Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen

Which book is your pride possession and why ? Or which is your favorite book Justify? Recommend a book - Here it is - the answer to "Why my favorite Novel is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen"

Pride and Prejudice is among the first few classics I read.

Set in the early 19th century, the descriptions of the walks and balls by the author is extensive. The author gives very minute details, of the dresses and the feather in the hat or the statues of Pemberley. What I really love about Jane Austen novel is that everything is justified with a valid reason. Also, the sequence of the plots are very well connected - hats off to the author for maintaining the rhythm.

Out of many works by Jane Austen I am particularly a fan of Pride and Prejudice, because of the way author portrays positive as well as negative traits of almost every individual without making them villains. The fact that the protagonist "Elizabeth" (prejudice yet intelligent) and the lead male "Darcy" (proud yet generous) both have negative traits but yet the author somehow still manages to make you fall in love with them, is appreciative. The plot has some conspiracy, some drama, little suspense as well as a beautiful love story. I am a big fan of love stories with beautiful endings, and this particular one tops the chart.

 

The novel has varied kind of characters -

The loving yet tied hands father

The caring yet blabbering mother

The beautiful but innocent sister

The beautiful but silly sister

The determined but not so skilled sister

The loving yet opportunistic friend

The humble yet stupid cousin

The proud yet logical Lady

The handsome yet easily persuaded groom

The handsome yet cunning soldier

The loving and caring Aunt/Uncle [I don’t have any negative for the Gardiners]

The caring yet talkative friend

The beautiful and skilled [Georgiana Darcy]

 

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I had never come across a more powerful fictional character like Darcy. [Now Roark (The Fountainhead) and Dagny (Atlast Shrugged) are also part of that list]. The rash and rational judgments by the character are equally justified by the author. At the same time the author explores the concept of love, which can make a most balanced mind dizzy. 

There is a most distressing yet the most loving letter written by Darcy to Elizabeth - I simply fell in love with the way Darcy proposes Elizabeth. The first proposal cannot be ruder and the second could not be more desperate.  

Finally to conclude, the novel is a perfect mix of drama and love. And the author has a way to keep the readers captivated.

 

 

Driver in Bangalore

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First of all, who in the world spread the rumor that - females don't know driving. Even if a person is driving well, people's attitude change as soon as they find out its a 'she' driving

Secondly, I learnt in my childhood - always overtake from right, is it a mistake - cause I see people overtaking from any side

And what the hell is wrong in driving one after the other, why cant people drive in a single lane. How many days or hours you save by zig-zag-zuin-zuin, or footpath driving

I have been driving in a small town - huge roads - hardly any traffic. And it is 6 years back story :-) life was simple then, people were never in hurry. Recently (actually not so recent, been few months) I bought an activa - much heavier than my sweet old scooty - so heres my experience about driving in Bangalore.

At times I feel OMG, how will I survive this drive, I wish the bus driver does not crush me - can the driver see my small gadi from up there. Then there are times when auto rickshaws are irritating everyone with their rates, and I have my bike to travel. People on the road shout/stare as if they are driving so perfectly and I ruined their drive. That look that says oh she is a female, aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh - who told you zig-zag above 80 km/hr on a busy road is good driving.  There are those off days also - when you can just take your vehicle and go for a drive, wow that fresh air was so much necessary for the mood uplift. The freedom a vehicle gives to you - you want to go for a movie - shopping - going late to office - you don't have to argue with auto drivers - heaven. The feeling when you move ahead of everyone because there were small paths between vehicles just enough for your activa to move - precious. The day you drive to rangashankara thru banerghatta main road, diary circle or shastri nagar/shanti nagar, malleshwaram - the confidence, you can do anything. Its fun - pleasant - scary - confidence booster and necessary all at the same time.

DisneyLand HK Check

My most awaited vacation came to end on Mumbai international airport. The Hongkong-Macau-Shenzan trip by Thomas cook, full paise wasool. For me and my parents it was the first time a visa was stamped on the passport, made some 6 years back .

These particular places were chosen over Singapore-Malaysia (my bro already visited Thailand-Bangkok) because this trip had Disney land. Since childhood, I always wanted to go the  Disney Land. I have grown up watching Disney cartoons - I still love the Walt Disney movies. They have taken technology to another level. This Disney land was small in size but surely worth the hype :-D The rides were awesome. The roller-coasters make you scream, take it from someone who has been sitting alone in each and every ride in any park in India. Space Mountain - roller coaster - pitch dark - lights like meteorites - twists and turns like actual space ship - speed like light - man that's a ride :-) Also a super nice laser video game - u are inside the game - have targets to hit - have a laser gun in hand - now that's how you enjoy a video game. Plus the shows - a must see, the Disney land shows - Lion king musical - 3 D by Walt Disney, okay now that's how you are supposed to feel, when Donald duck is falling through a pit on the screen you should feel the gravity is pulling you down, and he falls in the water, water droplets splash on your face. The whole architecture the castle, the streets, the trees, the garden, the entrance, the train, entrance to every ride.......Just awesome :-D The fire crackers at the shutdown totally worth the wait.

This trip also included the Venetian in Macau. I will surely visit Venice Paris some time in future but this 'Winter in Venice' was beyond expectations. Words are not enough to describe the beautiful lake with the boat-ride, the bridges in Venice style, the evening sky ceiling and all the branded shops, lightings and Christmas decorations. No camera photography did any justification to the third floor of the Venetian. Macau is a mini las-vegas, many casinos are replications of those in LasVegas, 92% of GDP of Macau is from casinos. The added attractions along with the 24 hrs gambling were - the Dragon shows, water theaters, crystal/diamond shows, couldn't attend all but those I did see where one of the kind.

There were regular tourist spots in all these places - Macau tower (world's highest bungy jump 232m), Ama temple (you can test your luck there), ruins of St Paul's church, the ferry ride from HK to Macau and Macau to Shenzan, Chinese tea (though my mum, fan of indian tea, hated it), birds eye view of fisherman's lifestyle, floating restaurant, jade shops - jewelry Chinese style, fang shui shops, Lohu - typical pallika bazaar of China (imitation of Louis Vuitton, Rado and what not :p), bamboo workshops, Victoria Peak, Madam Tussads and Window of the world.

Madam Tussauds - now I get what the hype is all about. I am a big fan from now on, Einstein - Meryl Streep - Obama - Gandhiji - Lady Gaga - Amitabh - Beckham - Elvis - Robert Pattison - she is a genius. Also Window of the World in Shenzan is worth a mention. So in china there is imitation of everything, also the best of the monuments :-D This park had everything from taj mahal to great canyons to pyramids, nicely done and the best of all was a small mimic of London with all the skyscrapers and the London bridge. I also got an opportunity to watch a Chinese musical with awesome lighting and acting, I did not get the entire story, it was some version of Cinderella, there were step sisters, fairy, shoe but also another villain and the prince died so hero was someone else, I am still looking for the story.

All and all a vacation well spent :-D I would like to add, sim is a big problem - when you are travelling in three different cities staying for 2 days in each, communication to homeland is an issue, 3g - wifi - also not so easy to get, wazzapp also doen't work. Also currency is a problem - there are few worldwide recognized currencies and there are local currencies, lots is lost in exchange from one to another and lots is lost because x currency is not valid outside mx country :-| Khair this is no reason to not to travel, I did buy an awesome overcoat in 50% off :-D But ya, vegetarians beware, not so easy to get vegetarian food in such places, MC D doesn't have any veg burger in China.