DreamingAway

There could be few but I am yet to hear about the movie which then become a book. It should be a tough job. Pictures speak louder than words and so once the picture is out, it is hard to make them into words. Words enjoy their supremacy when the image that they create doesn't exist or yet to be seen by the world, only the writer's mind sees it. The reverse too is chanllenging. Making a book into a successful movie is also not a easy job. The story is already known, scene by scene. The book writer enjoys creating the scene, the  environment, using words for few pages for every scene. But in the movie, it is almost always goes unmentioned, hardly a second to show the background of the scene. For example, A tea cup; a beautiful tea cup; a beautiful tea cup with hot tea; a beautiful white colour tea cup with red roses printed on them...; In the movie, you can see the teacup, no mention of it, it is upto to you to see the details. I watched the movie The Kite Runner   directe...

Usually, I buy and read book suggested by my friends but no one suggested me to read the book "The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini". I neither heard about it before I accidentally bought it. I was looking for the books I planned to buy in the Chennai Bookfair 2011 and I found this book . There was something attractive, though it was not as beautiful as of many of the books cover design, it should be the cover of it, because all I could see was only the book cover. I took it in my hand and asked myself, should I buy this?, yes was the answer and I bought it. I completed reading this book last week, after keeping it the shelf for almost 2 years. I am glad I got this book. It is one of best books I read in the recent years. The phrase " For you, a thousand times over " lingering in the mind is the proof that I really enjoyed reading this book and moved so much ;) " I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975 ...

I love the strong tea. It doesn't taste that good when you get in the Indian train. I still buy it and drink. It is the pleasure of holding the paper cup and feeling the warmth of it. It is the sweetness of feeling the cup between your lips. It is the delightfulness of the soft breeze and the sound of the moving train. And top of everything, a good book in your hand of accompany you. I went to Kerala to attend one of the weddings last week. Since the journey started at 15:30 hours, I had a great amount of time in the evening. Though, we spent most of the time on chit-chatting, I still managed to get sometime to read the book. I had "The Devil and Miss Prym" by Paulo Coelho and "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" by Mahatma Gandhi. I chose Gandhi's book as it was one of the long pending books that I wanted to read. [to be edited] Kovil Pillai P.

எப்பொழுதாவது பழைய திரைப்பட பாடல்களை கேட்பதுண்டு, கேட்கும்போதெல்லாம் அதன் சுவைதனில் மூழ்காமல் இருப்பதில்லை, இருக்க முயன்று தோற்ற நாள்களும் உண்டு. பாடலின் இசை, படமாக்கிய விதம், நடிகர்களின் பாவங்கள் மற்றும் அழகிய தமிழ் சொற்களின் கலவை உண்மையாகவே கேட்போரை மெய்மறக்கச் செய்யும். இன்னும் ஒருமுறை இம்மாதிரியான பாடல்கள் தோன்றுமா என்றால், நிச்சயமாக இல்லை என்றே சொல்வேன் (எப்பொழுதுமே நல்ல பாடல்கள் வருகின்றன என்பதை மறுக்கவுமில்லை). உன் கண்ணில் நீர் வழிந்தால் திரைப்படம்: வியட்நாம் வீடு இசை: கே. வி. மகாதேவன், புகழேந்தி குரல்: டி.எம்.சௌந்தரராஜன் இயற்றியவர்: கவியரசர் கண்னதாசன் "என் தேவையை யாரறிவார்... உன்னை போல் தெய்வம் ஒன்றே அறியும்" - மிகச் சிறந்த பாடல் ஒன்றுக்கான அத்தனை பாங்கும் கொண்ட வரிகள்(ஒலி + ஒளி). திருமண உறவில் நீண்ட பயணம் கொண்ட எவரையும் உணர்ச்சிப்பூர்வமாக்கும் தன்னிகரில்லாத பாடல். உன்னை கரம் பிடித்தேன் வாழ்க்கை ஒளிமயமானதடி பொன்னை மணந்ததினால் உலகில் புகழும் வளர்ந்ததடி பேருக்கு பிள்ளை என்று பேசும் பேச்சுக்கு சொந்தம் உண்டு என் தேவையை யாரறிவார் உன்னை போல் தெய்வம் ஒன்றே ...

Such is the strength of your mind, such is the beauty of life - you never know what it would bring the next, full of  surprises. You may be playing and laughing with your friends and it could be just a single word someone utter that would take you many years back. You don't have to plan for this going back, you don't have to be predefined to have that thought at that moment, in fact, you never can - it just comes. And the greatness of that is it can make your laughter into tears and tears into smiles. The kid crying for a chocolate, the curly hair of a girl, beach volleyball in the evening, the violet flower next to your campus, "The seasons in the sun", ... a whole lot of reminders, world of reminders. Perhaps that is why old is gold - you attach yourself into the everything of this world; you see your life in everything you see. How strongly they control your very moment of your time, your own emotional balance. You can never list all the things that you remember ...

Read these two books recently. The Peter Principle The Tipping Point Kovil Pillai P.