from my little one's library came home a fantastical book.  The pages took me into an enchanted, magical world - a world of faeries, elves, goblins, trolls, griffins and the likes. The book was one of the Spiderwick Chronicles series - The Seeing Stone. It is like the Rowling's and Tolkien's or the Philip Pullman's trilogy - about the magical world. 

Another book of the same genre that I read sometime back is, Samit Basu's Simoqin Prophecies. Basu's book was a nice read sprinkled with Indian touch here and there, along with a somewhat western influence too. We must find a way to make our own Vikram aur Vetaal and other mythological tales - as interesting.

we went towards novocherkaskaya metro station and walked till lagoskaya metro station on the zanevskiy prospect (?) had french fries and grub at the Mac.  the visit to the yusopov palace was nice too, although we missed the rasputin exhibition.

I am reading 'madhushala' by Harivanshrai Bachchan. 
I stumbled upon this while browsing the net. The words are sweet and beautiful ... it's a treat to read them.

Like to read it too? (in devanagari)? please click here

... by sheer chance, old mates from school meet over the internet. The zeal however subsides quickly.  Everyone busy with their own lives and work. Or ...?
However, here is the sheer magic of internet ... real time touch base.  How did the good old ancestors manage at all?

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And other thoughts.

And then I bought the 7th book of JKRowling.  Yeah, maybe soo late, but I bought it now - completing the journey from Hongkong airport to the city of St. Petersburg. But am busy reading somethings else - lying all around me.  One day I have to collect all the leaves.