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“The Trial” by Franz Kafka

“I thought we were together in this
But it turns out you don’t even consider us ‘together’
I thought we would face it together
But I lost, i lost it all
And all coz of me
Coz it was all too overwhelming
Too soon
I couldn’t get into that trapped life
When our families met I felt like I was in the confession box and everyone was waiting to convict me .
And I had to get away from you
That was the only way I would feel better
Coz i had started to question my existence
But I never stopped loving you
I looked for you everywhere
I looked around
To find someone who wants to be with me but not out of pity but out of pure interest and love if possible
I keep seeing you in everyone
Even in someone’s wife
Or just some other woman who came across me
I thought it was just you who left me
But it turns out everyone else did too
Then someone decided to help me but that was also out of self interest
The person who was hired to help me was not actually doing it
He was actually a part of bureaucracy itself
He was just delaying what was inevitable
Who decided what was inevitable ?
These people, these corrupt people
Somehow it didn’t matter to me much
Coz i was out of place everywhere
I felt trapped everywhere I go
I questioned everything happening in my life
I couldn’t help myself
And eventually they got me and didn’t even tell me what i was charged for
I tried my best
I did believe me
I tried to help myself in spite of my inability to live
And
Eventually it all ended
It ended like a dog
I couldn’t help it
I was ashamed
So much ashamed that
The shame will outlive me till the end of the time …”

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Wrote something related to the book
Hope you guys like it 🙈

Are you writing Plain Reviews or using thesaurus ?

I used to beat myself up for being so plain with the captions and reviews
For using simple words

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But this quote …

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” If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
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Well either this or
You are trying to show off
And using thesaurus..

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We have read many books with simple language and simple words
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And few of them are best of the books
But
Many reviews I see on Instagram and blogs have more complex language than the book itself ..

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I know I have talked about this topic before
But
Then a few days ago I came across one more such review
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I didn’t even feel like liking it
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Then I again came across this quote
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If we have to read each like twice then what’s the point of review..
It makes us understand people don’t understand what review is

What the purpose of review is
It is ment to attract people
And not to scare people
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I have seen many big bookstagrammers and bloggers
Big by existence and not by numbers mind it
They use simple words and
Required amount of paras
Which does it all
These people have less followers than those big paid ones
But they read genuine books
And
Post genuine reviews
And
Important thing is that people value it more than those who have more than 20k followers with reviews of unheard books and the problem is that such books remain unheard even after a year..
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Just thought to appreciate those who still post in their simple language even though they have huge vocabulary 🍻
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Coz they know importance of words..
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Have a great week ahead guys ..
And
Be good to people
So that you won’t have to wonder
‘why bad things happen to me’
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See ya

Is it important to show up?

It is not important to show up
But it is very much important to show up for yourself .

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To show up for yourself
To do what you love
To do what makes you feel alive

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Some people crave company
Some people crave seclusion
And some crave peace

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But there is something we all crave
Acceptance

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Acceptance in a community
We got acceptance
But still we aren’t satisfied

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Why is it so ?

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Coz we have kept the standards high for ourselves
What we achieved till now
Isn’t that enough
Aren’t you somewhere
Which you didn’t think you would be 3 years ago

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Well that is all I talk to myself when I feel bad for not even getting 100 likes

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But it’s important that
It is not deterring me from doing what I love
In fact I have improved since my first post
But still I cherish that first post
Which was the first step in this world of …..
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We can say lot of things about this world but maybe tomorrow
Coz this post won’t be enough for that 
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Till then

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Good night.
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Everything can’t be perfect in the best of the books

What will you do if there is just one thing that you didn’t like about the book but otherwise it’s a really good book..
Maybe the best …
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Same thing about the author also
What will you do if you don’t like one thing about that author but that person is a good author …
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Then again in Painting also
You don’t like the painter due to some reason
But his art is the best
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Or sculpture
Or a dancer
Or an actor
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As a human being they are not so good people
But their work is best in market
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Actually I wanted to concentrate on the book
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This one things
Maybe racial, or sexual or offensive to some class or sex of people…
But otherwise it’s one of the best books What do we do …
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We all saw and still see how bashing is done
I am not much into bashing
I don’t like that
And I don’t like it if someone does that …
Because the person had taken a lot of effort to create this work of art …
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But I see people here being partial
Some books and authors are bashed in fact we had a recent example of shooting an author in public place
But
There are some authors
About whose book we don’t see a single negative thing..
Some people do write about that negative point of their book , in the review
But
Most reviews skip that point ..
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Yes selective criticism
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Anyways you will probably know soon about the book I have in my mind while writing this..

What do readers do when not in mood ?

What do you do when you feel down ??
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Some people overeat
Some over drink
Some go shopping
Basically you do what you like the most
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But do we read more when not in the mood ?
Even though we love reading
I don’t think so
What do you guys think ??
Do you read more when upset or can’t read ?
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In fact I think we don’t read at all

What’s the real story of Ganesh Chaturthi

गणेश चतुर्थीच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा 🤗
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Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all
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The festival of
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Ganesha or Ganpati known as a remover of obstacles, who is worshipped before starting any new venture and before worshipping any Indian God .. is also God of Intellectuals, bankers, scribe and Authors
Yes authors coz he was the one who wrote the Mahabharata which was narrated by Sage Vyasa.
He had put condition on Vyasa that he should not stop while reciting only then Lord will write it..
So yes it’s important for us to know more about him 😉.
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I know most of you all might be aware why this festival is celebrated
And
Why so much celebration in Maharashtra…
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But for those who are not aware about it
Here it is ..
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If you think it’s the birthday of Lord Ganesha then you are mistaken
It’s not Birthday
Also many pages on Google show that it’s Lord Ganesha (or Elephant God’s) Birthday
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But it’s wrong info 🛑
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They show the story of his birth from clay Idol and then how Elephant Head came to be
Which is actually the story of his birth.
Birth of Lord Ganesha’s Birthday comes in the Hindu Month of Magh on Chaturthi of Shukla Paksha which Generally comes in the month of February.
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So what is the story of this Chaturthi then ?
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One day Lord Ganesha was travelling on his Vahan(vehicle) i.e. Mushak (Mouse)
And Moon God started laughing at him
Because he thought it’s funny how such a big Lord is travelling on a small Mouse…
And Ganesha Got angry
And so he cursed Moom God that Moon will start looking ugly coz he is self obsessed because of his beautiful look …
So Moon hides behind clouds and doesn’t come out
All the other Gods get worried about the situation as it will result in imbalance in the atmosphere..
So all God came together and requested the Moon to ask for forgiveness from Lord Ganesha.
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Ganesh decided to forgive him but on one condition that whoever watches the moon on this day will be blamed for being a thief….
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So that’s the story that happened today i.e. on Vinayak Chaturthi of Bhadrapada month (in August or September) and then many fasts were suggested to those who saw the moon today
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So now how this day came to be celebrated ?
Who started it
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Basically it’s Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj who started the tradition of bringing clay Idol of Lord Ganesha at home and doing its Pooja for 10 days ..
Basic idea was to bring the People together against the conquerors
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Later on
Lokmanya Tilak started the celebration of this festival on a public basis (Known as Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav in Maharashtra) instead of just at home, in Pune, Maharashtra.
Again his intention was to bring people together this time against Britishers.
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This festival is celebrated throughout India and especially in The States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhar Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
In Mumbai alone 150000 Idols are immersed annually 🙈.
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Lord’s Idol is brought home or in Mandals (Pandals) and creative decorations are created. And many huge Murtis (i.e. Idols) are placed in different places all over India.
Different varieties of sweets are prepared specifically for Modaks and Laddoos .
The festival generally ends on the 10th day after the chaturthi when Idols are carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in a nearby body of water such as a river or sea, called visarjan.
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These days many Idols are eco-friendly and decorations also are eco-friendly.
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This year we made a Fort type structure with colourful Paper straws. And my cousins did the decoration with flowers..
There are many more creative structures created and people go and visit different mandals for creative decorations and creative Idols..
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Anyways That’s all for today
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Wait for the next lecture on Indian History and culture 😉

How do you handle your blog with full time job….

So many of us are handling the Blog with a regular job
many handling this with their household duties
Many with their exams
And
So many are full time bloggers too 🥺
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Somewhere we are still unsatisfied with whatever is going on
Coz somewhere we are not doing it the way we want
Many times disappointments are piled up so high that we can’t see who is standing on the other side
Sometimes we are so busy to notice our parents who are still working for us
We miss out on so many things
But
Still there are things that give us hope
And
Many times no one gives us hope
We tend to ask again and again
What is the meaning all this
Why do we have to do this
Whyyy
But
Then We ourselves get up and get down to do the same thing again
But
That is the point
To do it
Till we get there …
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Isn’t it ????

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Most of us here are searching for that identity
Is it lost or we didn’t even find it ?
But we do hope to find it someday
And that is what keeps us going right ?
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too many questions coz again you might not agree
And would love to see some different view
Coz as always m confused as ever ..
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Pic from the book
“Do Epic Shit”
By
Ankur Warikoo

1984 by George Orwell

Division of world in 3 great Super- States

Today is George Orwell’s 119th birth anniversary and the interesting thing about his birth is that he was born at Motihari, India. .
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He was a Journalist and his writing always opposed the social injustice. He always had very strong political opinion and based on which he wrote an Allegorical Novella Animal Farm and an Dystopian novel 1984. This two his works were critically acclaimed and it still remains influential in Political culture. For example many of the words used by him in his work are now part of English Language. Words like Orwellian, Big Brother, Hate week, doublethink and many more. .

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It is 70 years since 1984 was published and still it is one of the best cult classic ever written. It’s story is as interesting as the cover is. It is not our ordinary fiction novel so you might not finish it in a day or two if you are not used to such books but once you get absorbed in it there is no putting down. .
This book set in Dystopian future very well portrays how the people’s belief of living in the utopian world after overthrowing the capitalism resulted in the total disaster. .
In this new World Created by Big Brother no one is safe. Let alone safe, no one is alone. Wherever you go there are cameras and someone or the other is always keeping an eye on you. They keep track on what you are eating, what you are wearing and with whom you are interacting. They know what you are speaking and if they realize that you are a threat to their perfect world then you would be vaporized overnight. No one will know where you are and your identity will be non existent. One step in a wrong direction and you will become non-person.
As interesting as it sounds It is really a scary world. .

This was my experience when I was halfway through the book. Then I Took a break as it was getting heavy for me.

then rest of the book I read in one go and it was what made it amazing. Seeing the truth. Thinking what you would do if you were in their place.

It is not a easy book to read but definitely realistic and relatable. we have seen such things happening in past and you all know “History repeats itself”. But we all hope it doesn’t again

This is must read for all

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

This is definitely a difficult book to read
Not for the writing style
But for the topic of the book
Which you all very well know is a biographical account of a pedophile
Ofcourse fiction but in book it’s written as his biographical account

In which he tries to justify his acts in beginning
Tries to show us how he was not that wrong
And
By the end of the book
He catches up

The writing was amazing
I would be thrilled if some another story is written in such a way
It’s just amazing to read
And to understand
I had to use many free sites to understand many of the things mentioned in the book
It was really like a person well versed in literature is Writing the book
It’s just amazing

The narrator is not just a pedophile but is also a literary scholar and that is easily identifiable in the book
It’s more about literature than about pedophilia.
He used literature in many ways to express his thoughts and view of the world.
He seen the world through the literature and sometimes misses the reality.

This book is for
1. Those who love to explore different literary works
2. Those who love to explore different writing styles
3. Those who want to know why this book was published and why is a classic.

This was my first read by this author and I definitely intend to read more of his works

This book made me take multiple breaks while reading..
I took really long time to finish
It’s not usual fast paced book
But interesting nonetheless

And many times it feels creepy, vile, extremely unpleasant to read his thoughts
But
The writing is what made me going
Otherwise I would have left it halfway (not even half actually)

A letter to Anne Frank

Hi Anne,

You have no idea how much you have helped young girls and boys alike.. how much you have inspired them to go on living through the troubled waters ..
You thought no one would be interested in your diary but see more than 30 million copies are sold worldwide , your diary is required reading in many schools, and has been translated into more than 70 languages. Your secret annexe draws over a million visitors each year.

We used to think lockdown was worst but those who read your book in lockdown realised that they still get proper food that too home delivered without the fear of police.
Seeing how you lived has made us humble and thankful. Even after staying in the annexe for over 2 years you thought that people are still good. Maybe young ones with recent heartbreaks will learn something before declaring that everyone is evil.
What is evil and what is hatred is something which you know better than us.. but we humans are habituated to think that they suffer the most…
After seeing how you lived in annexe how you survived with meager food and difficult conditions while worrying that you will be caught by gestapo, we hope people will be satisfied with sufficient supply of basic necessities and this freedom to roam out as and when we want.

It feels sad to know all the thoughts you had and the things you had to hear every day when you were just 14 …all we had to think at 14 was to decide who is our best friend..
You had to listen to all the bombings and firings where we were fighting for the control of remote to watch our favourite cartoon ..

You just had one wish if God let you live that you would spend your life for mankind (even though your suffering was from mankind) and will make your voice heard ..many people after so much of suffering lose all the hope and give up on thei dreams but your words are inspiring then daily. Your dream didn’t happen as you wanted but it did happen this way. You are helping mankind with your words daily. Your voice is been heard.
Today and forever everyone will read this remember your sacrifice and will go on utilising this freedom we have to the fullest.

The things you thought and did are something which even adults don’t understand.
The way you thought then is something which today’s 14 year olds won’t (and neither most of the adults)
We really wish you could have been alive and written so many books .. we would have loved to see you become a journalist
But we have learnt to be happy with what we have and
So we are greatful that this wonderful writing of your has reached us ..
We are greatful that your not at all childish thoughts have reached us and made us realise that we should think on our own and have our own thoughts.
We might be wrong but that’s how we improve.
You not just inspire us to live but to write more and to read more and more ..

People suffer in many different ways and keep looking for something to keep their spirits up and you Anne have helped us there
Your life after annexe is something we don’t know much about but we have an idea and that was most gruesome part of our history. Which many innocent people like you faced
We just hope that this history never repeats itself..

Hope this letter reaches you wherever you are
I am really Thankful that you wrote this diary 🙌

From
A fellow reader