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Just a thought.
If we were to follow what we plan, life would be with less disappointment. Then again, disappointments lead to energized determinations which is a good thing, unless you end up being depressed. And, lets not go in that direction.

PORLOCK

I sleep
to meet my Kubla Khan.
a deadline,
becomes my Porlock.

Oh, Coleridge!
even after all these years
I can taste
your aggravator.

The List. (from June 014)

S.N	NAME OF A BOOK	NAME OF AN AUTHOR	STATUS/REMARK
1.	1Q84 [TRYLOGY]	Haruki Murakami	I loved reading this book. However, I felt the ending was rushed.
2.	Ghamkiri	Nayan Raj Pandey	Even with all its understanding on globalization, consumerism and capitalism it was a difficult reading.
3.	South of the Border, West of the Sun	Haruki Murakami	Fantasy included as it is always in Murakami’s writing. Though made me think about things. It didn’t put any impression for long.
4.	The Tiger Rising	Kate DiCamillo	Nice story of growing up.
5.	The Complete Collected Poems	Maya Angelou	Very inspiring poems of everything and anything. Loved reading her.
6.	Elephant Moon	John Sweeney	I enjoyed reading it since it had about teaching and war, some love story to feel good about. Still, not much of a good utilization of my time.
7.	Kafka on the Shore	Haruki Murakami	I was intrigued by the story. It has Murakami’s style all over it. However, the incest did put me off.
8.	East of the Sun	Julia Gregson	Had started reading when I was in Sri Lanka. Had found interesting for some reason (could be due to holiday!). When I read it whole, I enjoyed but not full utilization of my time.
9.	Flora & Ulysses	Kate DiCamillo	Made me laugh and enjoy the story of a squirrel hero.
10.	Sophie’s World	Jostein Gaarder	7th time? Always mind blowing read.
11.	An Autography : The Experience with my Experiments with Truth	M.K Gandhi	First time read the so called an ‘autography’. I must say I enjoyed reading it though at times I did doze off.
12.	The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane	Kate DiCamillo	3rd time? My favourite from DiCamillo.
13.	The Magician’s Elephant	Kate DiCamillo	Interesting one.
14.	The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	I don’t remember how many times it has been.
15.	The Pickup	Nadine Gordimer	December 2014 It has booked itself on my ‘FAVOURITE BOOKS’ list. Thoroughly enjoyed the writing, characterization, story and everything.
16.	The Conservationist	Nadine Gordimer	No clue: longest struggle. February 2015
17.	The Fault in Our Stars	John Green	February 2015 Teenage romance. I felt too old to dwell on such reading. But, I would say ‘not bad’ though for me ‘waste of time’.
18.	Taruni Kheti	Sarubhakta	February 2015 My first reaction was to berate myself for being so naïve on Nepali literature. I found myself arrogant and stupid for not being able to see this treasure. I practically worship Sarubhakta for this awesome book.
19.	Gone Girl	Gillian Flynn	February 2015 Awesome book for time pass. The suspense, the thriller and the twisted psychology of characters. It was a good read. Interesting gift for your friends.
20.	The Last Time As We Are	Taylor Mali	04/03/2015 Loved his poems, not all of them. But, no doubt very inspiring one.
21.	The Tale of Despereaux	Kate DiCamillo	06/03/2015 Good story for children. Loved it, anyway.
22.	Men Without Women	Ernest Hemingway	15/03/2015 Good short stories. Good for familiarizing oneself with Hemingway.
23.	Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories	Ernest Hemingway	20/03/2015 Each and every stories have a great way of hooking you to it. Earnest Hemingway is, currently, my inspiration.
24.	True at First Light: A Fictional Memoir	Ernest Hemingway	26/03/2015
25.	Sacred Mountain	Robert Ferguson	Just started reading (26/03/2015) First impression is that the writing is bumpy and gives off an impression of amateur writing. I thought it was published ages ago.  (makes me scared of my writing) 09/04/2015 I am happy to report that I enjoyed it. It is a good book. But, minor spelling, grammar mistakes are very irritating.
26.	And The Mountains Echoed	Khaled Hosseini	10/04/2015 It looks promising. I am enjoying for now. But, Hosseini’s formula for tears had put me off from his writing of ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’.

Bahubali: The Beginning Vs Bajarangi Bhaijan

Hindi language is not difficult to understand for Nepalese. So, Bollywood movies are popular in Nepal. Salman Khan's Bajarangi Bhaijan, which was released two weeks ago is still doing good business in the capital of Himalayan nation. Bahubali: The Beginning, a Telugu and Tamil movie was released a week before Bajarangi Bhaijan is also still screening on cinema halls of Kathmandu.

Bahubali: The Beginning and Bajarangi Bhaijan tell different stories. Bahubali: The Beginning is a story of an ancient kingdom of Mahishmati and Prabhas is the protagonist of this movie with powerful arms. On other hand, Bajarangi Bhaijan based on the story of how ordinary people’s life suffers due to bitter relationship between India and Pakistan. Salman plays the role of a ‘simpleton’ person from Brahman family who goes through different hardships to help a little Pakistani Muslim girl return to her family.

Both movies are very successful from the business point of view.

In my opinion, Bajarangi Bhaijan is a perfect example of commercial traditional Bollywood movie. I watched Bajarangi Bhaijan with my friend Smita and her sister Prativa. While the movie was running, Smita predicted almost every events in the movie as if she was its scriptwriter but Prativa enjoyed with emotional moments.

I watch movies for time-pass and refreshment. So, I like Bajarangi Bhaijan more. But, I don’t agree with the claims that it’s the great movie of Bollywood. Bahubali: The Beginning is a great movie with its making but ending is disappointing. It is like watching a TV serial when it continuous on 2016.

Non the less, though personally I don't like war movies, if anyone is interested in ancient war culture and politics of the kingdom, they are definitely going to enjoy watching Bahubali: The Beginning.

FIRST ONE.

Namaste!

The blog has been started to keep my promise to my amazing friend.

This is my commitment to myself.

For learning!