A Day to Cherish

 A farewell program arranged in the premises of SNAM ZPS school of  Narsapuram, recently. And it was all about to bid adieu to the staff  who have gone out on transfer and promotion. School children entertained with mesmerizing songs and dances. Reminiscences exchanged by every one in line of recalling the good old days. All the invitees have been given welcome note right from gates of the school. Dazzling and colorful cultural activities added more pep to the D-day. Narsapuram high school is one of the most accommodated and well equipped ones when considered the schools in the district. And which has been constructed by the NRI brothers belonged to the same village.

On the occasion , school staff and school management committee  honored Dr. N. Madhusudan Rao to obtain a Doctorate in Hindi from Osmania University. Ex - staff donated some contribution to the school to enhance the development activities. Present Head Master Sri Bolla Venkateswarlu thanked them and he said that he would continue the good work until the last day in his service. Sweets were distributed to all the children. SMC chairman Sri M. Vidyasagar and all other invitees including ex-staff have participated in the gala event and said that their stint at the school was a major milestone.  

A Magic Fiction

 

  

Recently read this socio fantasy novel. It's a unique mix of fantasy, magic, black magic, yoga and a sort of  thrilling story of Hindi block buster movie. Further more, dealt with the rights of LGBT people.  Story set in Delhi with an array of characters like Jai Gill and his family members who all adept at black magic, in western sense, witches. But they teach Yoga classes for well off people and keep earning very well.

Rajani sahab and their family  came into the neighborhood  with a conceit motive. Friendship turned rivalry for a weird reason. Secret organizations move with secret missions. You have to read and know it. That's much better. Some unusual and bizarre rituals would also be known while performing sadhana. At climax, we feel that it is an apt material for some Hindi movie to scare people and keep minting money. Writer Zorian Cross is a theater person, perhaps that quality makes the book dramatic and sometimes interesting with suspense creation.

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Cattle lingering

 The cattle was just being gone outside. Some were drinking water in a feeble stream. After that, they would go to further deeper into the forest. No people were there except the shepherd and so they were at their freedom. Have clicked it around the place of Venkatapuram mandal, Mulugu District. Once upon a time it was in the part of Bhadrachalam division. 

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Goats in search of food

 

Clicked the goats at Parnasala. They were busy with grazing and after a few yards ahead, there was Godavari river.

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Winner stands alone

 

Superstitions are common to all , of course, maybe different people have different ones.Some are age old and some modern,of what ...? It could be anything,let me speak my mind first.Thus ,you understand my pain and shattered confidence in detail.This is all about Paulo Coeolho and his novel The Winner stands alone.
Prior to this, I have read some books of Paulo and understood his insight about  the daily routine where many have failed to write in a simple and possible profound style.

This time with the novel cited above not up to the mark in any aspect.Wondered at how poor the narrative looked pale and uninteresting all through the theme delving  into it.That may be called faltering or something ,but it utterly failed to move the reader to further pages,Subject is about scintillating and glitzy world.Already fiction kings attempted them like nothing to leave.Theme is classy and it is all about Cannes film festival,flashy stars,manipulating bigwigs and Super class that knows and plays all intimidating tricks to endure their empire at any cost.

In such kind of festival, our hero Igor and heroine Ewa entered with their own missions.Igor,a Russion business man experienced with Afghanisthan war in his early days.Ewa,his wife ,a designer  but eloped with a fashion magnate of Arab origin called Hamid.Igor came here to get back his sweetheart at any cost and starts eliminating some persons in the part of his play.He keeps signalling all these by messages.In brief,this is all the story.Several characters like Gabriela,Jasmine and Savoy come one by one to support the narrative.

It's all about a murder mystery all through the story.Meanwhile,the details and anecdotes of Cannes ,a small town in France come up to entertain us ,how the nondescript meagerly populated place evolved as a center for flashy stars and so on.Future models and their plans even to the level of sleeping with nobody revealed in its own way.Igor, though killed some persons for the sake of getting his wife back seemed not convincing.And one can raise against it for this silly thought though there were number of ugly ways to do the same.And Igor never thought of being punished with his highly sophisticated technics of killing innocents.

The story and conceiving both are so poor . Suspense is the key, but anybody can guess the  conclusion. Paulo Coelho underestimated the prudence of the reader. Sometimes we get bored and his insights looked lengthy when he thought of saying something high philosophy.

----- Murthy kvvs

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The Great Train journey (A Collection of stories)

  A beautiful short story collection authored by Ruskin Bond. There are thirteen stories, all are filled with train journeys. It is not only about journeys. It's all about what makes a journey for children and adults alike. Sleepy and small railway stations, tunnels, surrounding forests, small towns, people with their usual errands and an enchanting tale telling would make us linger in those places. All stories created from everyday happenings. Yet, we see something witty and life around us. Time stops at Shamili is the lengthy story comparing to other ones.

How a lone watchman who guards tunnel railway tracks amidst the dense forest is portrayed in the story of Dragon in the tunnel. Felt mesmerized and enjoined with him in his works. His salary is meagre but he does it out of love towards the work. Sometimes, wild animals like leopards would take rest in the darkness of tunnels, but the watchman with the help his lamp drove them out because the leopards would be run over by the train. As they both see each other regularly, leopard behaves also friendly.

And all other stories like Snake trouble, The night train at Deoli, Belting around Mumbai, going home, the long day, the woman on the platform no:8 are enjoyable while reading. We become children in some situations and happier about our past incidents. Ruskin Bond's style of writing is unique in everyway. His microscopic view makes us amazing while insects, animals and other creatures were portrayed in a simple yet realistic way. Weaving an interesting story out of a small incident or no incident needs a masterful mind. I constantly draw inspiration from Ernest Hemingway and Ruskin Bond in this regard.

----- Murthy Kvvs

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Creative ways to involve kids with you

 Story telling is the best way to involve kids with us. Deep down, every one of us a story teller with some stories to tell. But very few people has ability to make it an interesting one. What makes a story interesting in the first place ? Clarity and no confusion in a teller. That's what the important quality needed. See, all enchanting story tellers are confident in their work. With that every thing follows, like making it gripping and thrilling in nature. The easier the language , the better. We need to be down to earth. Then only the listener ,importantly kids get connected.

And next, drawing is also the best way to get kids involved. Picaso once said that every child is a painter by birth. It sounds unusual but which will be proved correct if we do a small experiment. Provide color pencils and papers to some children. They grab them without any second thought. And start drawing whatever they have in their minds. With great conviction, they do it. All their drawings have some beauty as they are their brain children. With that habit, they will grow in imagination richly.

The both creative ways mentioned above are my all time favorites in the matter of kids to involve with.

----- Murthy Kvvs

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