apsara is a flawed book

I recently read Apsara by Surya kant Tripathi Nirala and I must say that i had great expectations from the book. The hindi was flawless and the sentence creation was amazing. But the poet went overboard in describing the beauty of heroine and went wrong in making the heroine a pure one despite being a prostitute. The plot picked up pace later on and the way the poet described some scenes were mind blowing. The end was swift and I don't know why I was dreading that the end would be on a tragic note and that's exactly what the poet did. All in all, I found the book to be flawed. Nevertheless, it was a good reading and some of the characters would stay with me for some time. The concept of Apsara or someone very beautiful is akin to the concept of anima and animus by Carl Jung. The same concept was also discussed in detail in Amrit aur Vish. Looks like this concept was very popular among writers some time back.
On the office front, the scene has turned bleak. After the euphoric month of november, when i seriously thought that i would reap rewards for my hard work, I was given rude jolt in the month of december. I need to change my circumstances but I am floundering. Must find a way out of this self created mess.

amrit aur vish

I haven't read a hindi book for a long time and when I ordered amrit aur vish by amrit lal nagar, I did not have much hopes from it. I have never read any book by nagar saab and so didn't have many expectations. but boy, was i wrong? this is one amazing book, simply delicious. The story moves in 2 dimensions where in the author is one protagonist who creates characters for his novel from his acquaintances and relatives. And the hindi used is simple dialect, khadi boli, which sounded so funny initially but then started feeling so home like. I finished it in 1 week, reading it very slowly, feeling the taste of hindi on my tongue. This book also gave me an inspiration to start writing my own story. It does not matter if there is no plot or characters. Just start writing and after some time the plot will make itself apparent and once it happens, it will take a life of its own. I am going to do that and on this blog itself :-)

movies, books and flash client

Once we had completed the project on time and with good quality, I knew that we won't be having any bugs or issues. perhaps enhancements could come in, but they are anydays welcome. but nothing for the whole 1st week exceeded the expectations. so first 2 days were spent in testing and more testing and the last 3 days spent in development of flash client for roulette. with no great pressure at work, i spent some time in my other pursuits which i indulge in from time to time. it charges my batteries and makes me feel whole. So, i started reading books, from short stories of anton chekov and arthur conan doyle to inane books such as thrillers and mysteries, like murder at temple street. I also spent some time in savouring Durgesh Nandini. It is a good book and I had nursed a desire to read it for a long long time. I am currently reading Amrit aur Vish which is a classic.
I watched Golmaal 3 and I laughed a lot especially the scene in which Prem Chopra meets Mithun is amazingly well made. I also watched Rakt Charitra 2 for Suriya and I seriously adored his expressive eyes.
I spent time with Kush. Well, he is a grown up kid now so we spend most of the time fighting with each other, I trying to instill some discipline in his life and he trying to create some space for himself. So far it has been great fun but I believe Kush is going to be very demanding when adolescence would step in.
The year is almost come to an end and I need to sit down and plan about where do I want to see myself at the next year end. This year has been a mixed bag, really, with some very low days and some really really euphoric ones. But hope springs eternal in human hearts and let us see what kind of challenges would I face next year.