Dereliction

Words are fragments

Of our thoughts

Which we try 

To save from dereliction

World is cruel

Tainted, things are 

Gregariousness,

Is only a facade.

Hatred is smeared

On the character

Of every 

Person.

Random Friday: Places for Summer vacation

Hey there,

There are a lot of places I'd like to visit (self admitted possessor of wanderlust :P), but there are only a few actually accessible to me. Out of the accessible ones too, I won't be going anywhere this summer for some reasons.
Anyway, the list is:

1. Dublin, Ireland

I've always wanted to go to Ireland. And I will. Someday. I hope that someday is soon, because I think Ireland is picturesque!

2. Paris, France

I know, I know. Cliche... but I can't help it. I want to eat a croissant in Paris! and.... kiss under the Eiffel tower. :P

3. Rome, Italy

All I really want to see is the Colosseum..
Well, it's a historical city I really wouldn't mind touring.

4. Kerela, India

I want to visit the backwaters! I've heard so much about Kerela's beauty... I'd love to witness it with my own eyes.

5. Gangtok, Sikkim, India

I've read about Gangtok about 3 years ago and I can't wait to visit it. :)
My favourite season is winter, which explains why I'd like to go there.

6. Amsterdam, Netherlands

No surprise here :P
I am going to travel to Amsterdam. And that is going to happen soon. (I hope *sigh*)
I am even learning Dutch. And I'm very interested in visiting the Anne Frank house!




Well, that's it. Not really though... there are hundreds of more places I'd like to visit, but for now, these should suffice.
Anyway, bye!


Love, Punya

Plans for 2015!

Hey guys,

Long time, no see? (:
I wanted to write a new blogpost on new year, but I couldn't. Anyway, better late than never, right?

So... I don't think I'm going to write about any kind of resolutions, because I don't keep them anyway. :P
But I hope this year includes the following:

1.An extravagant amount of reading!

So, yeah, you're going to find me with my nose buried in a book almost all the time.  (Not that it doesn't happen already, but still.). I have bought SO many books this year, but haven't read much because of my upcoming Board Exams in March... *sigh* 
I am going to cover up all the reading that I haven't done this year.


2. A LOT of writing

Btw I totally love this pic ^
I love typewriters even more... How I wish I had one.
Anyhow, I have to do all the writing with a pen and paper this year. I want to do a course in Creative writing too. I have a lot of ideas for stories that I've saved up in 2014, and I hope to expand each one of them into full fledged stories, this year.

3.A New Language

Yes, I do plan to learn German this year. I'd love to learn a new language. Especially German. I'm not really sure of my plans right now, but after graduation, I'd like to got to Heidelberg, Germany for further studies. And learning a new language would also mean exploring new literature, which I'd love to do.

4.Baking!

I want to learn as many things this year, as I can, and baking would be one of them. I thought as I love all the baked stuff so much, it'd be nice if I learnt how to bake. Especially cupcakes.

5.Blogging

I'd like to update my blogs more often this year. And I'm sure this year would be eventful and I'd have lots to write about.

Thanks for reading!

That's all

*Virtual poatoes again for reading*

You can make hash browns instead of french fries this time... (;

Love,

Punya

NaNoWriMo!

Hey everyone!

I'm so excited for NaNoWriMo. For all those who don't know what that is, it stands for National Novel Writing Month i.e. November. It basically is for aspiring writers, who try to write a novel in a month. Sounds intimidating, doesn't it? (; Well, it isn't. Anyone can give it a try. And in my opinion, everyone should. I believe that everyone has a story to tell. If you want to know more, here's the link to Nanowrimo's website-
nanowrimo.org

But for writers aged below 17, there's something called 'Young Writer's Program'. I am taking part in Nanowrimo under this. Link would be-
ywp.nanowrimo.org

Go ahead, give it a try!

I have started writing, though to be honest, I don't have any plot in m mind. I just randomly wrote something that came to my mind. Now I am having trouble in continuing the story. :(
So, I wrote 3 diffferent scenes with the same character/ characters, that I type in Microsoft Word, and this is weird because I always loved writing using a pen and paper.
The possible explanation is that I like reading, and when I see the words on a white document, in a particular font, I imagine it as a novel that has already been written, so I just imagine what I would read further, and thus, I create a new story. Ta-da! :P

I was experiencing a writer's block, (Even though I am not a writer. Not yet, anyway.) And i found this blog post helpful. I hope it helps you too. (:
http://thenovelfactory.blogspot.in/2014/07/block-busting-beating-writers-block.html


Well, that's it I guess.
Thanks for reading!
*Virtual potatoes for reading my blog post* :P
You can make french fries! (:

Love, Punya

Ironical Quote by Augustus...

Hey,

I've been thinking of writing something for a while now, but I just couldn't figure out 'what' to write. A few days back, someone I know quoted Augustus Waters from The Fault In Our Stars saying, "I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up." That made me think about the irony of the statement.

Augustus Waters was dying, the cancer cells were multiplying at a fast rate, and about the scan, as he said, "it lit up like a Christmas tree." So, if the roller coaster he talks about could be 'cancer', the roller coaster was certainly only going up, and unfortunately wouldn't descend.

Whereas, when we read the book (or watch the movie), we take it that the metaphor he's using i.e. the roller coaster, is 'life'. We think that he's optimistic and now he's lost the touch of cancer he had and now his life is good. It's kinda sad how wrong we turn out to be. Don't you think? #rhetorical question

(I should probably start ending all my blog posts with a rhetorical question.)

Here's a virtual chocolate for you, for reading my blogpost. (; *hands out chocolate*

Love,
Punya

Me and the Un-relatable Characters.

Hey guys,

I recently returned from a trip, and it was a really good experience. So, maybe i should be writing about my experiences from the trip, but I won't. Instead of it, I want to write about something I thought when I read Will Grayson, Will Grayson and Paper Towns. Speaking of it, I finally finished "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan.

The book was nice. Actually, I couldn't really make sense of it in the starting. Turned out, alternate chapters switched POV's between the two different Will Graysons. The story became interesting when the two Wills meet. 

On t the next book-

So, when I finished reading Will Grayson, Will Grayson, I started Paper Towns. It's a nice book, I like John Green's characters, they seem real. Quentin and Margo are interesting characters. I'm still reading the book, though I've finished 3/4th of it, already. 

Another book, I had read in January, but I felt like writing about-

Looking For Alaska is John Green's first book, but I read it after reading TFIOS. So, the reason I thought about it was that I was comparing myself to John Green's female protagonists. If anyone knows me, even slightly, they can tell that I am nothing like "Alaska Young", the female protagonist of Looking For Alaska, or like "Margo Roth Spiegelman" from Paper Towns, or even like "Jane" from Will Grayson, Will Grayson.

 I won't go as far as saying that I am not at all like "Hazel Grace Lancaster" from The Fault In Our Stars. Please don't take me as a narcissist, because I am not saying that I am like Hazel. But I am as obsessed with The Fault In Our Stars as she was with An Imperial Affliction, and I like metaphors as much as she did. I would go on and on about the more things we have in common, but I think you get the idea. 

Now, about Alaska and Margo. They are like "VERY" different from me. They are eccentric, outgoing, adventurous and insane. I mean, I am insane too, just a different kind of it. I am neither adventurous nor mysterious, and that was part of the reason that John Green's other books didn't appeal to me as much as TFIOS. I sure liked them, but not enough to be obsessed with them. 

On the other hand, Jane from Will Grayson, Will Grayson is different too. She has this quite extraordinary taste in music, that "I" don't. Infact, I like the songs that more than half the girls of my age like. Well, maybe that is not my field to be unique, and I am Okay with it. And, she's really intelligent too, in science and all. I on the other hand, prefer literature.

I always like characters I can relate to. Everyone does, actually. But for me, it is a kind of necessity to have relatable characters to love the story. I hope one day John Green creates a character like me (Yes, John Green, not any other author.), but I highly doubt it. After all, "The world is not a wish granting factory".

But, "Hope is the only thing stronger than fear".

                                                           John Green (:

Will Grayson, Will Grayson.

Hey everyone,

I wanted to write a blog post, but couldn't come up with a topic. I still haven't come up with a topic I can write much on, but it's something atleast.

I'm currently reading "Will Grayson, Will Grayson", written by John Green and David Leuithan. I am a member of a "teen book community" on Google+, and we had to nominate books, so that we could vote and read a book and then discuss about it. I nominated "Will Grayson, Will Grayson". And guess what? It got maximum votes. (:

I had it on my shelf and on my TBR (to-be-read) list since January, I bought it just becuse my favourite author is John Green, and according to me, one should read all the works of one's favourite author.
I have already read The Fault In Our Stars, Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. I have an ebook of Paper Towns, but since I prefer paperbacks, I'll buy one and read it. There was also a book coauthored by John Green, which has short stories.

So, now I've been reading the book, and one of the things I liked was how "Will", hates abbreviations like 'lol' and 'rofl' , because it's kinda true, no one's "rolling on the floor laughing" and Will says-
"Rofl? What? Are you really rolling on the floor laughing? Well, please stay down there a sec while I KICK YOUR ASS." ;D

And, one more thing he says, that's probably relatable to some people is-

"I could spend hours setting up a particular wish-and every time I'd be met with a resounding wall of complete indifference."

That's all, I'll write more about the book when I finish reading it.
Thanks for reading!

Love,
Punya