Literary Thoughts of a Dragon Fly

Singing a song for jim beam Here is to the more spirit I have in my life and in my almost empty glass, However impossible it seems, drinks are going to leave me and I am going to leave them, I am going to say good bye to my best friends to be with you, The shot glasses say one last time, And the tequila say dance with me, Its all the flavor , says Malibu rum, I will drown you in tranquility says the good ole Gin, Give my tonic, my heart says. You can always a sneak a bottle and still be a saint, One a sip is good for soul, says brandy my old friend. Remember the old days, the curtains pulled down And the glasses brought up, Lovers were just memories, The glasses were full, and you were drowned in tears, Now you have pulled the curtains apart, And you say , you are out of your fears, I see a little scare in your eyes, Will he be always there for you, my dear? Take a glass and drown out the sun, ...

Here I come thy mother to rest in your loving lap (based on several true incidents) Here I was a small babe, a growing pearl in the oyster, In your warm loving cocoon , full of sunshine love and happiness. It'll be a cosy world, didn't you promise, my dear mother, But i remember the bright memories, the glowing twinkling memories of life. The first steps in the garden and the run in the courtyard, the first cycle and the first fall. The way father guided me, a strict teacher, yet a loving friend. I was safe, secure in this warm haven, Ma Then why did darkness descend on me. What wrong did i do in my innocent years, To descend my steps to the grave. Whom did I harm in my growing years, to suffer a life time and a after life of pain ? Here I come thy mother to rest in your loving lap. I remember in my growing years, A life care-free, abundant with dreams and happiness. Whatever charm life had, I couldnt ever fathom the gloomy clouds approaching. Wha...

 Thoughts & Review on- The Golden House by Salman Rushdie.  There are times in this novel, when the novel ceases to become a novel, a mere collection of words which when uniformly comes together becomes a character, story or event. The novel becomes a person. It reaches out to grab you, convinces you and manages you to sit at one place & read it completely, devour it, savor it. This is what "The Golden House" does. It consumes you in a good way. You want to grab everyone coming in your way & talk about the literary headiness this novel induces. Unfortunately few understand & we are trapped in our own madness. We stumble across, fall down, the void left when you complete reading this novel, until you begin another one. Which i as a reader don't want to. I want to badly meet Nero the pseudo Caesar, Vasilisa the Russian wife, Trilogy of Golden sons- Petya, Apu &D, the not so innocent bystander-Rene and i want to visit New York & Bombay again. T...

Book Review - The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Cousin :- What are you reading ? Me : -a novel called-- The ministry of Utmost happiness. Cousin- So did you find happiness ? Me- I don't know... I only started reading this book, because this book was directly/indirectly garnering all the attention at all corners possible. Be it virtual or real. As for me, i was not interested because my limited reading of Arundhati Roy stopped at 2 or 3 pages of "The God of Small things" at a tender age of 15 because i was searching for love making scene descriptions in that novel. From that point on wards to this time, I never read anything about Arundhati Roy or anything written by her. I am glad that i was mightily proved wrong, I am glad that this book picked me. And most of all this review or the thoughts written about this book are mainly for my purpose & recording of thoughts. These initial few lines greeted me, when i started reading- The ministry of Utmost Happi...

Book Review- Baaz By Anuja Chauhan Book Name :- Baaz Author's Name- Anuja Chauhan Publishers :- Harper Collins P-ISBN- 9789352644124 No.of Pages :- 430 Book Source :- Flipkart Review Programme Book Available on :- Flipkart Forget about writing a review, If I had the money and the means, I would’ve turned Baaz into a movie. And Boy! It would’ve turned cash registered ringing and people lining up to buy tickets. This book is addictive, so much that I read it on my desk, with my mammoth of a bag and desktop calendar saving me from prying eyes of colleagues and boss.  As for my dream cast, I guess that’ll be another post, for now we are going to talk about Baaz, Baaz & Baaz. The book opens with a tate-a tate of a young boy named Ishaan Faujdaar& his Nanaji talking about what can make their life go “Dhuk-Dhuk-Dhuk”. Ishaan’s Nanaji gives him the advice that what can ultimately set off his heart racing to “Dhuk-Dhuk-Dhuk” is to be a Pilot in Air force....

Book Review - The Palace of Assassins - The Rise of Ashwatthama Me :- So, I am reading this book based on life of Ashwatthama Mom :-Aha..he is one of 8 Cheeranjivee .. Me :- Just like Hanuman ?  Mom :-Yes..if I am not wrong, the lore is that he was cursed to be immortal. Me :- Why was he cursed ? Mom :- I don’t know much about the story, but I think Lord Krishna Cursed him. Me thinking to myself-    Why would anyone want to meet a cursed Cheeranjeevi. I slept with ricocheting thoughts in my head about Cheeranjivi, curses, Hanuman &Aswathhama and chance encounters with them. I started reading the book, gripped by its narrative so much, that I even tried to draw Ashwatthama , of course limited creative abilities came in between .  There are many interpretations &existence of various philosophies of Mahabharata and its epic characters. One can perhaps ignore the lore where the straight forward tale unfolds or one c...