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My Boyhood Days

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Rabindranath Tagore is one of the greatest authors ever in the Indian as well as world history. This book gives us a chance to peep into this famous personality's childhood. Originally written in Bengali under the title of "Chelebela", the 88 paged translated book gives the reader a feeling very close to the one that comes while reading the original. The simple language is illustrative and very descriptive. One disadvantage of the book is that, it is neccessary for the reader to be familiar with little bit of Bengali as the essays contain many Bengali words. This issue too has been solved to some extent by the editor with meanings of certain words and phrases below the page.<br />Comming to the story, it just goes on with a certain continuity where  the author describes his boyhood days and the precious relationships he shared with his surroundings, mother, brothers, "Bouthakruns"(sister-in law), servants and tutors in a lovely fashion. He hated school and routine study. Rabindranath , as a boy kept to himself. His description of - he in his play with his toy, the palanquin is a part I enjoyed thoroughly. His vivid elaborations of his surroundings remind the reader of the old lanes, houses, people and atmosphere of Calcutta during the British period.<br />The book should be read by one and all for a glimpse of the remarkable person's remarkable childhood.<br />                                      <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dJx2voQAIACg41OYpk2saGh8tVfSYX8bLtrOwCvCXLinfiCs3yooOiVA-c3JBWUs97Qi5cEVvAwD5Kp7h-PmV2nhkfyeh65LMCnPWxp0apaQw36rriYI-eGXEp7DNe8jnzMjtnECPXe4/s1600/my-boyhood-days-.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dJx2voQAIACg41OYpk2saGh8tVfSYX8bLtrOwCvCXLinfiCs3yooOiVA-c3JBWUs97Qi5cEVvAwD5Kp7h-PmV2nhkfyeh65LMCnPWxp0apaQw36rriYI-eGXEp7DNe8jnzMjtnECPXe4/s1600/my-boyhood-days-.jpeg" /></a></div><br /></div>

My Boyhood Days

Rabindranath Tagore is one of the greatest authors ever in the Indian as well as world history. This book gives us a chance to peep into thi...

The Secret Garden - Unabridged

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">At first when I had my first glance at the cover, I felt that it must be a really boring and gloomy sort of book but now when I have finished reading the 276 paged book, I recollect the famous saying- "Don't judge a book by it's cover".<br />I am the happiest when I am among beautiful and colourful flowers and standing on a carpet of velvety green grass and all around me is nature and nothing else, accompanying the fragrances of wet mud, flowers and leaves which fill your lungs to the fullest and the chirps of different birds which please your ears. This book gave me the same feeling. I adore the story very much but at the same time think that it maybe a little boring and difficult to read for them who are uncomfortable with any English other that pure British or American English cause this book contains a lot of English in the Yorkshire accent. This did not affect me as I was getting to learn something new as well as hugely interested in the altogether awesome story. The novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett also conveys a message to young children that is to nurture positivity in their minds due to it's uncountable benefits, the foremost being- a healthy body.<br />I sometimes put myself in the place of Mary ( the main character) while I was reading the book, and saw things around with Mary's eyes. It was undescribably wonderful. As I realised myself to chit chat with Colin( who was the most spoiled lad ever), it brought a smile onto my face. Dickon is my favourite character in this book due to the same reason that Colin was eager to meet him, that is, he was an animal charmer and knew almost every thing about his beloved flowers and gardens.<br />I would encourage you to read this book to explore "The Secret Garden" with your own visualisation and imagination.<br />                                             <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBprjmrnxOE1VWXDQ6mIQoxh2q2laTss7PapmL7REhlhD80ugu4SIHLQ2k0P0TUCsPWKq8Itdicz95NbfIBSAS7vMZY22PZzMAm8WN3YbeLYQf-wAioasvePZgHVqfweh7_iqQ0pde2Xtq/s1600/the+secretgarden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBprjmrnxOE1VWXDQ6mIQoxh2q2laTss7PapmL7REhlhD80ugu4SIHLQ2k0P0TUCsPWKq8Itdicz95NbfIBSAS7vMZY22PZzMAm8WN3YbeLYQf-wAioasvePZgHVqfweh7_iqQ0pde2Xtq/s1600/the+secretgarden.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div>

The Secret Garden - Unabridged

At first when I had my first glance at the cover, I felt that it must be a really boring and gloomy sort of book but now when I have finishe...

Tales from Shakespeare -Charles and Mary Lamb

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Shakespeare's is considered to be one of the greatest contributions to English literature. I, once tried to read the unabridged, not retold version of Shakespeare but got fed up due to the difficulty of that old and boring language in addition to the prelonged texts. When I procured this retold version I was relieved and immediately started reading it in a haste so that I could taste Shakespeare's as quickly as possible. Slowly I realized that reading this book in a haste meant reading just for the sake of claiming that you have read . So I reduced my pace and gently went through the passages. The variety of stories impressed me but the bad part is that even after trying a lot I couldn't find any humour in the great 14 comedies out of the 20 tales inspite of the excellent usage of wit in the stories. I thought the tragedies would make me cry but surprisingly enough they didn't . I merrily accepted the facts without letting the tales touch my heart. One thing to be accepted that each and every story taught the reader morals and values. The stangeness of fate and destiny were very well expressed in the stories.<br />I would recommend this particular famous retold version to growing children so that they experiece a different diversity of tales. The real Shakespeare as I said earlier is too complicated. These 20 tales will delighten and enlighten it's readers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDPLZYbK8ekIF-McNImWCvwT5EqVv06X2TF9bJCkvdhHUn5fUSHlYfVySO665F0JrWcf7xkuq4bm0VjMmY5ZQ5SgtwbjM9BOVAF_1rbQtuOiWyc0vrEx52KN8-38OIUzIkFp3tFfjBKcV/s1600/shakespeare.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDPLZYbK8ekIF-McNImWCvwT5EqVv06X2TF9bJCkvdhHUn5fUSHlYfVySO665F0JrWcf7xkuq4bm0VjMmY5ZQ5SgtwbjM9BOVAF_1rbQtuOiWyc0vrEx52KN8-38OIUzIkFp3tFfjBKcV/s1600/shakespeare.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div>

Tales from Shakespeare -Charles and Mary Lamb

Shakespeare's is considered to be one of the greatest contributions to English literature. I, once tried to read the unabridged, not ret...