HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES

 HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES by Salman Rushdie

''What's the use of stories that aren't even true?''

Haroun is the son of a famous storyteller, Rashid who's power to speak is lost when his wife runs away. He is invited to speak at a gathering but whenever he begins to speak only 'ark' is coming out. They(Rashid and Haroun) stay at the Dull lake and Rashid has to tell stories tomorrow morning. As Rashid and Haroun exchange rooms Hauron meets Iff the water genie. Iff explains that Rashid gets his power to tell stories from the Ocean of Streams of stories itself and he has come here to close the connection. Haroun goes to Kahani(earth's moon) meets Butt the hoopoe, Mali the floating gardener, Bagha and Goopy and much more. He learns about Khattam shud the enemy of stories even speech itself. The whole of Gup city along with Haroun and Rashid(who joins in later) are going to war against the Chupwalas to save Batcheat(a princess who is kidnapped)and the Ocean.

At first, I thought that this book would be boring but it prove me wrong.                                                      

 This book was really entertaining. It talks about how graceful darkness and silence could be. It is not about good and evil, light and dark and all those stuff. I would really recommend this book to people who like fantasy and humour.

 I found on the web that Salman Rushdie wrote Haroun and the Sea of Stories as a short novel for his son Zafar, then aged eleven. It was Rushdie’s first book after he had to hide because of a fatwa call for his death.

 

Pottery(again)

 

It's a watermelon. I wanted to use pastel and soft colours but in my opinion, the pink came out a little bit darker.  As you can see I did not improve much                                                                                

I wrote a story

I was bored so wrote some sort of a short story. It does not really have a good plot but it's the best story I have written so far.

Pls, give me reviews.

 THE MISSED LOTTERY TICKET

Me and my gang of friends were sitting at the tea stall chatting and sipping tea and sharing a single sweet bun. A person from the fair came with lottery tickets. Twice every year there were these lotteries and I had a weird habit of buying them every time. I have never won any and I never cared for them. I called him over and bought a ticket with the number 27000. After he went, my friend, Sheela said it was useless to buy a lottery ticket and Neha continued talking about the frauds that happen in these games. Hausa said “ You buy a lottery ticket every year and never win, you have bad luck Varsha you should throw the ticket away” All of them agreed that the ticket had no use. Reluctantly I threw the ticket inside the dustbin and went home. My heart said I shouldn’t have thrown the lottery ticket away. After a week the lottery results have come and I won or at least I would have won. The number that won the lottery was 27000. I felt so sad and heartbroken. I cried for 5 mins about all the things I could have done with that amount of money. I felt wrong for not trusting myself. I know I will hate myself. I know I will regret it but I know I will never get tired of life itself. I know I will do what my heart says, not what others say. With this thought, I got ready for another tedious day of college.

Don't hate me 

Rusty Goes To London

 RUSTY GO TO LONDON by Ruskin Bond

I wanted to read this book because of the cover of course even the author but mainly the cover

Rusty travels to London to fulfil his dream to become a writer. This book is all about his feelings and experiences in London.

What is it about??

Being homesick

missed opportunities that could have made your life better

friends, old and new 

Indian culture's essence.

This book is about life with ups and downs, a little bit of spice and bitterness, and way too many regrets. It reminds us that the author was also a youth, just like us, striving to be seen. 

Great book for 10+ ages 

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

 

Hi, everyone and as know today our country is celebrating its 75th Independence day. 

We got freedom after a long struggle. So many people gave their lives for us and we will never forget their sacrifice. Happy Independence Day

click here to know about some of the unsung freedom fighters of India

and I did this poster

(The animal is supposed to be a tiger, but it looks like a lion...so umm I messed up a little)                           

FIVE GO ADVENTURING AGAIN

 Hey, I have been avoiding this blog because of exams and they are finally over.

Malgudi Days

 MALGUDI DAYS by R.K. Narayan.

R. K. Narayan is among the best known and most widely read Indian novelists. His book Malgudi days is just enchanting.

This book is the chronicles of the lives of people in a town called Malgudi. It shares the lives of entrepreneurs to beggars even dogs. R.K. Narayan's writing style is simple but elegant. The stories are funny, emotional or bittersweet and remind us that life really is all these things.

There are 32 stories and my favourites are Engine trouble, The willing slave, Father's help, Selvi.

It is really great how R. K. Narayan shows the life of common people in a captivating way and with vivid details. The only thing I didn't like was that some stories had an abrupt ending.

No bookshelf is complete without Malgudi days.