The last day of 2007 has finally arrived, like almost every year this year too slipped by at an amazing speed. We had kicked off 2007 at a lake house in Tennessee, this year we would be welcoming 2008 at home.
Year 2007 was great, it started with Silver Jubilee celebrations of Art of living foundation in Atlanta, a short trip to India (it was the shortest trip I had to India - 5 days), met Guruji just before starting my new job in July, and the best of all is the blessing of a new soul in our life that will soon be born in early 2008 and we both are excited, ready and a bit anxious to hold our bundle of joy. Also, this year our family has been scattered in 3 different continents at the same time, Asia, Europe and America. Thanks to internet and Skype that helped us to stay connected. Skype has been a blessing, really!!
Today is just like any other day, just that it happens to be the last day of a year and that tomorrow is the first day of a new year fills me up with hope, excitement and renewed enthusiasm to bring out my to-do list for the year...for 2008, I hope to loose a few pounds, go to Yes+ TTC 2, and enjoy being a parent - the job description includes but is not limited to changing diapers, staying up at nights, keeping all senses awake 24/7/365 to ensure safety of the little one, in return one is promised to feel blissful just watching the baby grow and observing seemingly simple yet precious acts. Hope to post more about the experience in the new year.
Wish you all a Happy, healthy and prosperous new year!!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
A Thousand Splendid Suns
It has been a long while I posted anything on my blog. For most part of it, it has been a total lack of inspiration and the remaining would be laziness. But today, after spending almost an entire day reading Khaled Hosseini's - A Thousand Splendid Suns, I have finally found something to write about.
I am not an avid reader of any kind of book, my enthusiasm to read books wanes as fast as it surges up and I have left quite a few books half read, but I must say that Khaled Hosseini might have changed that. I have read both of his published books - The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns within a day from the time I picked each of them up to read.
Both the books are fictional stories about people in Afghanistan with a backdrop of non-fictional political and social turmoil that the country has been seeing for the last several decades.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is about two women Mariam and Laila from two different generations who are raised in completely different circumstances and how their lives get intertwined due to various circumstances. The way Khaled Hosseini tells the story is really touching, gut wrenching at times. The characters come to life with every chapter and after reading a few pages your mind gets transported to the villages and cities in Afghanistan, sometimes to the lush green fields of Herat, and at other times to the busy streets of Kabul One can almost feel and smell the war torn, bomb shelled streets and hear the whistling of rockets as you read through the story. It is the connection that you develop with the characters is what keeps you from keeping the book down. What happens to Mariam as she waits at the door steps of her father home, does he let her in or does he not, what happens to Laila as she gets hit by a rocket, or do Mariam and Laila escape out of Kabul without getting caught by the Taliban soldiers...every time I thought I could keep it down, there were always some questions like these that kept me from doing so...
After finishing the book, there was a spontaneous sense of gratitude for all that I have and felt so lucky to born in a country like India, free and democratic. Also, one cannot but feel empathy towards all the Afghani people for what they have been enduring for last few generations.
I am not an avid reader of any kind of book, my enthusiasm to read books wanes as fast as it surges up and I have left quite a few books half read, but I must say that Khaled Hosseini might have changed that. I have read both of his published books - The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns within a day from the time I picked each of them up to read.
Both the books are fictional stories about people in Afghanistan with a backdrop of non-fictional political and social turmoil that the country has been seeing for the last several decades.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is about two women Mariam and Laila from two different generations who are raised in completely different circumstances and how their lives get intertwined due to various circumstances. The way Khaled Hosseini tells the story is really touching, gut wrenching at times. The characters come to life with every chapter and after reading a few pages your mind gets transported to the villages and cities in Afghanistan, sometimes to the lush green fields of Herat, and at other times to the busy streets of Kabul One can almost feel and smell the war torn, bomb shelled streets and hear the whistling of rockets as you read through the story. It is the connection that you develop with the characters is what keeps you from keeping the book down. What happens to Mariam as she waits at the door steps of her father home, does he let her in or does he not, what happens to Laila as she gets hit by a rocket, or do Mariam and Laila escape out of Kabul without getting caught by the Taliban soldiers...every time I thought I could keep it down, there were always some questions like these that kept me from doing so...
After finishing the book, there was a spontaneous sense of gratitude for all that I have and felt so lucky to born in a country like India, free and democratic. Also, one cannot but feel empathy towards all the Afghani people for what they have been enduring for last few generations.
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