Thursday, December 30, 2010

I too had a love story

The title looks like i m going to describe my incomplete love story, but there is nothing sort of that.
This is the title of the book i recently read, and it had such a deep impact on my heart that i couldn't resist my self writing about it. It is not every time we find such novels which take us to a mesmerizing world and definitely, it is one of them.
The author of this book is Ravinder Singh, and the story is based upon a true event occurred in his life. The novel begins with beautiful lines "Not everyone in this world has the fate to cherish the fullest form of love, some are born to experience the abbreviation of it". There is also a beautiful line on the dedication page which says" Tere jaane ka asar kkuch aisa hua, tujhe dhoodnte dhoondte khud ko paa liya"
Author casted such a magic in those 213 pages that it totally spellbound me throughout the story and, i could imagine the whole story in front of my eyes. The feelings and the emotions of falling in love have been so beautifully described that after reading the novel anybody would want to fall in love . To know, it was a true story, i could feel the pain the author would have gone through while writing it,that's the beauty of the this novel.
Everyone should read this novel once in a lifetime ........

Friday, March 5, 2010

Good Grief

On Monday, when Indians were busy in celebrating holi, it was apalling to hear about the violence created by some fractious fundamentalists of Karnataka over the publication of an article written by Taslima Nasreen.The article published in "kannada Prabha", a local newspaper was about burqa worn by muslim women.
It is shocking as to how a piece of paper can spark violence and aggression in a democratic and secular country like India.There can be no doubt that it is a game plan of obscurantist organisations to exploit such situations.This act done by fundamentalists questions our democracy and freedom.India, which is a country of different religions and different cultures, how can such condemnable acts be allowed?
But response of government was as bad as the violence created by people.In India, everyone has the right to express his or her views, and, those who try to suppress them should be punished. Strict actions should be taken by government to avoid such situations in future.
Young Indians should raise their voice against such acts,so that flares of extremism can be doused.
At the same time, free thinking writers must also avoid provocative words in their criticism.People writing should on such topics and, media publishing them, should be conscious about the consequences.
On the whole,everyone has the right to express his or her views unless it harms the sentiments of others and, those who try to suppress them, pose obstacles to the growth of society.