Book just read -
Golem's eye. The second book in the Bartimaeus trilogy.
Books in hand -
Adventures of Sally by PGW
Emily's Quest by LM Montgomery
Mostly Harmless by Doug Adams.
3 dull boring research papers ( to be honest 1 dull one. the others have been very useful and understandable. I am very happy when I find a journal paper that doesnt OHT (overhead transmit) . A couple of them have been a delight to read. Maano ya na maano :-D
Coming back to the Bartimaeus trilogy, the first book in the series was Amulet of Samarkhand. This is the story of an orphaned boy called Nathaniel who wants to be a famous magician. The story is set in London which is ruled by Magicians. ( The muggles here are called the commoners. thank god for a decent name. This we are used to, as every news channel keeps talking about aam aadmi and common man.. pray tell me who is an uncommon man!!)
Anyway he summons up a djinn called Bartimaeus who has been around for quite a long time. The djinn is a delightful character. He is witty, very vain, very practical, has a very condescending opinion of humans. His thoughts have been put as footnotes and they are the ones to watch out for. The story gets more engaging in the second book, Golem's eye. Looking forward to reading the third part.
You can check out the excerpts at their site. Its a book worth reading. Infact I found it more fascinating than the Harry Potters.
Goodnight :-)
1 comment:
Common man is :
1. Person who has no one to back him. He is not Dalit, not minority, not Rich.
2. His vote is fragmented and does not count as a group.
3. He is moderately educated, rather, educated enough to earn his own living, but not enough that premiere institutions will support his/her work. But he pays tax for those institutes to survive. People from those institutes look down upon him/her.
4. He does not accept bribe , not because he is very strict in values but because either he is not in a position or he is afraid, but he do give bribes many times in life.
5. He gets yelling from boss, wife ( husband ) , parents, children.
6. Works hard for first few years in life and then looses hope and becomes lazy.
7. Goes to temple/mosque/church ( strictly any one ) and prays for petty things.
8. And one fine day dies silently and is forgotten in a month or so.
Rest all are uncommon.
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