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November 18, 2012
Review of "The Painter of Signs"
The Painter of Signs by R.K. NarayanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
R.K.Narayan surprised me with this novel. Set during the period when the Family Control propagation came into focus, this novel can shock a person as well as realize the depth of the Indian soul. Narayan in this novel tries to go with the times & is very bold in his writing. Infact, the novel involves many themes of the 1970's Indian scenario like birth control, Bollywood, dare devil women etc. Narayan also breaks his initial way of presenting his characters & uses a new technique which is refreshing. The tongue in cheek way in which Narayan analyses the 'birth control' issue is hilarious.
The author has broken down a way of thinking for us which we have to comprehend as citizens of a nation with a lot of population related issues as well as a nation which is steeped in what one would call skepticism against modern science. Also, through the eyes of the author, one realises how serious the problem of population explosion was (& is). the drastic & almost weird attempts to rid the masses of the 'evil' of producing more children is taken up very well by the author. He may have gone into more uncomfortable details if it were not for the fact that he was writing a novel in an India which was not yet all that fine with bold literature, though, foreign readers accepted him well. The zeal of the government workers to sterilize the whole of India may seem funny in the novel.....but the dangerous side of the way things turned out is also underlined subtly here in the story via the character of Daisy, the love of Raman who is the actual 'painter of signs'....especially the painter of the popular Family Planning Sign, the red triangle.....we two, our two !
Raman is shown as a person rooted in sexuality & intense passion, quite opposite to his lady love whose only aim in life seems to be, the sterilization of the Indian population. the author even ventures to state the various methods involved in this process, especially forced vasectomy which became very popular during that period of time. The author seems rather preoccupied with this part of Indian history as I've read about a similar story related to forced sterilization in the book 'Malgudi Days'. The author even discloses certain delicate topics in this novel which is quite commendable.
Sexuality is a main ingredient in this modern Narayan book which is presented in a very humorous way, without any hint of hesitation. The comic sexual drive of Raman for Daisy in part 2 of the novel is very comic....a novelty of the 'Grand Old Man Of Malgudi'.
In all, the book is a great read & enjoyable to the core.
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November 11, 2012
Review Of : The World Of Nagaraj
Simplicity enables a person to understand the depths of human nature as well as the universe. R.K.Narayan's novel 'The World Of Nagaraj' just like his other books, takes the reader on a journey into the simplicity of a man's heart who is unable to comprehend the undertones of normal activities of people. At the same time, the description of an Indian town, Malgudi where all of Narayan's stories are based again soothes the intellectual critic within us & challenges our inner self especially , the Indian within us all to judge the book. The story is simple yet profound in its unique way. The character of Nagaraj is put forward to the reader as a person whose only aim in life is to pen down a novel on the life of the holy celestial Hindu sage, 'Narada'. Nagaraj is a domesticated personality who is simple minded (he cannot even mix his coffee properly) & who is unlike his elder brother Gopu, who is materialistic & very ambitious, ready to make a profit at whatever cost. Nagaraj is dominated & humiliated by his brother which as is seen clearly in the novel, he tries to ignore passing it of as a sort of 'brotherly joke'. The point is however that, no one takes poor Nagaraj seriously...neither his brother, nor his wife Sita, not the card playing pandit who he goes to learn about the life of the a fore mentioned celestial sage, nor his nephew Tim who is adored by Nagaraj....not anybody, except one person......that person is Nagaraj's obsession NARADA. The reason I state that the sage from mythology is the only one who takes Nagaraj seriously is because, the meaning of Narada's existence itself is to cause misunderstandings between people (as we know from studying Hindu Mythology) & to pass on gossip from one party to another. This is what constantly happens in R.K. Narayan's novel ; the mother-in-law misunderstands Sita & questions her actions, Tim misunderstands his doting father & runs of to his uncle's home, Saroja (Tim's wife) misunderstands Nagaraj & leaves her abode along with her shady character of a husband...this continues to take place leaving pitiable Nagaraj gasping for a breath of freedom rom everyone including his wife & Narada the sage himself. The novel also brings together a number of unforgettable 'Malgudi' characters who not only entertain but who also play pivotal roles in the whole narrative.,example; my favorite the Talkative Man who leads Nagaraj to the card playing pundit. The novel keeps one engrossed till the very end & yet develops a person's understanding of how not being forthright in ones dealings can create a lot of unwanted issues.,example; Nagaraj was not forthright enough unlike his wife (who seems to act as hi Lady Macbeth) to question the mysterious drunken Tim about his whereabouts during college hours. The hypocrisy of the clergy is evident in the novel as well as the rather amusing side of a stationary shop owner who seems to know more about the Hindu sages & gods than the ordinary pundit. In all, the book was a breath of fresh air for me through the humorous characters & their never ending problems (just like mine....a good read if there was ever one. The 'Grand old man of Malgudi' strikes again !
November 10, 2012
The absurdity of weekly horoscopes
ZODIAC SIGNS....that's what we were spending our time doing at home after we ALL came back home from church (Younger Uncle almost tripped the priest who said Mass & almost dropped a 500/- note into an open gutter).
We read each one aloud one by one & finally ended up in an argument where Younger Aunt almost threatened that she would go on a fast unto death unless the astrologer of the horoscope would
be strapped to a bus ! We basically all had contradictory points against the 'observer of the heavens' as given in all the respective brackets :
Fiza (Pisces) : It seems that I am going to have a very hectic schedule on the work front (but Holidays are going on Duh..) & that family matters will make me restless (now what the heck is the meaning of restless…the only time I feel restless is when Elder uncle is stuck in the toilet for too long !!!)
Mothr (Leo) : It seems mother will bring someone new into the family (I hope its only a cat & not….!!!!!! Eww) & that she will be touring the whole world with a group of people like herself (Mother is very prayerful & fasts all the time…..I heard Anna Hazare was thinking of touring the whole of India from January onwards….hmmm)
Younger Aunt (Scorpio) : It seems her sex life will be physically exhausting her so she will need to seek advice from a counsellor (YOUNGER AUNT IS SINGLE & IS 60 YEARS OLD….she was so annoyed with this prediction…..) It also said that her relationship with her male friends will make her restless (she said she wants to hang this astrologer from the bedroom curtain)
Elder Aunt (Libra) : It seems she had to bear the loss of a loved one last week which has made her very depressed (Yash Chopra ??? She hates his mush…..last week she was eating royally at three weddings……she even went to a disco bar to evacuate a choir member from there) It also seems that she will be restless (again !) because of a new guest in the house (the cockroach which she ruthlessly murdered yesterday ?....she loves the kill !)
Younger Uncle (Aquarius) : It seems a lot of money will be coming to him for another five years (Hello…he is working in a BANK !....& he will be retiring in five years !) It also seems that a lady in his life will be draining the life force out of him (he was mid-wife to Lopez the cat just two days ago….every time she pushed to deliver a scraggy kitten, she scratched him drawing a lot of blood) It also seems he will be restless (WHATS WITH THIS ASTROLOGER & RESTLESS) on the 13th of November (Yeah sure, its Diwali…..Younger Uncle hates crackers…..he is for a green Diwali)
Elder Uncle was also in the picture but he refused to read the
horoscope as he said it was against the teachings of the church…..that closed the discussion alright !
We read each one aloud one by one & finally ended up in an argument where Younger Aunt almost threatened that she would go on a fast unto death unless the astrologer of the horoscope would
be strapped to a bus ! We basically all had contradictory points against the 'observer of the heavens' as given in all the respective brackets :
Fiza (Pisces) : It seems that I am going to have a very hectic schedule on the work front (but Holidays are going on Duh..) & that family matters will make me restless (now what the heck is the meaning of restless…the only time I feel restless is when Elder uncle is stuck in the toilet for too long !!!)
Mothr (Leo) : It seems mother will bring someone new into the family (I hope its only a cat & not….!!!!!! Eww) & that she will be touring the whole world with a group of people like herself (Mother is very prayerful & fasts all the time…..I heard Anna Hazare was thinking of touring the whole of India from January onwards….hmmm)
Younger Aunt (Scorpio) : It seems her sex life will be physically exhausting her so she will need to seek advice from a counsellor (YOUNGER AUNT IS SINGLE & IS 60 YEARS OLD….she was so annoyed with this prediction…..) It also said that her relationship with her male friends will make her restless (she said she wants to hang this astrologer from the bedroom curtain)
Elder Aunt (Libra) : It seems she had to bear the loss of a loved one last week which has made her very depressed (Yash Chopra ??? She hates his mush…..last week she was eating royally at three weddings……she even went to a disco bar to evacuate a choir member from there) It also seems that she will be restless (again !) because of a new guest in the house (the cockroach which she ruthlessly murdered yesterday ?....she loves the kill !)
Younger Uncle (Aquarius) : It seems a lot of money will be coming to him for another five years (Hello…he is working in a BANK !....& he will be retiring in five years !) It also seems that a lady in his life will be draining the life force out of him (he was mid-wife to Lopez the cat just two days ago….every time she pushed to deliver a scraggy kitten, she scratched him drawing a lot of blood) It also seems he will be restless (WHATS WITH THIS ASTROLOGER & RESTLESS) on the 13th of November (Yeah sure, its Diwali…..Younger Uncle hates crackers…..he is for a green Diwali)
Elder Uncle was also in the picture but he refused to read the
horoscope as he said it was against the teachings of the church…..that closed the discussion alright !
November 9, 2012
When on a diet
TEMPTATION....I came across a terrible temptation today !
One of my students brought me a whole gigantic box of chocolates as a Diwali present. He left it right infront of me while I was at my study table in my writing hut......the joke is at that point of time, I was eating (swallowing in disgust) some chunks of cucumber (I am on a strict diet...& I am dying in bits because of it).
I tried not to
look at the box, I really tried.
I thought of all the Christian prayers I had learnt at school.
I remembered all the Christian saints, especially the ones who were cooked to death or starved to death.
But NOTHING was working. The temptation was eating me up......it was worse than a raging fire...........it was worse than the tension one feels during a cricket match between India & Pakistan...........it was worse than a snake crawling up ones spine.........it was worse than what a boy feels when he is with his best friend's girlfriend...............it was worse than the itch I get to do the 'Gangnam Style' while travelling on the road towards the bank..............................IT WAS A THRILLER !!!
But......I was strong.........I picked up the box, & fed all my cats !
They all ate with relish......except one (Michael Jackson) who overate some of the caramel bars & then started to make queer sounds which sounded like a mix of Justin Beiber & Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Younger Uncle won a prize today at the bank....he won a shawl (a pink one). He won it because he was the only bank officer who kept going to the office even on Sundays. He was so annoyed with the gift (he was expecting a month's holiday at Shimla) that he asked Lopez (the cat) whether she wanted it....apparently she refused......I guess even cats do not appreciate the bank's idea of gifting its 'serious' employees.
I am happy in a way, I am the proud great grandmother of three little female kittens (Lopez has delivered). The problem is, they are really FAT....mother wants to put them on a diet too.....those poor kittens.
Fiza
One of my students brought me a whole gigantic box of chocolates as a Diwali present. He left it right infront of me while I was at my study table in my writing hut......the joke is at that point of time, I was eating (swallowing in disgust) some chunks of cucumber (I am on a strict diet...& I am dying in bits because of it).
I tried not to
look at the box, I really tried.
I thought of all the Christian prayers I had learnt at school.
I remembered all the Christian saints, especially the ones who were cooked to death or starved to death.
But NOTHING was working. The temptation was eating me up......it was worse than a raging fire...........it was worse than the tension one feels during a cricket match between India & Pakistan...........it was worse than a snake crawling up ones spine.........it was worse than what a boy feels when he is with his best friend's girlfriend...............it was worse than the itch I get to do the 'Gangnam Style' while travelling on the road towards the bank..............................IT WAS A THRILLER !!!
But......I was strong.........I picked up the box, & fed all my cats !
They all ate with relish......except one (Michael Jackson) who overate some of the caramel bars & then started to make queer sounds which sounded like a mix of Justin Beiber & Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Younger Uncle won a prize today at the bank....he won a shawl (a pink one). He won it because he was the only bank officer who kept going to the office even on Sundays. He was so annoyed with the gift (he was expecting a month's holiday at Shimla) that he asked Lopez (the cat) whether she wanted it....apparently she refused......I guess even cats do not appreciate the bank's idea of gifting its 'serious' employees.
I am happy in a way, I am the proud great grandmother of three little female kittens (Lopez has delivered). The problem is, they are really FAT....mother wants to put them on a diet too.....those poor kittens.
Fiza
The AntiChrist
ANTI - CHRIST, that’s the new topic of heated discussion in my house. Mother has got so hooked on to this Nostradamus book of prophecies that she is driving all of us crazy. Ever since she heard that Obama has been re-elected, she is cock sure that he must be the Third Anti-Christ. Apparently Younger Uncle does not believe that Obama could be the Anti-Christ, in fact, he was once upon a time of the opinion that I WAS THE THIRD ANTI-CHRIST...............he got this wacky idea because of the following traits, characteristics & issues he felt were present in me when he was making a close study of me when I was four years old:
1) I was (I am) nocturnal & no sleeping drugs work on me
2) The first word I uttered when I was a baby was 'Evil' (it was not evil it was ELVIS.....Younger Uncle heard wrong)
3) I read a lot (seven books per week)
4) I loved watching horror films
5) I used to love to roam around the Jewish cemetery near our church at night to play with the centipedes
6) I loved (still love) to feed the bats
7) I vomited in church the first time I was taken there (age 7 months)
8) I almost tripped a priest (he had stepped on a cat’s tail)
Thus, Younger Uncle came to the conclusion that I was the next 'Beast' on the block. But in the end, sadly, I remained a beast but no longer an Anti-Christ Beast!
Younger Aunt feels that all this talk about Anti-Christ is all hog-wash & that we had enough of 'ordinary' evil people in the world to deal with like the Rickshaw drivers (she finds their charges are exorbitant).
But I have also spent two years of my life studying the texts of the 15th century Prophet Nostradamus & where the Third-Anti Christ is concerned, it is said that the Anti-Christ WILL BE ONE WHO ALWAYS WEARS A BLUE TURBAN & WHO HOLDS A VERY IMPORTANT POLITICAL POST IN THE 21st CENTURY.
The moment I told this to Younger Uncle, he asked me whether Nostradamus meant MAN MOHAN SINGH ???
I rest my case.
I better get back to my tuition note making.
Fiza
1) I was (I am) nocturnal & no sleeping drugs work on me
2) The first word I uttered when I was a baby was 'Evil' (it was not evil it was ELVIS.....Younger Uncle heard wrong)
3) I read a lot (seven books per week)
4) I loved watching horror films
5) I used to love to roam around the Jewish cemetery near our church at night to play with the centipedes
6) I loved (still love) to feed the bats
7) I vomited in church the first time I was taken there (age 7 months)
8) I almost tripped a priest (he had stepped on a cat’s tail)
Thus, Younger Uncle came to the conclusion that I was the next 'Beast' on the block. But in the end, sadly, I remained a beast but no longer an Anti-Christ Beast!
Younger Aunt feels that all this talk about Anti-Christ is all hog-wash & that we had enough of 'ordinary' evil people in the world to deal with like the Rickshaw drivers (she finds their charges are exorbitant).
But I have also spent two years of my life studying the texts of the 15th century Prophet Nostradamus & where the Third-Anti Christ is concerned, it is said that the Anti-Christ WILL BE ONE WHO ALWAYS WEARS A BLUE TURBAN & WHO HOLDS A VERY IMPORTANT POLITICAL POST IN THE 21st CENTURY.
The moment I told this to Younger Uncle, he asked me whether Nostradamus meant MAN MOHAN SINGH ???
I rest my case.
I better get back to my tuition note making.
Fiza
November 2, 2012
The Road to Madness- Review
The Road to Madness by H.P. LovecraftMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I must admit that this was the first time I actually came across the author H. P. Lovecraft. I found this book at the Strand Bookstall in Mumbai after it fell on my head as I was rummaging through a bookshelf containing some other great books on philosophy.
I was taken aback when I read on the back cover of the book that Lovecraft had inspired many of my own favourite authors of the macabre like Anne Rice, Stephen King & Clive Barker. As I poured over the stories at night UNDER my study table with the table lamp on, I was transported to a realm quite different from my own understanding of terror & fantasy. Lovecraft's ideas were not only macabre but also quite morbid & blood chilling. True that his works are steeped in grand descriptions which normally puts a casual reader of, but a true lover of literature & horror will certainly realize after reading Lovecraft's works like 'At The Mountains Of Madness', 'Reanimator', 'Imprisoned With The Pharaohs' etc that, the descriptions are all meaningful to completely realize the actual horror behind it all.
As Barbara Hambly stated, H.P. Lovecraft struggles to bring out his ideas to the reader....it is his idea that is powerful & extraordinary. His pseudo - Poe short stories take on another turn as they get more original & more bizzare as the years go by. Lovecraft's characters too keep on undergoing transformations & at times reappear in other stories. He in the bargain creates a niche for himself in the horror & fantasy genre which no one can rob.
He is excellent as I have observed in first person accounts of the story, making the reader grip the book tightly in a cold sweat as he administers the opiate of fear into our system....almost like his warped character Herbert West does by administering a special powder into the veins of dead bodies or organs to bring them to life in the 'Reanimator'(this was better than Frankenstein). Most of Lovecraft's protagonists I have observed are men (its always men !!!) who are :
1] Well educated
2] Intelligent
3] Believe in the dark forces & works of very sinister personalities (eg., the constant repition of the book Necronomicon by the Arab Abdul Alhazred who was a genius par excellance)
4] Have this constant habit of getting into trouble inspite of their intelligence
No doubt that at times his stories have a certain amount of Racism present in it, never the less, Lovecraft still pens his stories with a masterstroke of a true wizard of the terrible. Most of his main characters as I have stated before are common scholars or scientists except for 'Imprisoned With The Pharoahs' where the poor person imprisoned is the world famous escape artist (got to love him) Harry Houdini.
My personal favourites in this book were ;
1) The Transition Of Juan Romero
2) The Temple
3) The Terrible Old Man
4) Reanimator (lots of gross descriptions & lots of blood....too good !)
5) Imprisoned With The Pharaohs (I love Houdini)
6) The Horror At Red Hook (out of this world !) &
7) In The Walls Of Eryx (he co -authored this with Kenneth Sterling)
Lovecraft refers a lot to Edgar Allen Poe in most of his early works especially in 'The Shunned House' where it looks like he really was enamoured by the original creator of the macabre.
All in all.......a thumbs up for Lovecraft & his 'madness'. Now I am going to check out all the movies that have been based on this stories. Indeed, many movies have found their genesis in the works of this master of ghastly descriptions.
I shall post some more information & links after I finish my research. Got to get my students to check this guy out.
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October 30, 2012
31st October 2012
ITS HALLOWEEN & YOUNGER UNCLE HAS FOUND A BLACK CAT FROM THE WADI NEAR OUR HOUSE !!! It had to be Younger Uncle to go about the night searching for cats instead of buying the groceries & coming back home like a decent human being. He found this puss stuck under a gate. He released her & the moment he did so, she hissed at him & crossed his path. Now Younger Uncle has been calling our Parish priest to get him exorcised (he thinks the devil has got into him....my question is....when did the devil leave in the first place ???)
Mother hates Halloween, not because she is scared of ghosts.....she hates the idea that vampires are literally 'worshipped' somewhat on this day. The fact is, mother hates anything that sucks blood out of any human being & cat......including dengue & malaria mosquitoes. She wonders why no one writes sexy books about mosquitoes...she feels they are similar to vampires, & at times much better than them anyday. Besides, according to mother......mosquitoes are REAL & we can SEE them & FEEL them & they do SUCK BLOOD & they kill too (remember Yash Chopra).
Mother is waiting for someone to write a saga like Twilight on mosquitoes......she demands that movies should be made on them too......with a hot mosquito couple as the main actors. Mother tried to make me write one but I ran out of the house to feed the bats.
Younger Aunt is terrified of anything that goes 'bump' in the night, including me when I walk towards the hall for a drink of water. She is also petrified of honeymoon couples.....she feels they make the most scariest sounds at the dead of night that make her think of ghosts, goblins & spectres (no wonder Younger Aunt is still a spinster !)
Tomorrow we will be watching a special Halloween favourite movie of the family.........we watch it every year.........its called 'The Adams Family'...............Younger Uncle finds it better than Shakespeare.....we still have not located the lost Shakespeare book...........but..............we have found clues.....happy Halloween.
Mother hates Halloween, not because she is scared of ghosts.....she hates the idea that vampires are literally 'worshipped' somewhat on this day. The fact is, mother hates anything that sucks blood out of any human being & cat......including dengue & malaria mosquitoes. She wonders why no one writes sexy books about mosquitoes...she feels they are similar to vampires, & at times much better than them anyday. Besides, according to mother......mosquitoes are REAL & we can SEE them & FEEL them & they do SUCK BLOOD & they kill too (remember Yash Chopra).
Mother is waiting for someone to write a saga like Twilight on mosquitoes......she demands that movies should be made on them too......with a hot mosquito couple as the main actors. Mother tried to make me write one but I ran out of the house to feed the bats.
Younger Aunt is terrified of anything that goes 'bump' in the night, including me when I walk towards the hall for a drink of water. She is also petrified of honeymoon couples.....she feels they make the most scariest sounds at the dead of night that make her think of ghosts, goblins & spectres (no wonder Younger Aunt is still a spinster !)
Tomorrow we will be watching a special Halloween favourite movie of the family.........we watch it every year.........its called 'The Adams Family'...............Younger Uncle finds it better than Shakespeare.....we still have not located the lost Shakespeare book...........but..............we have found clues.....happy Halloween.
30th October 2012
Younger Uncle does not want me to step out of the house until I tell him where I have stashed all the William Shakespeare plays. He apparently wants to study Shakespeare during his free time in the bank.....& he wants to start with 'Much Ado About Nothing' as he feels it is rather in keeping with what is currently going on at the bank.
On the flip side, mother is desperate to get me out of the house as she wants me to find a boyfriend (on the road ?)
The issue is that I certainly do not wish to get out of my house at all & I really do not know where that beastly creature Shakespeare has lost himself! He was supposed to act like a decent gentleman & stay on the shelf next to Miley Cyrus & Paris Hilton (their biographies) but he has NOT behaved like a decent gentleman & has hidden himself.........while trying to locate his whereabouts, I accidently hit my tender fat head on one of the smaller shelves & down came a really large hardcover book - SMACK upon my head. After regaining a state of some degree of sanity, I read the title of the book that had attacked me so brutally without any mercy.............it was the 'Holy Bible'.
It then struck me that Christmas was just around the corner & I had a lot of writing to do. Yet I had to find that Bard (Shakespeare).......in the bargain, I found many other books which had been missing for over two years & one which was missing for over ten years (that was my ICSE 10th Mathematics textbook). Mother was most upset with the mess I had created & Younger Uncle kept on singing peculiar songs to apparently 'entertain' me. He especially kept on singing an old Texas number which got really on my nerves :
" Rail road, steam boat, river & canal
Yonder comes a sucker & he's got my gal ;
& she's gone, gone, gone
& she's gone, gone, gone
& she's gone, gone, gone
& she's gone, gone, gone
& she's gone, gone, gone
& she's gone, gone, gone......"
the 'gone' never seemed to end just like all the deaths in the Bollywood film industry & then I got a headache.
Where has that Shakespeare got himself to ?...........is he kidnapped (those poor kidnappers).........did someone steal him ? (must have been that black cat from the opposite building).....................I must find the Bard......literature is at stake.......including my head.......tally ho......gone....gone.....gone !
On the flip side, mother is desperate to get me out of the house as she wants me to find a boyfriend (on the road ?)
The issue is that I certainly do not wish to get out of my house at all & I really do not know where that beastly creature Shakespeare has lost himself! He was supposed to act like a decent gentleman & stay on the shelf next to Miley Cyrus & Paris Hilton (their biographies) but he has NOT behaved like a decent gentleman & has hidden himself.........while trying to locate his whereabouts, I accidently hit my tender fat head on one of the smaller shelves & down came a really large hardcover book - SMACK upon my head. After regaining a state of some degree of sanity, I read the title of the book that had attacked me so brutally without any mercy.............it was the 'Holy Bible'.
It then struck me that Christmas was just around the corner & I had a lot of writing to do. Yet I had to find that Bard (Shakespeare).......in the bargain, I found many other books which had been missing for over two years & one which was missing for over ten years (that was my ICSE 10th Mathematics textbook). Mother was most upset with the mess I had created & Younger Uncle kept on singing peculiar songs to apparently 'entertain' me. He especially kept on singing an old Texas number which got really on my nerves :
" Rail road, steam boat, river & canal
Yonder comes a sucker & he's got my gal ;
& she's gone, gone, gone
& she's gone, gone, gone
& she's gone, gone, gone
& she's gone, gone, gone
& she's gone, gone, gone
& she's gone, gone, gone......"
the 'gone' never seemed to end just like all the deaths in the Bollywood film industry & then I got a headache.
Where has that Shakespeare got himself to ?...........is he kidnapped (those poor kidnappers).........did someone steal him ? (must have been that black cat from the opposite building).....................I must find the Bard......literature is at stake.......including my head.......tally ho......gone....gone.....gone !
