Hysteria

I want my head to burst into pieces, I want my eyes to get swollen out of sleeplessness, and I want to have a dream, in which an elephant would try to catch me. Dream, well.. what a beautiful word that is.. Once, I dreamt of dining with the duke of Venice, and as soon as I opened my eyes, I found myself lying in the sewage.

Okay.. Okay.. chill...chill.. Everything is under control. Some sort of hysteria is pervading through the walls of my brain.

Oho.. What am I typing about? I started this blog, anticipating it to be an update about what is going on in my life. But, it turned another way. Thank God, this ain't a popular blog. Otherwise, the readers would have shot me dead for posting meaningless stuff like this.

Am at the office, working on this public holiday. No, no.. Don't mistake it to be the diligence concerning my work. Of course, if you know me well, you are not gonna think that way.I'll take leave on a working day instead of this.

At last, Pakistan has started to take actions in order to suppress terrorism. (At least, it looks that way..). It was an audacious thing to do, because the Government will have to take a lot of blame from inside their country, for being swayed by the pressure from India.

I am so thrilled to hear that Chetan Bhagat's new book is going to get released on October 8th. Currently, am reading Life of Pi, winner of the Man Booker prize, 2002. Hope to finish it soon.

The reluctant fundamentalist - Mohsin Hameed

This book, which found a place in the short list for Man Booker prize 2007, is a portrayal of how a Pakistani Muslim's life changes after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The story begins as the author, guides An American tourist, along the streets of Lahore. The author describes his story to the tourist as they have food together from a road side restaurant.

The author did his graduation from Princeton University in New York and he acquired a high paid job there itself. He fell in love with an American girl, Erica, during his Princeton days. But, Erica was a girl who had lost her lover, who was also her childhood companion. Her love towards Chris, was so strong and true that she could not accept the truth that he was no more, even several years after his death took place.

Erica liked the author, but it was not possible for her give away the space in her heart that was once occupied by Chris. At one occasion, author and Erica tried to have sex with each other, but she failed to get aroused. She confessed that it has been always like that ever since Chris died.

Erica believed that Chris was not gone yet and her mind refused to accept the truth. She found more pleasure in living with Chris, in a virtual world created in her mind. Gradually, she withdrew from all social activities.

By that time, the 9/11 attacks had taken place. It totally changed the way Americans looked at Muslims. The author had a beard and it made people look at him suspiciously. He had to face abuses from people walking along the road. Some of them turned hostile at him. He was deeply upset by all these. As a consequence of the terrorist attacks, American army invaded Afghanisthan, a muslim dominated country. The author couldn't help questioning the righteousness of the Americans.

After a few months, terrorists attacked the Indian parliament. india turned belligerent on Pakistan and a war was on the cards. The author was very unhappy because India was threatening his homeland. (That's the only place where I had to disagree with the author. It's difficult for any country to watch it's parliament being attacked and do nothing.. isn't it?). He got distracted from his work because of all these, and also due to Erica's matter.

By that time, Erica had gone away to a distant place so that she could live alone with the thoughts about Chris. The author got fired from his company and he had to go back to Pakistan. He went to meet Erica for te last time, but she had gone missing.

Hearing the whole story, the American started to be a bit suspicious. But the author proudly declares that all pakistanis are not terrorists just like all Americans are not under cover assassins.

Brilliant, according to me. It got straight away into my favorite list.

Back to work..

Em back at office today, after the onam vacation. This Onam was pretty special and unforgettable for me. My Dad, Mom, Sis and Bro in law were all at home. And that was a very rare thing to happen.

I couldn't find much time for reading and all. Eating, sleeping and chatting with relatives stole most of my time. Completed reading 'The reluctant fundamentalist' by Mohsin Hameed. I loved the book. It has got into my favorite list straight away.

Started reading 'The secret' by Rhonda Byrne. At first, I was under the impression that It's just another inspirational book. But later, I felt that it is somewhat different. The whole book is based on a single, small, concept. Back

Cat, Jmet, Xat etc. are on the way. I have had hardly any time to prepare since I joined for job. And I can't expect any of these exams to be a cakewalk. Let me try and do my best..