Moments of glee,followed by eons of agony..
If that’s how its gonna be..
I would still hang on...
Cos someday when time stands still, and tides are low…
I’ll find myself back where I always belonged..
Cherishing you, worshipping u.. all my life..
That’s when the story begins..
A path to eternal glory and long lost paradise….
Ash
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Humor is good!
I wanted to take a break on classics for a long time, but couldn’t do it for various reasons. It so happened that I was strolling in landmark aimlessly one fine day, when I just bumped into P G Wodehouse collection. There were huge rows of books by him and I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to read them, since it was in the comics section. After much deliberation I decide to give it a try. But what lay ahead of me was a huge pile of collection which seemed like a series of episodes springing from a single concept. Hence I was stuck in a tedious task of picking up something which would make some sense if I were to read it for the first time. I did find a book and surprisingly it seemed like an independent story. So I bought it without a second’s hesitance. I was all excited to read something which I had never laid my hands on!
I finished “Piccadilly Jim” in a matter of 4 days, (That was the first time I finished reading a book this quick, since it usually takes ages to finish a classic) at the end of which, I declared that it was the most hilarious comedy ever written! I can hardly fathom a humour so well illustrated that which makes the reader laugh his heart out. What a sublime comedy indeed! Wodehouse was a comic genius who could just throw you into fits of laughter in a jiffy.
The books I read so far were either drama or play. After reading a comedy for the first time, I have begun to feel I should be reading more of them interspacing a comedy after every drama! It’s highly relieving and rejuvenating to read Wodehouse. His works are mainly light humor, and quintessentially British - the typical “Stiff upper lip” stereotypes. They are humorous yet subtle. It takes mighty talent to deliver a comedy that would appeal both to a literary critic as well as to a bibliophile!
There are different levels of humour that can excite a reader; rather the reader has his own levels or limits of responding to a humour. A humour that can stimulate one may not stimulate the other. Wodehouse has a profound way of writing. He has flair to capture both the morose and the witty alike. He defined a new dimension to the world of light humor which is of great significance especially during the time when humor was highly overshadowed by mainstream fiction/non-fiction. Wodehouse took a modest attitude to his own works. He once wrote:
"I go in for what is known in the trade as 'light writing' and those who do that – humorists they are sometimes called – are looked down upon by the intelligentsia and sneered at."
A normal Wodehouse plot lies in the tangled layers of comedic complications that the characters must endure to reach the invariable happy ending. His work contains a number of recurring protagonists, narrators and principal characters, including Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves; his Aunt Dahlia and Aunt Agatha, Bingo Little, friend of Bertie Wooster, Freddie Widgeon, member of the Drones Club, Gussie Fink-Nottle, noted newt fancier, Sir Watkyn Bassett, owner of Totleigh Towers, Madeline Bassett, daughter of Sir Watkyn and the likes.
From the moment I started reading Wodehouse, I was instantly drawn to see humor in a different light than before. And Wodehouse in particular will remain one of my favorites forever.
I finished “Piccadilly Jim” in a matter of 4 days, (That was the first time I finished reading a book this quick, since it usually takes ages to finish a classic) at the end of which, I declared that it was the most hilarious comedy ever written! I can hardly fathom a humour so well illustrated that which makes the reader laugh his heart out. What a sublime comedy indeed! Wodehouse was a comic genius who could just throw you into fits of laughter in a jiffy.
The books I read so far were either drama or play. After reading a comedy for the first time, I have begun to feel I should be reading more of them interspacing a comedy after every drama! It’s highly relieving and rejuvenating to read Wodehouse. His works are mainly light humor, and quintessentially British - the typical “Stiff upper lip” stereotypes. They are humorous yet subtle. It takes mighty talent to deliver a comedy that would appeal both to a literary critic as well as to a bibliophile!
There are different levels of humour that can excite a reader; rather the reader has his own levels or limits of responding to a humour. A humour that can stimulate one may not stimulate the other. Wodehouse has a profound way of writing. He has flair to capture both the morose and the witty alike. He defined a new dimension to the world of light humor which is of great significance especially during the time when humor was highly overshadowed by mainstream fiction/non-fiction. Wodehouse took a modest attitude to his own works. He once wrote:
"I go in for what is known in the trade as 'light writing' and those who do that – humorists they are sometimes called – are looked down upon by the intelligentsia and sneered at."
A normal Wodehouse plot lies in the tangled layers of comedic complications that the characters must endure to reach the invariable happy ending. His work contains a number of recurring protagonists, narrators and principal characters, including Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves; his Aunt Dahlia and Aunt Agatha, Bingo Little, friend of Bertie Wooster, Freddie Widgeon, member of the Drones Club, Gussie Fink-Nottle, noted newt fancier, Sir Watkyn Bassett, owner of Totleigh Towers, Madeline Bassett, daughter of Sir Watkyn and the likes.
From the moment I started reading Wodehouse, I was instantly drawn to see humor in a different light than before. And Wodehouse in particular will remain one of my favorites forever.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Just another post!
A couple of weeks ago, i happened to watch the movie "Wuthering Heights" on The History Channel, and was instantly drawn to write on my most sought after passions in life!!
Ever since i started reading English classics, which dates back to my early schooling days, i was fascinated by the beauty of England. Be it Jane Austen, Shakespeare,or Wimbledon itself! I wondered why most poets and authors came from England and why all novels should be based in the backdrop of the English counties! And one novel in particular, left in my heart, a feeling so strong, nurturing which I grew up to find my soulmate one day who coincidentally shared with me the dream of a lifetime! The novel was "Wuthering Heights" and the dream was Yorkshire!!
Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte's only novel to be published (Emily Bronte is one among the 3 great Bronte sisters) .The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres.(As an adjective, wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather.) According to legend, Wuthering Heights is considered by some as Emily Bronte's Autobiography. The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys both themselves and many around them. Heathcliff- the name itself signifies something as wild as the moors, yet so strong. The romantic love story is based in Yorkshire and the moors form the base of the plot.
Yorkshire is a historic county in the Northeren part of England. Part of Yorkshire county is nicknamed "The Bronte Country" in their honour. What enchants me the most about Yorkshire does not lie in its splendid unparalled natural beauty, but its constant relevance and association with Bronte novels. It surpasses all my imagination to visualize something so encapsulating as the moors and the valleys.
Since ages, England has been synonymous with Education, Science and Literature and what fascinates me the most about England is its contribution to world literature in particular. Be it Wordsworth, Shakespeare or Jane Austen, England has produced some of the best literary geniuses of the world! While Austen's novels give us an insight into a typical English lifestyle , Wordsworth's poems capture the beauty of England. Shakespeare needs no introduction! Every literate being on earth would have atleast read one of his works in his/her lifetime. In fact, England has been associated with most of us since childhood. Who can forget the rhyme "London bridge is falling down" even if they wanted to? And the fairy tales like- Alice in wonderland and Gulliver's travels, all of which have in one way or the other influenced our thoughts.
I have from the very beginning experienced the impact of English literature on my education. To me, England means Education and culture.
I couldn't have been luckier- someone truly and deeply agrees with me and shares my views on this one. This one is for both of us dude!! :) It was long pending...
cheers...
Ever since i started reading English classics, which dates back to my early schooling days, i was fascinated by the beauty of England. Be it Jane Austen, Shakespeare,or Wimbledon itself! I wondered why most poets and authors came from England and why all novels should be based in the backdrop of the English counties! And one novel in particular, left in my heart, a feeling so strong, nurturing which I grew up to find my soulmate one day who coincidentally shared with me the dream of a lifetime! The novel was "Wuthering Heights" and the dream was Yorkshire!!
Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte's only novel to be published (Emily Bronte is one among the 3 great Bronte sisters) .The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres.(As an adjective, wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather.) According to legend, Wuthering Heights is considered by some as Emily Bronte's Autobiography. The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys both themselves and many around them. Heathcliff- the name itself signifies something as wild as the moors, yet so strong. The romantic love story is based in Yorkshire and the moors form the base of the plot.
Yorkshire is a historic county in the Northeren part of England. Part of Yorkshire county is nicknamed "The Bronte Country" in their honour. What enchants me the most about Yorkshire does not lie in its splendid unparalled natural beauty, but its constant relevance and association with Bronte novels. It surpasses all my imagination to visualize something so encapsulating as the moors and the valleys.
Since ages, England has been synonymous with Education, Science and Literature and what fascinates me the most about England is its contribution to world literature in particular. Be it Wordsworth, Shakespeare or Jane Austen, England has produced some of the best literary geniuses of the world! While Austen's novels give us an insight into a typical English lifestyle , Wordsworth's poems capture the beauty of England. Shakespeare needs no introduction! Every literate being on earth would have atleast read one of his works in his/her lifetime. In fact, England has been associated with most of us since childhood. Who can forget the rhyme "London bridge is falling down" even if they wanted to? And the fairy tales like- Alice in wonderland and Gulliver's travels, all of which have in one way or the other influenced our thoughts.
I have from the very beginning experienced the impact of English literature on my education. To me, England means Education and culture.
I couldn't have been luckier- someone truly and deeply agrees with me and shares my views on this one. This one is for both of us dude!! :) It was long pending...
cheers...
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