My Reading list For 2012, i Promise i would be reading all these books i mention below,
Go tell it on the mountain :- The semi-autobiographical masterpiece by James Baldwin, exploring the depth of the protagonist, his encounters with faith, racism and sex.
Considered as one of the most beautiful pieces of 20th century, this one is a must read!

 The heart is a lonely hunter :- by Carson McCullers , at 23 her first novel stirred the storm, (by the by name in itself arouses interest) , Depicting the directions people take in their quest for love, from trying to sink in depression through booze and smoke to spiritual path.
 
The wings of a dove:- adapted into a feature film too, this novel By Henry James revolves around an american heiress. What money attracts on the negative side is the sole theme of the book.


That's pretty much for now, i don't wanna make any promises that i would find hard to keep!

women of power

There are many movies that are action-packed, nasty villains, super-tech gadgets and of course the chase! While these catch the eyes of most people and fascination of every-age group, there are certain movies that are able to stir the audience from inside.

This post is about the movies that deal with courage of woman, based on real-life stories, they may not be the chick-lit kind or as trouble-less as legally blonde, but guys they hold the truth and once you see them you will realize fire burning inside of you, (if you are a feminist, do watch!)

1.      MONSTER: - Based on the real life of Aileen Carol Wuornos (a prostitute turned serial men killer who was convicted in Florida with death sentence), played by Charlize theoron who ultimately grabbed an Oscar for her spine-tingling performance. This movie may seem morbid (no doubt!) but it comes so close to reality.

Note:- while I won’t recommend killing seven men as courage, this movie if not justifying her steps is at least able to draw some deserved sympathy, because most of the these men tried to rape her (of course it wasn’t proved, they were killed before.)  

2.    A mighty heart: - Based on the kidnapping of wall street journal reporter Daniel Pearl, this movie basically revolves around the turmoil his pregnant wife has to go through, her stoic courage even at the face of adversity. A woman who could go through such extent of pain only to find his husband decapitated by the militant group and still fights to bring him to justice is a real woman! 

3.      Elizabeth :- also known as The Virgin queen, remarkable role play by Cate Blanchett, the story of queen of England responsible for changing the history.

Note:- the irony of the situation, Elizabeth’s father Henry the eighth always wanted a son, married six times, Elizabeth’s mother Anne Boleyn (second wife of Henry) was sentenced to death by Him on false (not actually proved though) accusations of adultery (in reality she wasn't able to give him son, one thing she promised while she scandalously got him divorced from his first wife ). Elizabeth proved to be only true heir of her father, the son he so longed for (prince Edward from Jane Seymour the third wife died at the age of sixteen)  and she became one of the most successful monarch in the history of England.What is more absurd after Anne Boleyn's death, Elizabeth was disowned by her father.

      

come in...

If you are a dreamer,

And now world think of it as clichéd

Just come in,

I don’t!

If you are a reader,

And there’s nothing to read,

I guess I still write the old stuff,

So just come in…

If you are penniless,

I have been broke too,

Financials have never been my forte,

Won’t ask you what your bank account holds,

Come in..

If you probably think you have Asparagus,

I promise I won’t stare,

I hate it too; we could laugh it out loud,

Do come in!

The time of my life by Cecelia Ahern

Awkward. awkward. horrible moment!
well, that's just a line from the book...not what the post is about. If by any good chance you have read PS i love you...then you must be aware of the writer, and if you by any chance you just saw the movie, (its a catastrophe! read the novel n you'll know! )
Anyways, unlike her few experimental ones, Thanks for the memories (which was ok!) the book of tomorrow (never made sense) , where rainbow ends (absolute delight....for my best friend :p), this one again establishes the supremacy of Cecelia...
Lucy Silchester has been living a life of lies. Reason:- Embarrassment, confusion etc etc...n then one day she receives request for appointment, its with her life!
n her life isn't what others know about, stories she has told, lies she has weaved...then she meets the man who introduces to her as her life! The guy who knows every bit and piece about her, her lies, is no more willing to let her continue digging the shithole for herself!
A very beautiful comedy...n after quite a while i saw the reflection of Holly (P.S I LOVE YOU ONE!) in Lucy.
loved her sarcasm and wittiness...
if your life has been kinda gloomy, do read!

Amazing country music

forget Taylor swift!

I am assuming most of you have heard Jolene (through glee or 90210), the legendary song that phrases like this…

Jolene, jolene, jolene, jolene
I m begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, jolene, jolene, jolene
Please don't take him just because you can

Well beautiful song undoubtedly, one of the dolly patron’s best till date…

I would suggest go on you-tube, and sing along, it feels librating…

But my favorite, the one with lyrics so beautiful that every time i hear it I just wanna imagine myself cycling along the beautiful mountain landscapes is Wildflower…

The hills were alive with wildflowers 
And I was as wild, even wilder than they 
For at least I could run, they just died in the sun 
And I refused to just wither in place 
 

So if you do love country music, try these two…they just lift your spiritsJ

SPOKEN POETRY...

Finally I am doing this, so you better like it! My first attempt at spoken poetry…

Dear god,

I remember the first memory I have of your house,

Must say you had so many members,

To my over-imaginative brain it felt like a huge open doll house!

Clothing and accessories!

And I wanted to participate,

Your guy,

Yeah, the one with bald head and a pony tail from the middle,

He glared at me like I was laughing at his tummy!

(no, it was just his hair style)

Anyways, I was shshshed by my father, nuisance…

 My mother crouched and whispered into my ear ‘ask something and he’ll give!’

I didn’t know what I should really ask for,

Lots of dolls, n all adults shifted to mars,

that was already ruled out,

Who would do the chores?

Then it became clear,

I pleaded ‘please Miss Dolly goes’

Yeah the specks one who slapped me twice, (for no apparent reason)

And the week that went by,

Miss dolly was married and gone,

So dear god, we finally had a relationship,

I ask and you give…

I remember the high school final physics practical,

Standing in a line and I kept whispering into your ears,

“No ohm’s law and I’ll be a good girl”

Almost hundred times I did the chant,

Only to cry like a girl from Bangalore who won the miss world tag!

That day I got the easiest experiment in the entire class,

You saved me! N my friends hated my guts…

Our new relationship, the give n take,

To my displeasure formed…

I must have done few more sins,

But you owed me big time,

Throughout two years you merely became the sadist spectator of my pain,

Ok, I understand I never promised holiness,

But then I did not invited mess to my place…

Anyways…it felt like we were on cold war,

I wouldn’t be writing this to you if I didn’t understand…

Everything I wished for never meant to be true…

Remember that high school crush I longed to see,

Thank god you never heard,

He was a sicko, or so I hear…

And yes the marks thing…

I understand you have others to please …

But I don’t know; where are we heading?

You have been good to me past few couple of weeks,

And for that I think I must forgive,

And you should do the same…

For I never meant it when I said to that boy that you are insane

It was just a raging moment,

And of course now that boy never waves me back,

He is on your side I guess…

So Dear god,

Wherever we are going,

We don’t need to rush things at all,

We’ll give it time and see if you could just do me few favors…

the story!

They say soldiers who have been to war, and seen it all and survived…they bond over those stories, like they share a connection, the same objective of trying to make sense, miss those who have been lost.

Somehow we all have stories, our own war stories, from surviving an appointment with the dentist to losing a friend, or may be a fight that suffuses the awkwardness, the smile of the probable crush, a heartbreak, just a casual fight with the person you love…and yes each one of us have painful secrets.

Why do people write, sing, and paint? Well they weave a story searching for a companion, someone who knows what’s its like to go through the stuff…to figure out sometimes what it is is actually they want!

N sometimes the character that actually never existed, but in a page, or may be a reflection of somebody that might have been, or just a wishful pondering.

Whatever it is we want out of them, they sure will in time help us to know what we want out of life!

   

When god was rabbit by Sarah Winman

A super impressive debate! The novel has a lovable flow to it, last night i picked the book and by afternoon i was done! not once did it cross my mind to save it for further moments, not even a promising chilled night sleep could keep me away from the beautiful characters, that Sarah Winman has drawn.


Uncanny the title might seem as of now, but it totally suits the theme.Every child dwells on the notion of whether god exists or not. For seven year old Elle, god(she named him so) is her sweet rabbit that eleven year old brother Joe surprised her with on Christmas. Its about memories of nascent childhood, the era when they were young, and god was a rabbit! 


This book is about friendship, brother and sister, innocence. Most of all its about a lovely family, their sticking together through thick and thin . With the distance that seeps in between brother and sister as they grow up, choose their life.Humor is beautifully intertwined. You won't get bored at all!

i am not going to blurt out the story line, read for yourself, for the bonds you must have created over the years....