Am reading Haroun and the sea of stories. The early Rushdie. Lots of magic realism, lots of beautifully OTT spontaneity.Full of Iffs( the water genie with colored whiskers) and Butts ( the hoopee with an attitude and the bus driver chasing the sunset)and Gup and Chup- the two sides of Kahani the second moon of the earth , a place where stories flow as water currents to be piped to the emotionally barren regions of the earth whose people have forgotten to smile;Prince Bolo, Princess Batcheat and P2C2Es( processes too complicated to explain) and all that other chlorophyllosophy of the Pasha of Phantasmgoria.
Get the drift.....ok, good.
There is a story about Dull, the lake( not 'the Dull Lake', each inanimate thing seems to come alive here)- whose emotions mirror those of the people who stay in the valley of K( cant get Kashmir out of him!)So you know why it is mistakenly called Dull now.
But when someone gets angry the wind blows huffingly to rock the boat, and when someone is depressed the air reeks of a stench and the sullen mist envelops. Then Haroun tells them to think of the happier moments of their lives, even if they were like an interval siesta mode..and you know what happens- the mist and the stench clear, the silver peaks( snow) and the golden fields( saffron) reappear from the hue.
" Its just a story"...Haroun says.
Thats a two tailed statement...
"its a story, thats all"
OR
" its all just a story"
....whichever way you view it.
I hope you get the drift- I am not an iota of a gifted storyteller as Rushdie is. Deepa certainly did not get the idea I was hinting to when I extrapolated this to " attitude determines altitude"Remember the Champu, Gokul and Banshi story from Std VIII reader- pratikriya hi jeevan hai aur jeevan pratikriya.
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This is why SA lost to India. Its why they've lost big games twice before. Its why they will continue to lose unless they clear the fear fogging their minds.
About Attitude is Altitude...sure. As long as your attitude doesn't hurt others, and you don't reach the high altitude by stepping on other people's toes. I've seen that happen, and really, its a recipe for disaster. I'm all for aiming for the stars, but with your feet on the ground.
Duh? Are you referring to someone/thing here?Who had the mashed Boti toes here?
Nobody. It was just my take on your attitude is altitude theory. What is Boti anyway?
boti- as in sali boti.Kheema.
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