First Novel that I read!!!

One of my friends used to read books while traveling in bus. Traveling time was almost an hour in the bus when I was with my earlier employer. Except for one of my friends in school days, I don't remember anybody else read books other than school books. I did not develop the habit of reading during school days and it continued during college days as well.

After seeing one of my friends who read books while travelling, I also wanted to taste the effect of reading. I always discuss most of the things with one of my friends. I told him that I wanted to read books. He was also insisting me to read books for long time and he gave me a book. It is the famous Tamil novel "Parthiban Kanavu" (Parthiban's dream) written by famous author Kalki. The initial pages were read only slowly. But after few pages, the book was only page turner. The story revolves around the "Chola" and "Pallava" kingdom.

I liked reading the novel. It brought the entire kingdom in front of the face. The credit goes to the author who has made sincere efforts to portray the scenes as if it is happening on the screen. I used to go to my native place, a kind of town, every summer vacation during my school days. Mostly we preferred bus journey. We never missed seeing many paddy fields and greeneries during our journey. The author brought all the scenes in front of the eyes. 


Books always unfolds the imagination. If we had see any similar type earlier, then that adds to the imagination. The imagination is left to the reader. The author guides the reader to travel through a particular path, the way in which he has mentioned in the book. That is why, some critics have always told that, some films based out of novels has not really come out the way in which, it was penned.


The first novel pulled me towards reading books. Be it a novel, be it a fiction, be it a history, biography, the author must attract the readers to sink into the book. Then only the readers go for next book due to the interest and urge created by the author. Not necessarily the same author, though. Had my first novel would have not been so interesting, I might not have been so keen to read more books of different kind. It is the same way of my first english novel - "Digital Fortress" by Dan Brown. After the speculation of "The Danvinci Code", Dan Brown is almost know to everybody. "Digital Fortress" equally pulled me to read much more and I am happy that I read books during my journey time. 


Happy Reading!!!

Rewinding memories back to Pune

People always rewind their memories when any present incidents look similar to the earlier happened incidents. It was a sudden rain in Chennai couple of days ago. Though rain is a common factor in almost all the places, somehow my memory is connected to Pune, if there is any rain.  


It is just one and half month that I am out of Pune. But the hill stations, I visited, keep coming to my memory when I was sitting at the window seat in the bus. The office was very close by my flat. So I did not get much of a chance to walk or travel in rain for a long time earlier. Nevertheless the duration of the rain was for entire day, week and months continuously. It keeps raining, rather drizzling for almost entire day.


The chill wind with droplets of water, that passes by, with the scent of sand, water and air mixed with, always a pleasant. The smell remains for the whole season and it is present everywhere, office, flat, balcony, balcony plants and everywhere. 


Earlier, every day evening, when I was walking from office to my flat, it neither allowed me to keep my umbrella opened or closed. By the time, I open, it gives indication that the drizzling stopped and by the time, I close, it starts to pour. I have told this over phone, then. I even reached the point that, let it rain or not, let me hold the umbrella opened. The bike ride sitting either at back or front always a good memory to cherish, though I have not ridden bike during rainy season in Pune for many times.


Chennai started to rain? A couple of days ago, only for two-three evenings for about half an hour or so. But the feeling it had created drove my memories back to the last rainy season in Pune. I did not remember enjoying rainy season in Chennai during my school days or college days. The only enjoyment was whether the school or college would announce holiday due to rain. That was the only expectation and enjoyment during those days. Subsequently, the water logging in Chennai makes life miserable in rainy season. This makes many people to hate rain. I am not an exception! But no water logging, no mud splash, and drizzling and chill wind always make a person to enjoy the rain. And that is what made me to enjoy rain in Pune. The same effect in Chennai (at least to the place I belong to, did not have too much of water logging for half an hour rain) made me to rewind my memory back to Pune!