Harry Potter

Harry Potter has been a part of my life since I was 11. Today when I have turned 23, I realize how important a part it is. It can still make me cry..make me laugh..give me chills down my spine.. This series is not just mere books one reads over time.. its a phenomenon which seeps..percolates..brews..simmers within you now and for always.. Its not something that you read and get it over with.. It Lasts. 

7 books 3 heroes.. actually hero is another thing.. This story is not about being a hero or counting how many it had..I felt its something about having it within.. till you realize it. Everyone says its a book to be read by children..I disagree. Its something one doesn't read. It Is. I have at many points from book1 to book7 realised that it doesn't only have a plot.. its so much so much more.. It gave me lessons to follow, memories to remember something that will stay with me. For life. 

More than once the books give you words.. moments which will BE with you.. they grow with you.. 

This series is a legacy. Its not something you own or you read. Its something one passes on.

Here's a video made by someone as a tribute to this phenomenon. I watched it I don't know how many times. Every time wanting not to cry.. But as they say..its wishful thinking. It left me with moist eyes every. single. time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFBzZfxkWUg

Some great Memories

Me with my Idol - Ruskin Bond.

The day I went click click after a long haul!!

My first ever Business venture!! This memory shall always remain special..

Some old time shots.

Along the way to some metro station.

At Lodi Garden.

In full bloom.

In a hotel in Mussoorie.

Withered 

In the coldest of winters a lone tree in college standing stoic and 'carved'...

Raindrops falling on baby grapes..!

Withering Arts of India

http://theviewspaper.net/withering_arts/

We are a nation of such a vast expanse of culture, heritage and diversity. Its so saddening when everyday we see senior and young adults alike focusing their attention on frivolous activity with no value add whatsoever. Our country has so much to offer.. its palette is full of all sorts of arts. You name it we have it.

I came across this article on The viewspaper's website and it absolutely shook me. We as a generation today are so far from our culture that we need courses/books to study it.

Sharing this with everyone.. doing my bit to at least create 'awareness'.

Grammar is what we need to pay attention to!!

The Vine of desire..

Thoughts hover and settle down on my head like dust blown in from the windows during tough storms. Desires... they are truly like Vines and creepers.. they grow on you.. finding nooks and crannies even if you shut the doors of your heart on them. They don't care whether you pay heed at the moment.. they'll surface when you least expect them to. breaking hearts, homes, even heads. DESIRES. 

Quoting few lines from the book.. "I want my daughter to be loved by Sunil and Anju. I want her for myself alone. I want to help Anju get back to her old, strong self. I want Lupe to find me a job so i can escape this apartment. the river of my life is speeding toward an abyss. What shall i do? I want an existence iridescent as nail polish. i want sleep. I want to bite into the apple of America. I want to swim to India, to the parrot-green smells of childhood. I want a mother's arms to weep in. I want my weather-vane mind to stop its manic spinning. I want Sunil."

Twilight Girl

how much i see them ever more
i don't wish to dream anymore
another sleep, a wishful waste
i want to be inside them
twilight girl come for me

show me the way to your place
turn around and touch me
same dawn and the evening taste
twilight girl come for me

come and take me away
let me rustle the winds
and fall with the rain
let me feel complete
dense like the fog
twilight girl come for me

i will wait as i sleep
for another push
to the unlimited
to the carefree
to the time when
you will come for me

Incredible Is. The. Word.

http://www.incrediblespiti.com/