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I am sad.  This might be the most primitive statement anybody have ever said after reading 1984. But it is nonetheless true.  I am sad.  I am sad for the future of humanity.  I am sad for the future of humanity because I know what Orwell predicts in his book doesn't seem quite unlikely to happen. The rise of a new kind of Totalitarianism that would be so overwhelming that it would have immunity against all kinds of puny revolutions. If anything the book made me count the blessings I have today and appreciate my world of existence for all its beauty and virtues. These were my first thoughts after finishing the book. I wrote it on goodreads.com right after I completed the book. When I read it again today, I am starting to feel that I have nothing more to add.  All my feelings were perfectly captured in these few sentences. Because that was what the book was to me. To borrow words from the book itself "Imagine a boot stamping on a human face; Now imagine it is go...

All hell breaks loose, when the mysterious cylinder from Outer Space burst open and living things come out of it, who want nothing but war. But this war is nothing like all the wars men had to fight all this time, this is not a war between countries, states, cultures or even men. This was a War Of The Worlds.  Written by H.G. Wells, War of the Worlds is another one of his science fiction works. War of the Worlds is the perfect portrait of one of the most basic existential fears of humans: What happens when we come face to face with a more advanced species than our own? How can we fight back? Or can we? Will the Darwinian law take it's toll on us too?  The author has done a great job in trying to convey the seriousness and scale of the plot to his best abilities. The introduction to the cylinders and the the slow scale building was also quite helpful in the story telling process. Story was told from multiple point of views was good for creating the confusion and portraying t...

The spiritual journey of a young Brahman boy, his reluctance to accept a singular path, life , or school of thought, his awakening, enlightening, fall, despair and final lesson. Ever since the time when Human Beings became conscious of our own existence in this cold cruel world, we have been in this everlasting odyssey of a spiritual journey. One could say it is an unavoidable part of the The Human Experience. We Humans believe in things we have no material proof of. Now that statement is not only the case for God or the divine, but also for love, loyalty, honor and trust. Simply put, if we only believe in things which we have material proof of then when we throw out God we also have throw all our values too; Or that is my understanding.  Now our young Brahmin boy Siddhartha's journey is as complicated and eventful as any other human. But every inch of the journey is presented masterfully for edification. The prose is beautiful and dream like. So is the story. It could well be dis...