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A Day in the Land of White Orchid - Kurseong | Dow Hill | Travelogue

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A View of Kurseong Town Kurseong, the land of white orchid, a hill station in the Darjeeling district in the Indian State of West Bengal. Kurseong is located at an altitude of 4864 ft and has a pleasant climate throughout the year. The city is 34 kilometres from Siliguri and is connected by roads and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR).  The nearest major railway station is New Jalpaiguri (NJP), which is about 45 kilometres and the nearest airport is at Bagdogra, which is about 40 kilometres from the town. The economy is based primarily on tourism and education. Before telling anything more about Kurseong, I would like to talk about how and from where my journey started. My journey started right from the R.K. Hostel, University of North Bengal. This time I'm gonna travel with two of my friends - Lohit and Ashraf. We three study at the University of North Bengal and stay in university hostel. Our university is located at Shiv Mandir, Siliguri, and Kurseong is standing in 20 km n...
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One Hundred Years of Solitude is "The Bible of Macondo"

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One Hundred Years of Solitude is considered Columbian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez's (1927-2014) magnum opus and is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. It provoked a literary earthquake in Latin America when it was first published in 1967. It inspired a sense of liberation in the minds of the readers and liberated them from dull realities into a world of magic and fantasy. (Picture Credit- Penguin Books) Harold Bloom, the renowned literary critic, has called One Hundred Years of Solitude as “The Bible of Macondo,” by comparing it to the Book of Genesis in the Bible: "In his subsequent work, Garcia Marquez went back to Faulkner and Kafka; but then, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a miracle and could only happen once, if only because it is less a novel than it is a Scripture, the Bible of Macondo. " (7) Macondo is a picture of the Garden of Eden that is notably discussed in the first chapter of the Old Testament, which is the ...
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Who killed Prerna in Chetan's One Arranged Murder?

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(Picture Credit- www.nu.edu)   Before unveiling Prerna's murder mystery, let's know a little bit about the story of One Arranged Murder. This is a story about love and murder. Actually, it is about one arranged marriage that eventually becomes one arranged murder. Keshav Rajpurohit and Sourabh Maheshwari are best friends, colleagues, flat mates, and business partners at 'Z Detectives.' Both of them work at Cyber Safe, a cyber security company, and besides their regular job they also run 'Z Detective'. They live in a small apartment in Malviya Nagar locality in South Delhi. But Keshav and Saurabh are not talking-to each other, because Keshav has a habit of fat-shaming Saurabh’s fiance, Prerna. Prerna is on the heavier side, and Keshav always finds some reason to take a jab at her weight, which Sourabh doesn't like at all. She is an internet entrepreneur, runs a curated food delivery called 'Eato'. Sourabh and Prerna are a cheesy and romantic couple. T...
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5 Must Watch Movies For English Literature Students

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Literature and film stand not far away, they are quite connected. By reading a work of literature, the reader has to open his mind for imaginations. Books only show words, and the images of the story are imagined in the brain. On the other hand, films give a particular picture of the story to the audiences, and the audiences get details through visual and hearing.  Literature students benefit a lot from great movies. Here, I have hand-picked 5 movies which I think you must absolutely watch if you are a literature student. The list includes movies about authors, poets, writing and setting. These movies will surely develop your taste in English Literature. The selected movies are easy to find online. The students and young adults will definitely enjoy and benefit in the long run. From thousands of films, I have hand-picked only 5 movies, because I believe they are the best of all time. 1. Shakespeare in Love (1998) Shakespeare in Love depicts an imaginary love affair involving Viola...
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Why is Malala's Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize Unique?

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Malala Yousafzai (Picture Credit- www.enca.com) Malala Yousafzai is a young Pakistani girl whose courage and determination in fighting for a right to education for girls has made her a youth icon. Though she was just a child, she defied the Taliban in Pakistan, and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. On October 9th, 2012, a gunman shot Malala when she was traveling home from school. The shooting left Malala in a critical condition. The shooting resulted in a massive outpouring of support for Malala, which continued during her recovery. In 2014, she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize . Malala proves you are never too young to change the world. Malala gave an incredible speech as she accepted her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway after becoming an icon of the fight for children's education rights. During her Nobel speech, she commented on her attempted assassination at the hands of a Taliban gunman. "The terrorists tried to stop us,...
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One Arranged Murder | Chetan Bhagat | Book Review

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(No Spoiler) "Love seemed elusive to us, but we had something else. We had friendship, which in many ways is even more beautiful than love." - Chetan   Bhagat, One Arranged Murder (Picture Credit- chetanbhagat.com ) Are you looking for an engaging book review of Chetan Bhagat's new book One Arranged Murder . Don't worry! You are at the right place. One Arranged Marriage Murder is a mystery thriller from India’s highest-selling author Chetan Bhagat . This is Chetan's ninth novel and twelfth book overall. His last release was The Girl in Room 105 , which was published in 2018 and One Arranged Murder is a sequel of that previous one. This is a story about love and murder. Actually, it is a story about one arranged marriage that eventually becomes one arranged murder. One Arranged Murder begins where Bhagat's previous novel, The Girl in Room 105 , ends. Keshav Rajpurohit and Sourabh Maheshwari are best friends, colleagues, flat mates, and business partners...
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As a Man Thinketh | James Allen | Book Review

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Are you worried about your future? Are you puzzled with your life? Don't worry! Because James Allen says- "Man is made or unmade by himself." You yourself have every single power to change your life. To know the secrets, read the masterpiece, As a Man Thinketh. (Picture Credit- Maple Classics) As a Man Thinketh is a pioneering self-help book by James Allen, a philosophical writer of British nationality known for his inspirational books and poetry. This is Allen's third book and was first published in 1903. The book is divided into seven small chapters. He described the book as "A book that will help you to help yourself", "A pocket companion for thoughtful people", and "A book on the power and right application of thought." The aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," forms the basis of the title of this book. Allen says a man is literally what he thinks, his character, his personality is made out of his thoughts. H...
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Waiting for Godot - An Existential Play | Samuel Beckett

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“Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful.” -  Samuel Beckett : Waiting for Godot (34) Waiting for Godot,  a paragon of existentialism, is crafted by the brilliant mind of Samuel Beckett. Beckett, a modernist Irish writer, often associated with the ‘Theatre of the Absurd.' He was highly influenced by the French philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Waiting for Godot is a highly celebrated existential play. Existential philosophy says that we human beings simply exist in a world that does not have any overarching moral order or meaning. We are not essentially good or bad, we are what we make of ourselves, what we think of ourselves and we are what we choose to believe. Questions such as life, death, the meaning of human existence and the place of God in that existence are among them. The theories of existentialism assert that conscious reality is very complex and without an "objective" or universally known value. We see, that, in  Waiting for Godot...
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Best 5 Websites To Download Free E-Books

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“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”  - Ernest Hemingway. Reading is very important because it develops our thoughts, gives us endless knowledge and lessons while keeping our minds active. Books can hold and keep all kinds of information, stories, thoughts and feelings unlike anything else in this world. The importance of a book to help us learn and understand things is irreplaceable. Technology has developed over the time, and reading books can be more convenient and easier nowadays. We can read books on our laptop, mobile, tablets and Kindle, etc. Although I personally prefer physical books, but, you know e-books have the definite advantage of being easy to bring with you wherever you go. Also one thing we always don't like is the price tag that goes along with the book. Here comes the immense importance of e-books and fortunately there are plethora of websites which provide e-books for free. Below are some amazing websites for downloading free e-books where you can acquire a...
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