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AN EFFORT TO FIT EMOTIONS IN WORDS.....

     Hello Friends,             Sharing my small poem with you all. I hope you will enjoy reading this. Suggestions and Interpretations  by you all are most welcome.                        Two  sudden  booms in the sky,            A sudden appearance of stars            And a hasty disappearance as if shy.            Two clouds of smoke left alone,            Away from the earth.            One chasing another,            And merging forever....             In the silence of the sky.                                                   - (@Angel)                                           VAIDEHI HARIYANI  Please give your suggestions for the appropriate title  for this poem. Thank You                                                                       

BOOK REVIEW- "THE ALCHEMIST" BY PAULO COELHO

Few days back while going through the collection of my books, my eyes got stuck on one of my most favourite book ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian writer. This amazing book kept me busy last week. This is a novel of a shepherd boy Santiago, who has a dream and courage to follow it. It is a journey of exploration and self-discovery. The boy goes on a venture to pursue his dream, symbolically searching for a hidden treasure located near the pyramids in Egypt. In his journey he meets many exciting people like the alchemist who helps him in finding his way.  I love the end of the novel because it is never-ending. At the end Santiago discovers that “treasure lies where your heart belongs”. The treasure is in the journey itself. In real life also we can feel that happiness lies in the journey rather than reaching to any particular spot. Here I recall a dialogue from the Bollywood film ‘HIGHWAY’ by Imtiaz Ali, where “veera” the protagonist speaks the follow