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Sound of Blue

Sound of Blue.

Sound of Blue is wonderful novel penned down by Holly Panye. Much renowned novelist of 'Virgins Knot' took this time a pager journey of refugees. She has beautifully portrayed all character despite being very unknown to them. Such empathic writing is hard to find.

Set in 1992, Sara Foster, American teacher landed up in Hungary to teach english to Croatian refugees. Where she has to teach them english in future and present tenses only. Because past is burn in ashes and nobody finds truth in ashes. Their future lies in new alignments and in new setups.

It's fable of english teacher fall in love with refugee music composer, child in search of his mother, in nutshell refugee in wait to end the war and return home. What destiny brought them  together in the shelter a physical place where they all assembled to be saved from bombing by Yugoslavian aircrafts. People lost their dear ones in the war for some no reasons.

Author has narrated the agony of refugee in some odd three hundred pages. Narration is such spellbinding in nature for readers to flick from one page to other. The surviving pain is beautifully sketched on each and every page. Our lives are so much intertwined with lives of other with fiber of affection. The character of Sara Foster will definitely give you a strength and courage to work in uncertain environment. She taught us the importance of pursuance in much tough times.

One of the last line which I love a lot in this novel is 'refuge was not a place but a condition of human heart'.


Happy Reading!

Faith
Amol Nakve

Padma

Lotus for Lotus

Super 30………...

Super 30……………

I must say, It’s been so long, since I seen much less-exaggerated biopic from Bollywood. Super 30 is an living biopic on Anand Kumar, the brilliant Mathematician of Patna, who run Super 30 coaching institute from Bihar state of India. By this time readers must have gained little bit of know’s-how’s of the movie. As written in opening line of the same paragraph, I just love this movie because of less exaggeration. It’s a story of ordinary but brilliant mathematician who want to make changes in the lives of aspiring under privileged. All right, for me the catcher-phrase could be a ‘ordinary mold to extra-ordinary’. Anand Kumar is the frame biopic character who started Super 30 coaching classes for under privileged IIT aspirants.  

  

A son of local postman, who raises his kids under tough circumstances and one of his son, became an brilliant mathematician from the state of Bihar, but due to weak economic status of family he failed to broaden his orbitals of further growth. Post his father’s death, he missed his further studies in Cambridge College. To sustain life, he started his livelihood by selling papads in a tiny lanes of Patna. Fortune draws him to worked with private IIT coaching institute as teacher to privileged only. The most intriguing fact of Super 30 is to keep audience spellbound throughout the length. Upon realization of fable of Dronacharya and Eklavya from Mahabharata, he withdrawn himself from the private institute and started him Super 30 where poor and under privileged students were trained to qualify for IIT’s. The conversion process of raw students to qualified pupils had been shown in much simplified and Ziagarnic ways.

Sometimes we feels that the length of the movies could have been shorten to some extent. Director Vikas Bahl’s skills once again tested  and appreciated to give only important to few important events of Anand Kumar. Such a beautiful screenplay.

For my eyes, the best scene would have been two instances. At first, the drowning realization of education business by Anand Kumar because it was point beginning of self-transformation and the climax at end when Super 30 becomes real Super 30, because it proved that transformation can be possible by common people in adverse situations. The film has nice cinematic notes, giant picturesque scene on river Ganga. From cinematographic prospects there is a lot to learn from the movie.

Unlike other Bollywood movies, focus is not at all shifted toward onscreen love life/story of actor and actress, that must have not diluted the focused of the audience throughout the screening. This fact is very well honored by lead actor Hritik Roshan and lead actress Mrunal Thakur. Little bit of on screen romance and scarified separation will not leave audience in trauma. Another genuine piece of direction by director Vikas Bahl. He got the eye for giving utmost importance to utterly important things. For reformist, rebellious, energetic youth audience this movie is fest. On commercial front Super 30 already crossed 100 crore benchmark. I will give 7 rating out of 10 at movie has focused approach, it keeps spellbound, good scrrenplay, better cinematography.

Good to see Hritik Roshan back to action and Action Reply.

Faith

Amol Nakve

Antrangi..........

Firoz Shah Kotla Fort

Firoz Shah Kotla Fort

Firoz Shah Tughalaq took over the charges of Tughlaq Dynasty after the death of Muhamad Bin Tughalaq. He is genuinely believed to be the last active king of Tughlaq Dynasty.  He built this fortress keeping in view of his vision of Delhi’s new city Firozabad.

Kotla which literally means ‘citadel’. Firozabad was the fifth city in Delhi built by emperor to envisaged their own version of vision.  

The fort itself is in the form of massively built stone walls to withstand attacks from Mangols and Afgans.

The fort occupies three main structures, Pyramid structure caring third century Ashokan Pillar, Jami mosque and Baoli.

Pyramid structure caring Ashokan Pillar is 2 story structure, having many cells on each story.

It is believed that Jinns from heaven come here and accepts the request of a folks who sticks their wishes in the form of written note on the walls. Another place for belivers. 

At present it serve as main tourist destination in Delhi City. Nearest metro station being Delhi Gate, one has to walk little with from gate number 3 of metro station to reach the destination. Very well managed by Archeological Survey of India.  

Explorers must visit the place.

Good place for photography. 

Faith

Amol Nakve

Tughlaqabad Fort

Tughlaqabad Fort

Tughlaqabad fort was established by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq in 1321 AD. The fort ruins are situated at southest part of Delhi, capital city of India. Let me tell you a brief history of Tughlaqabad Fort.

Ghazi Malik was honest associate of Khilji ruler. While on a long walk at south hillock with his king, Ghazi Malik suggested the king to built massive fort on this hillocks to prevent and defend Mangols. King sarcastically laugh and told Ghazi Malik  ‘once he become king and start building the fort for himself'. That was the point of ignition of Tughlaq dynasty and fall of Khilji Empire.

Upon acquiring the throne Ghazi Malik renamed himself as Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq and started construction of his dream project. He ordered all labourer of Delhi to work on constructing the fort. While during the same time a saint Nizzamuddin Aulia was working upon building at well ‘baoli’ in his premises. The kings rough order deeply saddened him as his work of construction had been stopped and saint uttered a curse upon him.  ‘ya rahay ujjar, ya rahay gujjars' means ‘either remain inhabited or would live gujjars'. On lines of this course local  gujjars have acquired the fort and started living there.

That’s was the sole reason, the place has been consider as haunted fort in Delhi.

The fort was the stepping stone of Tughlaq dynesty. The fort is connected to Ghiyassuddin’s tomb where his grave is marvellously mounted by causway. A lake once flowing in-between fort and tomb.

The fort itself consisting of three part the citadel, city and royal residency. Once fortress had 52 gates massive bastions, fort walls bazaars, mosque. Now only beautiful remains are speaking the fable of early glory. It takes around two hours to witness the past in remains of Tughlaq king. Meena bazar was center of attraction for me with underground well built cells indicating the gathering of Byers and Sellers.

Preserve and well managed by Archeological Survey of India. Generally opens on every day between 9:30 am to 6:00 pm. No tickets for persons with special abilities. Very good place for photography. And beware of monkeys.


Happy to help and visit Tughalaqabad fort some other day.


Faith
Amol