Date: July 22, 2007 10:20 AM
Caution: Not for muggles and not too long.
After just 4 hrs of sleep.....sleep? I wonder whether i really slept for these 4 hrs. I completed the book at 5 AM and trying to extricate myself from Hogwarts seemed impossible. Images of the last scenes were still swimming in my head, only the "Draught of Living Death" could put me to a sound sleep.
Two years has definitely been worth the wait for me and, for i guess, for most of them who revel in the magical world of Harry Potter. I now realise how I feel now....exactly like some one at the end of an immensely exciting and long roller coaster ride.
After 3 previous books, its a relief that the last book unlike its predecessors did not end in sorrow and grief. No body can deny it was a happy ending after all......but like the basilisk fang that struck Harry...the realisation that there are no more harry potter books to wait for and read them, I cant help but feel sad.
Harry had lived...Snape turns out to be the good guy after all (One or two tears did trickle down, when harry sees Snape's memories in the pensieve, especially when he says he has always cared for harry).... Harry Potter the last horcux..(which i refused to believe when people put forth the theory.....simply because i did not want Harry to die, which he had to if he was the last horcrux).
The book (the whole series of 7 books) which gave me the impetus to read and write has come to an end and at once a huge question pops up. Will there be any other book will be as anticipated as Harry Potter..a book which will be worth waiting for two whole years... a book that is going to break all the previous records...a book that will make the author one of the richest persons.....a book that children and adults alike would be hooked on till the end..... a book that has made the entire world plunge into another dimension......a book like Harry Potter.
Being a belligerent hoper (not hopper) I hope that there might be one!
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007
An evening with an insane architect cousin
I have pondered over a lot, whether this blog should be titled "Next president of India" or "An evening with an insane architect cousin". One might assume that my cousin is insane, but what I actually meant is the architect in him is insane... not him! One might also wonder why "Next president of India" was a worthy contender of this blog. The photo at the end might give you an idea.
If you have a cousin who is an architect, take my advice never go out with him to any place which even remotely relates to a 'structure'. Let me tell you why.
My cousin was in Delhi for some registration of architects or something (no point elaborating it, since its not relevant to the story) and we planned (and executed to perfection) visits to two "architectural wonders" of Delhi - The India Gate and the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Ya..... I know there are other structures in Delhi (Red Fort, Qutub Minar etc) to which the title "architectural wonders" would have befitted better, but the nearest structures to "Palika Bazaar" (where u get all the pirated stuff) were these two and my cousin had to be content with them.
We arrived at the India Gate at 4 p.m. The moment I stepped into the shadow of the gate..I said"
"Wow"
My cousin replied
"Ya...wow"
"Awesome"
"Too good"
"Beautiful"
"Stunning"
"Breathtaking"
"Hot"
"I know the weather is hot Nrupesh, but look at the amazing , breathtaking monument"
"What are you talking about"
"The India Gate you fool"
"Oh! I thought you were referring to the hot girl in the red t-shirt over there... man.. she is hot"
Now you know, why I alluded to the insanity of the architect in him. Thats the difference between an architect and a chartered accountant. A chartered account can spot the correct figure in an ocean of correct and incorrect figures.
Let me tell you one characteristic which is common to a fashion photographer and an architect. The fashion photographer keeps clicking hundreds of photos of the model from every possible angle... and the architect emulates him.. the only difference being he takes photos of inanimate objects. How I wished I had a camera too at that moment....so many models at India Gate and no fashion photographer!
If you watch through the India Gate you can see the Rashtrapati Bhavan very clearly. Just because the second "architectural wonder" was clearly visible through the India Gate doesnt necessarily mean that its walking distance, which we were about to find out as we set out like two brave NCC cadets on Republic Day parade.
When we reached the residence of the President of India the architect in my cousin took over and all the adjectives starting raining like it was raining at the same moment in Mumbai. Once again the camera was out and once again photos were taken from every angle (even a monkey's photo... which I dont know how it came out of the parliament in spite of such tight security).
Exhausted from the long walk... we ended our "Tale of the two architectural wonders" and set off home.
Photos the probable candidates for presidency:
Monkey which escaped from the parliament:
Scenic beauty for people who have the finer eye like my insane cousin:
If you have a cousin who is an architect, take my advice never go out with him to any place which even remotely relates to a 'structure'. Let me tell you why.
My cousin was in Delhi for some registration of architects or something (no point elaborating it, since its not relevant to the story) and we planned (and executed to perfection) visits to two "architectural wonders" of Delhi - The India Gate and the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Ya..... I know there are other structures in Delhi (Red Fort, Qutub Minar etc) to which the title "architectural wonders" would have befitted better, but the nearest structures to "Palika Bazaar" (where u get all the pirated stuff) were these two and my cousin had to be content with them.
We arrived at the India Gate at 4 p.m. The moment I stepped into the shadow of the gate..I said"
"Wow"
My cousin replied
"Ya...wow"
"Awesome"
"Too good"
"Beautiful"
"Stunning"
"Breathtaking"
"Hot"
"I know the weather is hot Nrupesh, but look at the amazing , breathtaking monument"
"What are you talking about"
"The India Gate you fool"
"Oh! I thought you were referring to the hot girl in the red t-shirt over there... man.. she is hot"
Now you know, why I alluded to the insanity of the architect in him. Thats the difference between an architect and a chartered accountant. A chartered account can spot the correct figure in an ocean of correct and incorrect figures.
Let me tell you one characteristic which is common to a fashion photographer and an architect. The fashion photographer keeps clicking hundreds of photos of the model from every possible angle... and the architect emulates him.. the only difference being he takes photos of inanimate objects. How I wished I had a camera too at that moment....so many models at India Gate and no fashion photographer!
If you watch through the India Gate you can see the Rashtrapati Bhavan very clearly. Just because the second "architectural wonder" was clearly visible through the India Gate doesnt necessarily mean that its walking distance, which we were about to find out as we set out like two brave NCC cadets on Republic Day parade.
When we reached the residence of the President of India the architect in my cousin took over and all the adjectives starting raining like it was raining at the same moment in Mumbai. Once again the camera was out and once again photos were taken from every angle (even a monkey's photo... which I dont know how it came out of the parliament in spite of such tight security).
Exhausted from the long walk... we ended our "Tale of the two architectural wonders" and set off home.
Photos the probable candidates for presidency:
Monkey which escaped from the parliament:
Scenic beauty for people who have the finer eye like my insane cousin:
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