Hi there! Have typed out a looong response till the silly explorer decided to close on me so love's labour lost!
Hope your chapterisation is complete and you are all set to crack your thesis! The letter I guess captures the eternal truth and one of the joys of being a student'as my other half keeps telling me, thank God for last minutes, otherwise you would not end up getting anything done at all, lol!
I loved The Da Vinci code, as in the book, as well, and I agree with you, the movie did not do anything for me'much of the essence and the mystery was lost in the movie'to be fair, the kind of story it is, this was bound to have happened'. Though I must admit, I am biased! I am of the firm opinion that movies very rarely if ever do justice to a book! Though having said, that I do end up watching the movies! Talk about being a glutton for punishment, lol!
The only Eleanor that I know of the mother of Richard the Lionheart and strangely enough also because she set up something called courts of Love wherein lie the origins of the system of the modern day jury'beyond that, I must confess, I know little'in fact my knowledge of English history is reasonably suspect, lol! And I must say, I admire you immensely'.the range of knowledge and the cross section of books that you read is amazing!
The Three Musketeers ' I think I have read and seen it in every form by now! Be it books (both original and kid's versions), movie and animations! Just love the book. Wonder how come I never remembered the line and used it! It would have been pretty appropriate for the trio as well! Also loved The Man in the Iron Mask..actually all classics, must buy and keep for my future generations to read'.sometimes I fear with so much television, the next generation kids are hardly going to be readers'
And I guess I completely agree with you about Anjali'which is why I don't see her as an out and out villain'I can empathise with her'it's tough to watch your heart's desire slip away, especially when you have patiently waited for it and someone from no where comes in and you're left out in the cold'
"A mighty pain to love it is,
And 'tis a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains, the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain."
As to "Sorry Timothy" it's a by-line that's constantly repeated in a Brit series called Sorry where the main character is a grown up guy called Timothy, whose even older father keeps chastising him on his language even though the words are really not offensive!
Am sitting at the airport, waiting for my flight and browsing the net and trying hard not to read the book that I am carrying with me now, lol! Bad choice for the flight and an airport wait!
I like spending time (well some not too much) at airports and observing people'its amazing how interesting it can be and what a wonderful insight it can give you to the human mind esp. when they react to something like a delayed flight '
Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin
