Literary Thoughts of a Dragon Fly

The Puffin Book of Folktales in collaboration with Penguin & UNESCO  Its almost an end of the day, but just not an ordinary day. Its World Book Day & for all the book lovers out there in the vast world, this day is just an excuse to read more and purchase just that one book (I promise its the last book)  So when today morning, i received mail from @vivekisms (From Flipkart)  About a book of folktales, I knew i had to read this book & Write about it.  No matter how old or how young we are, our quest for reading always begins with folktales. Some are told by our grandparents, a few we read, a few embellished tales we see on television. The quest, thankfully is not quenched and a reader is forever in search of  folk lore.  From time immemorial, books are a gateway to our culture, to a country, our thoughts and beliefs. Folk tales are originated from our lands, they are the very much center of every culture in this world & from ea...

Revisiting The Bell Jar again   It was almost the last leg of summer of 2008. The boredom, restlessness, unemployed status & balmy summer of course had reached pinnacle in my life. Online shopping had just began its baby steps in India and out of few websites back then Flipkart ruled the roost for buying books.  Somewhere, on internet, I had read few snippets of Sylvia plath’s poems, Her writings had intrigued me & it was an interesting fact to know, that she had written only one novel till date “the Bell Jar.” Needless to say, I ordered it from Flipkart. It was my first online purchase & I gingerly held the package when it arrived. Enthusiastically I showed it to my mom , who was busy shooing away the pigeons in the kitchen balcony. After 5 days, I had my exam but I knew this, I had to read this book. After mulling over my sparse savings & not regretting one single bit of first book purchase, I started reading.   As a reader I met Esthe...