scraps, yes, but unless you can point to some recent ones (say Tuesday) I am going to have to have to doubt you on this.

I hope I am not insulting you, but if she is still alive, then its the evidence that I am after.

PS

What's with the Anonymous replies?

NO. I am talking about Minal based in Virginia. ht...

2007-04-18T23:46:29.992-04:00

NO. I am talking about Minal based in Virginia. http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=7532880825063317819 She is replying to scraps. You can check her scrapbook.

Hey Anonymous,I think you are referring to the oth...

2007-04-18T14:51:01.589-04:00

Hey Anonymous,

I think you are referring to the other Minal (who is based in India).

There was a Minal attending college at Virginia Tech, and she (unfortunately) is confirmed among the dead.

She is replying to scraps & she is alive.

2007-04-18T14:03:56.373-04:00

She is replying to scraps & she is alive.

shoot out death is cruelsome. Let us pray for thei...

2007-04-17T23:46:56.473-04:00

shoot out death is cruelsome. Let us pray for their soul rest in peace.It was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us