Comfort or Plain Reading?

When a young neighbour of mine informed me that the entire collection of ASTERIX can be downloaded for free from a certain site, my ecstasy knew no bounds! The very next day i followed suit and downloaded all the 36 copies!!!

Being an ardent fan of Asterix i just could not wait to start reading it. I waited impatiently like a 12yr old kid, before i could begin my journey through the glorious pages of the comic.After what seemed like a light year of endless waiting (my tests had began a few days back), i started reading after throwing my sister out of the room so that i could achieve absolute solitude while i immersed myself thoroughly in the book.

I think i might have read for 45 min at a stretch when i came to realize that i was nowhere near feeling the thrill that i usually did.And as opposed to before, all the dry humour of Rene' Goscinny which used to crack me up previously were totally getting lost.......not to mention a back ache which slowly seemed to be getting worse!

At that point it sort of hit me that the true feeling of enjoying a book came when you yourself were totally comfortable!

The joy of curling up with a book in a corner and leaning from time to time to have look outside at the grey sky pelting down bullet sized raindrops on a rainy afternoon............the fragrance of the wet earth along with a thrilling mystery novel adds an altogether different kind of aura while reading.

Even at night when u want to read a few pages before u finally decide to doze off for the night it provides you with a certain comfort which i think makes reading more enjoyable..........Books in contrast to the 'E-READING' a concept which has newly come up, can be carried everywhere .For example if you are travelling by metro/bus or waiting for someone or you can hide it inside your text books if you want to give the impression that you are studying, to the people around you..........its much more convenient to carry a book than a laptop!

All in all i think books are a source of constant companion and are totally irreplaceable!
Hence after a lot of soul searching i finally arrived at the conclusion that reading books from the computer were not meant for me as i belong to the old school of thoughts and where the smell of a brand new book still excites me! So i deleted all the books and didn't even feel bad about it later. Although it now means i will have to wait and save money again in order to read all of them!

a la carte

For some reason for the past few days the urge to cook a grand dinner for d family has taken shape.........so am really planning to make a' la carte for them sometime soon!......am yet to decide d menu.........but it wud surely have to be after my exams!!!!!:(

Bong Connection

Despite being a bengali cant say proudly that i have been listening to bengali songs as much as i should have.If i were to quote my mom,she would have definitely said that i listen to maybe 5-6 times a year!But even though i dont hear much,i still keep humming them from time to time so i guess i can safely say that am not totally out of touch!

Sometimes i try and catch up on d radio but the songs they play neither boasts of melody nor makes much sense to me or is simply enough to put everyone to sleep!!!

A few days back i had gone to see bong connection with friends and family and simply fell in love with 'O MAJHI RE' and 'Pagla HAWA'.I didnt think i would enjoy bengali songs so much..........and so much so that i drove nearly everyone insane at my place by repeatedly humming 'O majhi re' again and again!

kudos to Neil coz he has really created very good music and Shaan has crooned it to perfection.Neil has turned out to be as talented as his father Anjan dutta!

Anjan Dutta has always been my favourite when it came to modern/pop music......and his movie has also brought a lot of fresh feelings!