The Godfather- Mario Puzo (Sunday Book Review)

Its gruesome. Its gory. And its all personal.

The Godfather is a phenomenal book. It was very difficult for me to find flaws in this book but it certainly isn't for everyone. Its a book you pick up if you believe in revenge and justice being served no matter what the cost.

The story revolves around two main characters: Don Vito Corleone and his son, Michael. Don Corleone is the head of one of the five “Families” In New York. The families each being a division of the American Mafia. The story gives an outsider insight on the workings of the mafioso. Its explained how the chain of command is unbreakable because of the Italian tradition of Omerta. It gives us a peek through the veil of smoke surrounding the world of the mafia.

Lights

It's time to begin isn't it? As the new moon envelops in darkness, we light up our homes.

From darkness into light. It ends tonight.
And begins again.



aDivineHumour and I were talking yesterday and she told me that Diwali is always a bad day for her. For her something always goes wrong. This time she blanked out for a test for which she was prepared.

Diwali has always been special to me. It is very different from Ganesh Chaturthi. On Chaturthi, we celebrate with splendour!Drums, Fireworks, Firecrackers, a lot of yelling and a general feeling of excitement. This one time, I went with my Great Uncle to watch the festivities in Margao City. WOW! It was amazing. Literally Amazing. The smell of incense, firecrackers and flowers mixed with the colorful garb of followers is exhilarating.


But Diwali is different.

Diwali is much more peaceful for me. The soft lights that adorn a home; the Akash-Diwo that floats like a ghostly lantern; the narkasur burning ritual: they all give me a sense of peace. The sheer beauty of the lights reminds me of what a wonderful place the world can be, when light prevails over darkness.

Happy Diwali, folks!


P.s. Brownie points if you can catch the music references on lines 1 and 3. ;)

So...I found this website

Hey guys!

So..I found this website.

It had a really good article about casual gamers (I am one). And not only does it like Assassins Creed as much as I do but when i took a quiz to find out what Assassin i am, it told me this:


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Needless to say, i LOVE this website.

Sunday Book Review- The Shiva Trilogy

I've finally finished reading this trilogy It started off as a nicely executed and very intriguing story but i was  bored and disappointed by the time i was done.

When “The Immortals of Meluha” came out, I was uninterested. But when my sister bought the book, I read it out of sheer curiousity. Book critiques had been calling him the new Chetan Bhagat. I quite liked many of Chetan Bhagat’s books so I was intrigued by another Indian author who was an IIM alumnus.

The Shiva Trilogy is an interesting rendition of the story of Shiva. The protagonist, Shiva, is a tribal leader in Tibet constantly battling to protect his tribe, the Gunas. He is persuaded to leave the tribal life that is full of relentless petty battles and warfare when he is invited by an ambassador of Meluha, an empire created by Lord Ram, to join their city. The Gunas travel to Meluha and on the first night, they are administered a mysterious potion called the Somras. The effect of the Somras turns Shiva’s neck blue. This leads to the widespread belief that he is the fabled Neelkanth who will bring about great change and the destruction of evil.

But what is evil?

Stories from my scandalous life- I

It was the first day of 11th grade. New school, new faces, new teachers, new school board too. I stuck with the other kids from my school: I dont handle change very well. Luckily two out of three of my BFFs were in my class!  I was casually looking around my class when my eyes locked with someone else...

He was staring at me and looking into the depths of my eyes from the middle of the room. I stared back for a while. Then I sidled into the corner of the desk and looked down. I thought to myself,

"Ew. What a creep!"

Sadly, that was not the end of this one-sided-pyaar-ki-yeh-ek-kahani. This guy stalked me. He told all his friends that he was going to "Make friends with Pretty girl". He got my number from someone and started to text me.  He even added me on Facebook that first day (which i declined immediately, much to his chagrin and his friends amusement). Finally, an old school friend came to my rescue and threatened to cause bodily harm to him if he wouldn't leave me alone. He did. VERY quickly. Btw, dear friend, if you are reading this: "Thank you SO much!"

This incident did not blow up into a huge deal in college but it came pretty close. I was very relieved when he started to chase some other pretty girl with curly hair. I wish things had turned out more smoothly for her though...