Julius Caesar ends

Those who are or were in the ICSE board would know that we have to read a Shakespearean drama for our ICSE English literature paper. For the past few years we had the famous tragedy Julius Caesar. And we are the last batch taking the test on Julius Caesar. Now in our school the whole of the drama is done in Class 10. We just completed the drama today in our school.

Now it is very well known to everybody that when you have to read something for your school examination, you never feel like reading it; but it is some other drama or novel, then you finish it in a day or two. Perhaps it’s because you need to memorize a lot and remember every detail unlike the novel not in syllabus. It was the same for me too.

One year of dragging with the tragedy and ultimately it is done.

I knew nothing of Julius Caesar and ancient Rome until I was in Class 10. I only knew that man called Brutus had killed Julius Caesar. I had known this when I guess I was in Class 7 and was doing a Active to Passive voice from Wren and Martin, which said “Brutus stabbed Caesar”. Now throughout the year we were taught the whole drama- a great work by William Shakespeare.

We greatly liked the drama when it started, with lots of fun in the puns, but drama progressed in its way, the politics became more prominent finally resulting in the assassination of Caesar. All such great lectures by Brutus and Antony and all those dialogues between Cassius and Brutus were really difficult to remember. It was then that we wished the drama would end soon.

And finally it just ended today. But don’t know why I don’t feel like cheering with “Yippee”s. The drama is really a tragic one when all die one by one. The characters of the drama had become more like people we meet everyday rather than just a name. After reading their names for a year has some effect. We feel the loss of some near and dear ones.

It started with Portia’s death-the brave lady who ate fire. Next jolt of sadness comes when dies Cassius who had become superstitious at last and asks or rather orders his slave to kill him. Even the death of the shrewdest conspirator saddens me. Next great death is of course of Marcus Brutus, the educated man who had always been a misfit for the battle. The man who thought about the good of room and loved his books finally dies when he walks over Strato’s sword. The death of this noble saddens us the most.

But finally the drama ends- end of those difficult and ancient words.

School is about to end

Just a few days more for our school life to end. Class 10 is about to end and we will be stepping forward to the next rank of the ladder called Education. The next rank is really the most vital- the Plus 2.

We spent the last eleven years with our friends in my present school. School life of 11 years… this is the longest time one spends in an educational institutions as a student and that time is soon to expire in just about a couple of month’s time. School life can not be forgot which made us a adolescent from a nothing-knowing child. The childhood days are the most enjoyable time of one’s entire, when you spend on hearing tales, playing all sorts of foolish games like lock and key. Huh! The child hood days are not going to return. Once it is gone is gone. I remember a song by the Bengali band Cactus now- "Halud Pakhi"; it almost brings tears to our eyes.

School life is also the most important, you see the same people everybody, your ultimate friends for last 11 years, talk with them, joke with them, and share almost everything. One day even this ends- just what is going to happen with us in a couple of months time. We all will finally separate. The separation begins from this instant. Some will take different subject combinations, some will take different streams and some others will altogether go to new schools. I remember other very good song in this regard- College Days by Gaurav. Though it is about College leaving the feelings are quite same.

COLLEGE DAYS

GAURAV

(kab milnge naa jane hum

yaaron fir se sabhi

laut kar ab naa aayege woh masti bhare din kabhi

ho dil ye apna kahe ki ae doston)-2

(i am really gonna miss this place

i am gonna miss my college days)-2

yaad hai woh saare lactures

humne jo bunk kiye the

proxy kaa pakda jaana

ho lafde kya kam kiye the

milke likhna woh journal

or submission last minut par

exams ki woh taiyaari

ho likna woh 3 ghante

or bahar aake woh kehna

saala kya bekar paper set kiya tha yaar

milta FIRst class kabhi yahan

to lagti thi KT kabhi

laut kar ab naa aayege woh masti bhare din kabhi

ho dil ye apna kahe ki ae doston

(i am really gonna miss this place

i am gonna miss my college days)-2

yaad aayege tachers humko dil se humesha

yaad aayega ye campus or iski apni duniya

ho yaad aayega humesha ye aashiyaan

(i am really gonna miss this place

i am gonna miss my college days)-4

Thus again we will be in our own ways with new friends, playing new games, talking more serious things, forgetting the old. Life will simply go on. Thanks to the scientist for inventing the Telephones, and Internet- we can at least keep in touch.

Book Review

Book: Two States: The story of my marriage.

Author: Chetan Bhagat

Publisher: Rupa Co.

Price: Rs 95

The last book that I read was Chetan Bhagat’s Two States. I liked the book very much. It was a great read especially to the youth. It portrays people of India very vividly. In short the book is about a couple who is in love and wants to take their love to marriage with everyone from their parental side’s consent- the most difficult part in India.

The book has lot of description (most proper to say ‘jokes’) about both the Punjabis and South Indians. The story starts with the campus of IIM Ahmedabad where Krish and Ananya’s love life starts. I liked the phrase ‘testosterone charged- estrogen starved’ very much there. IIMA part ends with the convocation ceremony when everything went wrong between Krish and Ananya’s parents. The part after this was a bit boring, with the two lead characters not meeting much, but it was supplemented the jokes with the jokes about the Punjabis and their great boasting and food habits. It was really great. I could not sop laughing when I read about the “20000 calories” at Pammi aunties place.

The next part was in Chennai where the Indian bankers were well dealt, and the South Indians were real fun. The funniest part was the ‘Illa Illa s’ and when Krish could not decide what was the Banana leaf for- to be eaten, or to wipe his hand. How was he supposed to know that it was for a plate? This part also showed how serious the S. Indians were about studies- preparing for IIT from Class 6 or from 14 years.

The novel also portrays Krish’s father very well- the man who didn’t like his in-laws and was a strict disciplinarian. The man didn’t talk to his son much but ultimately plays the most important part in his son’s marriage after Krish and Ananya’s break up in Goa. The part of the break up was a bit boring but it faded soon and the story would have been incomplete without that part.

The marriage was real fun, specially the Kashi Yatra and the Mickey Mouse case. I just couldn’t stop myself stop laughing and almost rolled off laughing after reading them.

The book was great to read, with all those joking and wise writing. I also gave a fantastic message about the marriages in different states through the speech of Ananya’s father after the marriage. But the greatest part was of course the father-son unity of Krish and his father. The book is worth reading and the Rs 95 is absolutely utilized after reading the book.

New Posts

Many of you must have been bored by now visiting my blog everyday and not not finding anything new. ( I don't know though if anyone visits my blog at all). Well now it's time to continue with my blog again. Keep visiting because new posts are coming soon. Its going to be a bit of personal emotions on school life, and about the recent books I read. Hope it will interest my friends and others as well.