Brida...The journey

Reading Paolo Coelho's Brida was like a journey in itself.Its a wonderful book to absorb in one's heart.Like the other two novels of Paolo Coelho that I have read so far,this one also transported me to a world of the known and the unknown.

The path of witchcraft is unknown to me but one dominant theme that uplifts the spirit of understanding the surrounding and life in a broader sense is Love.This theme has been dealt time and again in many fictions that I have read;like others this one also has a new take on it.As a result the impact is deep,in fact more deep than many others.Brida seemed to be mine story at some parts.Like The Alchemist and The Valkyries,Brida is also about a journey-a journey of anyman and everyman.However Brida being a woman protagonist reflects the confusions and instincts of a woman in a subtle way.

One thing that becomes clear after reading the book is the journey of life,a walk in search of the destination after reaching which the mission will set a new path,a brighter one.It makes me contemplate on the decisions I have taken so far,be it important or trivial.I am sure the book will reveal much more when it is read for a second time.

Great writers are great readers,readers of the mind and Paolo Coelho is definitely one such reader.As the man says himself,''Desire is not what you see but what you imagine.'',Brida is the imagination,the desire for the bridge between the visible and invisible.

Two Brothers,once again

Fourth watch of ''Two Brothers'' was worth it.The film has a heart-melting plot which had touched me the first time I had watched it years back.The story of two tiger brothers-Sangha and Kumar teach us more than any love story.The two tigers in the film are separated and each beast (being) has his experience with human beings(beasts).Only the two humane characters who understand the divine feeling of love are the hunter,McRory and the child,Raoul.The later of course is the better of the two with more pure and true love for his friend Sangha (because of his lesser experience in cruel men).McRory's words to Kumar (the tiger whom he loved),''forgive me'' towards the end of the film, actually is his asking for forgiveness for all his misdoings.However The truest love shown in the film is the one shared by the two tigers.Even in danger when they are surrounded by fire in the jungle Kumar doesn't leave his brother;he jumps back to rescue Sangha who is not trained like him in the circus to jump through a ring of fire.

At last they unite with their mother and the ray of sunlight passing through the bullet hole in their mother's ears is a beautiful conclusion with a ray of hope.

The symbolic moments are well projected.One such is when the two brothers roam freely and the man with the jar of fish drops it in the river out of fear.(tigers,the wild savage beasts set the fish free instead of man).Another such scene is when Kumar lies quietly inside the cage and a bird enters the cage and digs in the piece of meat.

The wonderfully directed film by Jean Jacques Annaud shows us the bond of love that should have been between we humans but is missing because we are ''not wild and savage'' like the beings in the jungle.

I find one more reason to save tigers...they are the one who know to love and value relationships.

Dedicated to all those beings who speak a different language and live in the deep Green.

The Beginning after the End

Slumber seals all in life
And opens a world in rest
Life seems to be put to test
When the entity takes another shape

The one in sleep steps
Into a space of eternal brightness
But leaves behind a living world
And few grieving souls

The world grieves only to remember
The one in sleep will never be a part
Of the dreams that the world loves
To chase forever

The one unknown truth still remains
In the heart of slumber
For each one to unveil
The Beginning after the End

love,loss and despair

''Even in that most important area of her life,love,she had failed to commit herself...She feared pain,loss and separation.These things were inevitable on the path to love, and the only way of avoiding them was by deciding not to take that path at all.In order not to suffer,you had to renounce love.It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life...''

However love is not a decision entirely.Its part of ones progress in the path of life.The divinity of its essence however requires depth,which if missing, confuses the entire entity and one ends up losing it at the end.Here comes the separation and pain which leads to the search all over again.