The Alchemist
I like to read novels, but whenever I finish one, I have the feeling of wasting time – I don’t know why. Though it gives the knowledge of new words, people and places around the world, I can’t erase that feeling. So I usually read non-fiction books after finishing one or two fiction.
The alchemist is one such book which I enjoyed much.
It is a tale, which makes you to realize your destiny.
The alchemist was written by Paulo cohelo more than a decade back, still it is in the best selling book category (it deserve to be there).
The alchemist is a simple, small, lucid tale of a boy who is a shepherd, in pursue of his destiny. The story moves with the boy as he meets many hurdles on the way before reaching his destiny.
The theme is that everyone has a dream or destiny which life reveals to them in childhood, only a few choose the path to realize his or her destiny others simply let it pass by. Also Paulo says that if you want to accomplish something wholeheartedly the whole world (soul of the world) conspires to help you.
The Alchemist is an allegory, you can find more meaning according to your own perspective. It is not at all a fiction though it is listed in the fiction category. And I feel these types of books are far better than the HOW TO MAKE category self-development books.
meet you in next blog
-Ravi
V'Day Special
Today’s blog is about tamilanin uyir moochu - cinema
There are many Tamil movies, which ran, packed hall for many days without a reason, the movie, which is a crown among these, is ....................(see last line)
Let me come to the matter, few days back I went to see a movie – KAADAL(love) on release day itself, as I put my faith behind the renowned director Shankar, who happened to be the producer of this film.
It was a wonderful film of love (or infatuation??) between a two-wheeler mechanic and a schoolgirl. I don’t want to write full story here. Go and see if you haven’t.
The strength of the story lies in its realistic approach. Definitely, here after young lovers will think twice before going out of their homes, as the movie clearly depicts the real life situations faced by the immature lovers. My cousin didn’t feel great while watching the movie but all changed after reading the postscript.
After watching the movie, I thought that it would run moderately and gain a good word of appreciation from media, as it has no entertaining aspects and leading actors. But still it is running packed hall in many theatres. (No let down for good movies!)
Now a small poem, which I enjoyed
One little unshed raindrop
May think itself too small,
Yet somewhere a thirsty flower
Await its fall.
One little word unspoken
May seem too small to say,
But somewhere for that one word
A heart may pray.
--Hellen Thomas Allison
Chinna thambi ( Still a mystery to many directors)
Book Review
This is my first book review
Book : DECEPTION POINT
Author : Dan Brown
If you have already read Da Vinci Code you can find more similarities between that and Deception point like both stories take place in a short span of time i.e in a single day. Both involves a male & female character (hero n heroin) who unravels the truth were chased by a team spearheaded by a villain. Even you can guess the villain in this novel based on Da Vinci
Deception point revolves around the NASA, White House, the president’s election and the US secret services. The opposition candidate senator SEXtons (obviously derived from clinton) popularity shoots up as he takes constant dig at NASA’s overspending budgets. So the NASA desperately needs to prove something. The story starts when the NASA unravels a rare big meteorite buried in the Arctic glacier. The president sends NASA scientists and a team of civilian scientists to confirm its authenticity. But the civilian scientists (hero n heroin) uncover the truth behind it and learned that they were deceived. When they tried to open the secret to public they were chased by secret services to be killed. I don’t wanna reveal the entire story, so stop here.
The main flaw in the novel is the climax as it involves too much technical details of the ship and seas undercurrents. Yet this is one more exciting, believable, unputdownable from Dan Brown. And his research work behind every novel astonishes everybody. Only Dan Brown can nicely do the mixing of real and fictitious things.
ENJOYABLE & Another unputdownable from Dan Brown
-ravi.
