Les Misérables

Ahem. Certainly it doesn't mean that I have read the Victor Hugo masterpiece. It's too big, I must say. But think broader. The title doesn't conceal that much. Does it? Just to make it clear, exams are going on and I couldn't care less. The only problem being that they are too obstinate to leave me in peace.

It is this visit to LSR which turned out to be a disaster(got ousted in the Prelims itself in Lit Quiz) which keeps on hitting my mind. The questions were slightly tricky and unlike the weird(and much more interesting) questions which are offered at quizzes in IIT they could be cracked by raking one's brain a little bit. Me, Mitesh and a second-yearite Anshuman. The last two did the job and the first one was dazed and confused. Otherwise, the trip was worth it considering that it was 'LSR'.

My friend introduced me to this private library called Eloor(just click on it). It was a nice experience and the collection has impressed me to become its member. The greatest advantage is that they charge just 10% of the book's cost and the initial charges are just Rs. 1000 for a lifetime of membership. Besides, they can get you any book you have been looking for without any extra cost. Isn't it amazing?

Zee Studio is doing lots to promote classic Indian cinema. After treating the viewers with Ritwik Ghatak's ground-breaking cinema, it's time for Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy. Ajantrik(pictured on left) and Bari Theke Paliye were the two movies of the former director which were shown. I caught up with the first one. Ajantrik depicts a moving relationship of a taxi driver with his cab. The driver looks after his car as if he is tending his son. When the car has a fallacy, he is too adamant to not to replace it with a new car. He buys new parts and indulges himself into the job of fixing the car once and for all. Though the world laughs at him, but it is the inner peace which he gains when in the end he is able to restart the engine. The movie clashed with my opinion that a machine is a machine and should be used like a machine. There is no reason for empathy. If it stops working, then either fix it or just throw it away. Even if it has worked hard and made you feel better then also there is no reason to empathize with it. There a lot of demonic machines out there which can never make you feel better. Instead, they will leave no stone unturned to give you jitterbugs.

...............kho naa jaaye yeh.... taare zameen par.....