Sometime back, I started reading what I called ' a different variety' of content from the publishing world. Thats when I came in touch with some innovative re-telling of favorite stories. What is popularly called Fan-Fiction. I learnt that die-hard fans somehow want a different interpretations of their favorite works - be it books, tv serials or movies. I came across fanfictions of a variety of entertainments - Jane Austen books, Star Trek and Inuyasha from the world of visual media. I am not very sure about the merits of Fanfiction. Earlier, I used to think 'they can't write something original themselves, but they want to write over what is already written' - this was some years back. Tell you, some of them really made me re-think my thoughts on these writers. some works were really quite good. (Unless it is offensive, I generally encourage any creative endeavour). As far as fan-fiction was concerned, my bone of contention was that these writers are picking on the works of original authors. Copyrights of the work, credits to the author, the original idea etc were all worry points with me. I found that almost all fan fiction writers, not only gave due recognition to authors (some of them were real devotees to these authors and their beloved works), they also acknowledged that these characters and the base story line is from the original author. Which made me think, is this obsession the reason to re-hear the story in a way they would have wanted? But I have to say, its one way to start off your practice on writing. What ever may be the reasons that might encourage fanfiction writers, as long as you know what you are doing and what you are due to whom, I am ok with it, otherwise I will have to call it plagiarism. Having said that, I somehow have to admit to some of the innovative creations that have come out of this variety.

some time back, I discovered an author. She was the first one of her kind to me. I thought it would be another religious rumble. Very interesting..Her works grew in strength and character. and of course, she had a very unique style of writing. I am someone who is always watching new styles of writing. She was new. she had a story to tell and she told it in a different way. I still follow her. She is what we call 'inspirational romance writers'. Her books have quotes from her religious books. As that wise monkey in Lion King series says, a story worth telling once is worth telling again. I started out of sheer curiosity. Now I wait for all her works. She writes as Judith Bronte. She has now become my friend.

My First Shakespeare

My mom used to read books to me when I was too small to read. Comics mostly. One day she started reading from a book that did not have much pictures. It was a shakespeare. She used to select the story, read each line and explain it. Then when I could read, she asked me to read it by myself. I was to underline the words I could not read/pronounce/understand. I still have that particular book with me - intact, with all those underlined words. I have over the years collected lots of books (paperback, hardcover and ebooks of different formats). I have thrown away many books that I have overgrown. But this one will stay forever in my collection. It has a fragrance of old books and childhood memories.

Some People will always remain in our minds.

Some people are like that. We see a lot of people through this lifetime of ours. From child hood onwards right to until the day our mind stays with us. We forget lots of people but some of them whom we come across in this world some how stay at the back of our mind. Forever.

In my child hood, we had a servant maid like that. Her name was "Maragatham" which is a name of a precious stone. She was worth her wait in Gold. Its very hard these days to find a human being like that - I am not talking about loyal servants but human beings. She was special because more than a servant, she was a good human being and so we loved her. Its typical of real life to dole out third degree treatments to such people. But thats life. I have always been thankful that I have been blessed in many ways. Some say if you come across safely learning life's toughest lessons, its not a reason for you to complain. It makes you a better person. Builds character. I can definitely agree. Somehow I always felt that there were precious few who could measure up to Maragatham and I never felt I was one of those.

Here's to one more new activity..

Hi World..
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