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āϏাāĻ্āώী āĻিāϞো āĻļিāϰāϏ্āϤ্āϰাāĻŖ by Shuhan Rizwan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
[If you have read enough history there is no spoiler. Otherwise you might get some.]
āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻāϤিāĻšাāϏিāĻ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏ āĻĒā§াāϰ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤি āĻŦেāĻļ āĻāĻŽ। āĻāϰ ⧧⧝ā§ā§§ āύিā§ে āĻĒā§াāĻļোāύাāϰ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤি āϤাāĻ āĻāϰো āĻāĻŽ। āĻāϰāĻŽাāĻেāĻ āϝে āĻāϤিāĻšাāϏিāĻ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏāĻি āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻŦেāĻļ āĻাāϞ āϞাāĻāϤ āϏেāĻি āĻšāϞ, āĻšুāĻŽাā§ুāύ āĻāĻšāĻŽেāĻĻ āĻāϰ āĻোāĻāύা āĻ āĻāύāύীāϰ āĻāϞ্āĻĒ। āĻ āύেāĻ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏেāĻ āĻāĻāĻ āϰāĻāĻŽ āĻāϰেāĻāĻা āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĒেāϞাāĻŽ āϏুāĻšাāύ āϰিāĻāĻā§াāύ āĻāϰ āϏাāĻ্āώী āĻিāϞ āĻļিāϰāϏ্āϤ্āϰাāĻŖ-āĻ।
āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϤ, āĻŦāĻāĻিāϰ 'āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦāĻāύ্āĻĄ'-āϤে āĻĨাāĻা āĻ āύুāϝোāĻāĻুāϞোāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞে āύেāĻ। āĻŦāĻāĻিāϰ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦāĻāύ্āĻĄেāϰ āĻŦেāĻļāĻিāĻু āĻāĻোāύা āĻāĻে āĻāĻŽি āĻĒā§েāĻি। āĻিāĻু āĻিāĻু āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻŽāύে āĻšā§েāĻে āĻšুāĻŦুāĻšু āĻāĻ āϞাāĻāύāĻুāϞোāĻ āĻĒā§েāĻি। āϞেāĻāĻ āύিāĻেāĻ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻāϰেāĻেāύ āĻিāĻু āĻিāĻু āĻিāύিāϏ āϤিāύি āĻ āύ্āϝ āĻŦāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻšুāĻŦুāĻšু āϤুāϞে āĻĻিā§েāĻেāύ। āĻ āύ্āϝ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏেāϰ āϞেāĻāĻেāϰাāĻ āϏেāĻŽ āĻাāĻ āĻāϰেāĻেāύ āĻŦāϞেāĻ āĻāĻŽাāϰ āϧাāϰāύা। āĻāĻŽি āύিāĻে āύāύāĻĢিāĻāĻļাāύ āĻোāύ āĻāϤিāĻšাāϏ āĻŦāĻ āϤেāĻŽāύ āĻĒā§ি āύি। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻšাāϤে āĻোāύা āĻā§েāĻāĻা āĻŦāĻ āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāϰāĻāĻŽ āϰিāĻĒিāĻেāĻļāύ āĻĻেāĻāϞে āĻিāĻুāĻা āĻāĻļাāĻšāϤ āĻšāϤে āĻšā§। āϤāĻĨাāĻĒি, āϝাāϰা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাāϰ āĻāϰāĻāĻŽ āĻāĻāĻা āĻŦāĻ āĻšাāϤে āύিāĻেāύ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻা āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāĻ āĻāĻāĻা āĻ āύāύ্āϝāϏাāϧাāϰāύ āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা āĻšāĻŦে, āĻ āύেāĻāĻা 'āĻোāĻāύা āĻ āĻāύāύীāϰ āĻāϞ্āĻĒ' āĻĒā§াāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻŽাāϰ āϝেāϰāĻāĻŽ āĻšā§েāĻিāϞ।
āϤাāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āϤাāĻāĻāĻĻ্āĻĻীāύ āĻāϰ āĻāϞ্āĻĒ āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϞেāĻ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦāĻāύ্āĻĄে āϤাāĻāĻāĻĻ্āĻĻীāύ āĻāϏেāĻেāύ āĻŦেāĻļ āĻāĻŽ।āĻŦāϰং āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦāĻāύ্āĻĄে āĻ āύ্āϝাāύ āĻāĻāύাāĻ āĻāϞোāĻāύাā§ āĻāϏেāĻে āĻŦেāĻļি। āĻāϰ āĻাāϰāύāĻা āĻšā§āϤ āĻŦোāϧāĻāĻŽ্āϝ। āϤāĻāύāĻাāϰ āϏāϰāĻাāϰে āĻāĻ্āϏাāĻ্āĻāϞি āĻি āĻšā§েāĻে āϤা āĻšā§āϤ āĻ িāĻāĻŽāϤ āύāĻĨিāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āύেāĻ; āĻāϰ āϤাāĻ āϞেāĻāĻ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻāĻāύা āĻŦāϰ্āύāύা āĻāϰেāĻেāύ। āĻŦāĻ āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻŦāϰ্āύāύা āĻĒ্āϰāϏāĻ্āĻে āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšāĻ্āĻে, āϞেāĻāĻেāϰ āĻ āύেāĻ āĻāĻāύাāϰ āϏোāϰ্āϏāĻ āϤাāĻāĻāĻĻ্āĻĻীāύ āĻāϰ āĻŽেā§ে āϰিāĻŽিāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻĻিāϤ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻŦāĻ āĻŦা āϏাāĻ্āώাāϤāĻাāϰ। āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻা āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ āϝে āϤিāύি āϝুāĻĻ্āϧাāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাā§ āύিāĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āĻĻেāĻা āϤেāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻা āĻĒাāύāύি। āϤাāĻ āϏেāĻাāύে āϤাāĻāĻāĻĻ্āĻĻীāύ āĻāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻāύাāĻা āĻāώ্āĻāĻāϰ āĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻāĻāĻĻ্āĻĻীāύ āĻāϰ āĻĻিāϞ্āϞী āĻ্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻŦেāĻļ āϏংāĻিāĻĒ্āϤ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻ্āϰ্āϝাāĻ āĻĒ্āϞাāĻুāύ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻŽিāĻļāύ āĻāϰ āĻŦāϰ্āύāύা, āĻāϞāĻাāϤাāϰ āĻšোāĻেāϞে āĻāĻāύাāĻŦāϞী āĻŦেāĻļ āĻĻীāϰ্āĻ। āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āϝ, āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻāϰিāϤ্āϰ āϤাāϰেāĻুāϞ āĻāϞāĻŽ, āĻāϞাāĻāĻĻ্āĻĻিāύ āĻāϰ āĻāĻŦ্āĻĻুāϞ āĻŦাāϤেāύ āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āĻ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻāϰ āĻĄেāĻেāϞāĻĒāĻŽেāύ্āĻ āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻ āĻāĻāύাāĻুāϞোāϰ āĻĻāϰāĻাāϰ āĻিāϞ; āĻ āύ্āϝāĻĻিāĻে āĻাāϞেāĻĻ āĻŽোāĻļাāϰāϰāĻĢ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤীāϤে āĻāĻ āĻুāϰāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āύ āĻāĻāύাāϰ āĻāύ্āĻŽ āĻĻিāĻŦেāύ, āϤাāĻ āϤাāϰāĻ āĻāĻāĻা āĻĒāϰিāĻিāϤি āĻāĻে āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āĻĒাāĻ āĻ āĻĒেā§ে āϝাāĻŦেāύ। āϤāĻĨাāĻĒি, āĻĻিāϞ্āϞী āĻ্āϰāĻŽāύে (figure of speech btw) āϞেāĻāĻ āĻāϰো āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύাāϰ āĻāĻļ্āϰ⧠āύিāϤে āĻĒাāϰāϤেāύ।
āĻŦāĻ āĻāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীā§ āĻ ংāĻļ 'āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻāύ্āĻĄ', āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āĻ āύেāĻāĻাāĻ āĻাāĻিā§ে āĻāĻ েāĻে। āϤাāĻāĻāĻĻ্āĻĻিāύ āĻĒেā§েāĻেāύ āĻ āύেāĻ āϏ্āĻ্āϰিāύāĻাāĻāĻŽ(āĻĒাāϤা)। āĻāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ (āĻĒ্āϰাā§) āϏāĻŽাāĻĒ্āϤি āĻাāύা āĻšā§েāĻে, āĻাāϰ āύেāϤাāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝ āĻĻিā§ে। āϝেāĻšেāϤু āĻাāϰāĻāύেāϰ āĻাāĻ্āϝ āĻāĻāĻ āϏুāϤোā§ āĻŦাঁāϧা āĻিāϞ, āϞেāĻāĻ āĻĒাāϰāϤেāύ āĻŦাāĻি āϤিāύāĻāύāĻেāĻ āĻāĻ্āϏāĻĒ্āϞোāϰ āĻāϰāϤে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϞেāĻāĻ āϏāϝāϤ্āύে āϏেāĻা āĻā§িā§ে āĻেāĻেāύ।
āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻāύ্āĻĄে āĻāϏে, āĻĒ্āϰাā§ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻ্āϝাāĻĒ্āĻাāϰেāϰ āĻļেāώেāĻ āĻিāϞ 'āĻāϏāύ্āύ āĻĻূāϰ্āϝোāĻেāϰ āĻāύāĻāĻা' āĻাāϤীā§ āĻāĻŦিāώ্āϝāĻĻ্āĻŦাāύী। āĻšুāĻŽাā§ুāύ āĻāĻšāĻŽেāĻĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻাāĻāĻা āĻāϰে āĻĨাāĻেāύ। āĻ āύ্āϝāĻĻিāĻে āĻāύিāϏুāϞ āĻšāĻ 'āϝাāϰা āĻোāϰ āĻāύেāĻিāϞ' āĻāϰ 'āĻāώাāϰ āĻĻুā§াāϰে'-āϤে āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ্āĻāĻŽা-āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ্āĻāĻŽীāĻে āĻĻিā§ে āĻāϰāĻāĻŽ āĻāĻŦিāώ্āϝāĻĻ্āĻŦাāύী āĻĻিā§েāĻেāύāύ। āĻāϰāĻāĻŽ āĻŦাāĻšুāϞ্āϝ āύা āĻĨাāĻāϞে āĻšā§āϤ āĻāϰো āĻাāϞো āĻšāϤ, āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϏেāĻুāϞো āĻāĻেāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻāĻেāĻ āĻāϰিāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻāϏেāĻে।
āĻāĻāύ āĻļেāώ āĻāĻĨা, āĻŦāĻāĻা āĻāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒāϰা āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰāϞে āĻĨাāĻŽিā§ে āϰাāĻা āĻŦেāĻļ āĻāώ্āĻāĻāϰ। āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϤ 'āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻāύ্āĻĄ' āĻাāύāĻাāύ āĻāϤ্āϤেāĻāύাā§ āĻāϰāĻĒুāϰ। āĻāϰ āĻļেāώ āĻāϰ āĻĻিāĻ āĻāϏে āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻŽāύ āĻাāϰাāĻĒ āύা āĻšā§ে āϝাāĻŦে āύা। āĻāĻĒāύি āĻŦাংāϞাāϰ āĻāĻেāĻāĻāύ āϏূāϰ্āϝāϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻ āύেāĻāĻা āĻāĻ্āώেāĻĒāĻ āĻāϰāĻŦেāύ। āϤিāύ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϰা āĻŽুāĻ্āϤিāϝোāĻĻ্āϧাāϰা āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļāĻে āĻিāĻাāĻŦে āϤāĻāύāĻ āĻāϰে āĻĻিāϞ āĻেāĻŦে āĻāĻāĻা āĻāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āĻāϏāĻŦেāĻ।
āĻāĻ āĻāĻāύা āύিā§ে āĻšুāĻŽাā§ুāύ āĻāĻšāĻŽেāĻĻ āϰāĻāύা āĻāϰেāĻিāϞেāύ 'āĻĻেā§াāϞ'। āϏেāĻাāϤে āĻšুāĻŽাā§ুāύ āĻāĻšāĻŽেāĻĻ āĻāϰ āĻāĻŦেāĻেāϰ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰা āĻāϰো āĻŦেāĻļি āĻিāϞ, āĻিāĻু āĻিāĻু āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āϤা āĻŽāύে āĻšāĻ্āĻিāϞ āĻোāϰ āĻāϰে āϞেāĻা āĻšā§েāĻে āĻŦা āϞেāĻāĻ āĻĒাāĻ āĻāĻে āĻāĻĒāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāĻ্āĻেāύ। 'āϏাāĻ্āώী āĻিāϞ āĻļিāϰāϏ্āϤ্āϰাāĻŖ' āĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻ্āĻāĻŦāύ্āϧু, āĻাāϰ āύেāϤা āĻŦা āĻাāϞেāĻĻ āĻŽোāĻļাāϰāϰāĻĢেāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻŦেāĻেāϰ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰা āĻ āύেāĻ āϏংāϝāϤ। āĻŦāϰং āϤা āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻāϰা āĻšā§েāĻে āĻোāύ āĻāĻāĻা āĻāϰিāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻŦা āϏাāĻŽাāύ্āϝ āĻāĻāĻি āϞাāĻāύ āĻĻিā§ে। āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϞেāĻāĻেāϰ āĻŦাā§াāϏ āĻĒāϰিāώ্āĻাāϰ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒাāĻ āĻ āĻি āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύিāĻŦে āĻŦা āĻি āĻ āύুāĻāĻŦ āĻāϰāĻŦে āϤাāϰ āĻĻাā§িāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĒাāĻ āĻেāϰ। āϏেāĻĻিāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻŽā§āĻাāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϏāĻŽাāĻĒ্āϤি।
āϞেāĻāĻেāϰ āĻāϰো āĻ āύেāĻ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏ āĻĒā§াāϰ āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώাā§, āĻāĻāĻে āĻāĻাāύেāĻ āĻļেāώ āĻāϰāĻি। :)
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The Martian by Andy Weir
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Now.. there are rarely science fiction books that are well researched. In that small set of books, it is spectacular. First of all the book is easy to read. Even the scientific/engineering mumbo-jumbo is leveled down to below popular science level books. But rich enough to be read as an intelligent article. Three star for that.
And those who like profane remarks thrown here and there, there is plenty. I understand those are LOGs, as the survivor recorded them after the crisis has been avoided. Even though, those logs seems like the crisis was less severe than they actually were. Well, as sci-fi reader, I don't find such dorky character as new to sci-fi. In fact they are quite common. But I think even to talk with NASA officials in a dorky manner is like taking it too far. That said, I really find that, including 'fuck', 'dick', 'gay jokes' are getting quite common now a days in every American literature which was not that present in the past. Probably the society has changed and it seems awkward to me for I'm not from that society. But yes, it is fun to read. For example:
ME: "This is obviously a clog. How about I take it apart and check the internal tubing?"
NASA: (After five hours of deliberation)"No, you'll fuck it up and die."
So I took it apart.
Me: "I took it apart and found the problem, and fixed it."
NASA: "DICK."
Overall, the novel is enjoyable. Very enjoyable.
For one moment I thought if there is a writer brave enough to kill the protagonist even after all these effort... and hell... ^_^
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Phatik Chand by Satyajit Ray
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
If someone said me, "There are some other stories that started as The Bourne Series (amnesia perspective) and they were written before Bourne came into prominence." one day before, I would not have believed them. But after reading this book, I can say they are right.
That said, it is a thriller story for kids. Nice and wonderful. :)
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I'm trying to keep my head and heart composed while writing this. It's hard. Well, here I'm, trying to write a short description and analysis of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. When I was watching Madoka Magica, it came into my head that I should write something about it. It is truly a new dimension in the magical girl genre, as the previous reviewers have already said. Gen Urobochi! How do such stories come out of your head? Respect for you.
Now as a start, let me do the character analysis. There are five magical girls in this anime. I'll describe as the sequence of their appearance.
First of all, the magical girl we see first is Homura Akemi. She is a cool headed person. At first it appears that she is not the one of the friendlies, and have some ulterior motives. But later we find out that she is in a time loop and reliving same month over and over again with the wish to alter Madoka Kaname's destiny. Although she is seems logical at first, but eventually we also find that her actions were more emotional than logical. She is logically biased toward Madoka and her well being; eventually showing showing that some kind of dual personality has grown on her head. One colder and the other emotional. And she is probably the only source of 'Fan Service' in the anime. And it is not the fan service that pops in your head when the word fan service is uttered. But rather she is seen doing head tilts, and shoving her hair with her hand, even out of context.
And after that, the magical girl we meet is Mami Tomoe. She always keeps her head calm as opposed to going mad over something. She thinks Homura is not a good magical girl and does not take any of her advice into her head. She is the oldest of the five magical girls in the series. And she is supposed to be the trainer of Madoka and Sayaka.
The third Magical Girl introduced is the series is Sayaka Miki. She is the hot headed, honest person. Always wanted to save people and not wanting the price. She would take any witch head on, even though her magic was running out. Eventually she loses her head as she didn't get a boyfriend and well, brought some consequences.
Fourth one, probably the 'side character' magical girl, Kyoko Sakura is head to toe a mischievous person who only lives for herself. She uses magic for her own purpose. At first, she attacks Sayaka to stop her killing familiars that hasn't become a witch yet because killing them does not give any grave seeds, meaning a witch's head has a higher price than a familiar's. But later she shows her kindness as if she got her head together and understood the reasoning of other characters and sacrifices herself to kill Sayaka. Showing the character development in the story; aka. Tsundara(?).
And the last one is Madoka Kaname, the titular character who is shown as a Magical Girl just few episodes before the series ends. Well, that really shows the twisted nature of the show. We were given heads up by the title that the story is about Magical Girl Madoka. But in the end, we found out that the series is more like a different view to the genre and possibly a reconstruction as well. Well, back to the character, she is 'the most kind hearted' person that you will find in every other popular Shounen/shoujo anime protagonist. Who takes the despair out of the despaired. Snap the helpless in the head with her words to make them believe in themselves and motivates them to raise their head. At the same time she doesn't think she has any potential. And with her kind words makes Homura relive the month over and over again to save her. Finally takes all the blame, sufferring of all the magical girls on herself to show how selfless she is!
Lastly, Kyubey, also known as Incubator, gives magical power to the girls. It is hell bent on making contracts with little girls. It uses its head solely for the purpose of making contracts ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1z7sZZZ-Y8 ). A entity that can grant any wish using some kind of mechanism that it (or who ever for that matter) really does not understand. But it does all this with a greater goal in mind that transcends the petty emotions of humans.
In terms of animation quality it is somehow well suited and very well done. At the same time it proves giving the director his head can create truly masterpieces; it's probably the American New Wave revisited and thank you. And massive respect to Akiyuki Shinbo for directing it so well.
The music is top notch. It goes well with every sequence. The ending song is, well, awesone!
It's something that was never before done in the genre (except Dai Mahou Touge perhaps! Or in Sgt. Frogs! Or some other anime out there!!!! but those are comedy. And let's face it. Madoka Magica has a really serious tone!). Really good script from Gen Urobuchi's head. But let's say it, "Madoka's wish does not make sense!" She could stop the girls turned into a witch by her wish for god's sake! Or erase the Incubators! Why these thoughts didn't come into her head! Rather she takes the role of grim reapers of Magical Girsl. That is the most diabolical wish ever. Doesn't make sense... -_-
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āĻāώাāϰ āĻĻুā§াāϰে by Anisul Hoque
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
The problem with the book is that it takes lots of things word by word from Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Autobiography. And adds very little over it.
It is better to read the first book in the planned Trilogy (3rd book yet to come) and then Sheikh Mujib's Autobiography than reading this.
Other things that are written are bland and are not written properly. The first part 'Jara Vor Enechilo' (Those Who Brought Dawn, I made this translation, not official) is ten times better than this book. And that book was written before the autobiography was published.
The extra stuff that comes out looks like text book writing than a novel. The writer should've spent more time while writing this.
I hope the third book will be as good as the first one, if not better than this.
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One Night at the Call Center by Chetan Bhagat
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
(This is not a book review. It is a blog that relates strongly to the book and puts light on it's quality. Spoilers! Duh!)
So, finally read a Chetan Bhagat book. I have wanted to read one since Three Idiots. The reviews say, he is the paperback king of India, youth icon and stuff...
Before going into a short analysis of the book, let's hear a long story of my interactions with things related to Chetan Bhagat.
My Interaction with Things Related to Chetan Bhagat - Part I
Several years before this day
My Place, Dhaka
Let's go back to the Three Idiots era. The first time I heard the name I was like, "Meh!". Then almost all my friends (youth!) have started putting Facebook status' about the movie. Then I decided to watch it. As the most other youths I leached it from a torrent site. I found the 'in movie' dialogues and sequences a compilation of jokes, advices I had already heard previously. It was good, but I wasn't awestruck like the most. Then I saw some guy in somewhereinblog wrote a review of the movie and had almost the same thoughts as me. In which another guy wrote about Five Point Someone (source material of 3 Idiots) and how the book was more realistic and better (as always for the books turned into movies). This was the first time, I heard the name Chetan Bhagat. Then the movie became an all time greatest hits with lots of awards and stuff.
I'll skip part II of the saga because that involves how I spread the story - 'source material of 3 idiots is a book by Chetan Bhagat and it involves IIT' - to my friends. It spans several days, but let's have a lumped assumption that all of them belong to part II.
My Interaction with Things Related to Chetan Bhagat - Part III
Five months before this day
Howrah Railway Station, Kolkata
Now this the time when I find out Indian books are quite cheap. When they come to Bangladesh, crossing borders, the price gets doubled. In general, we buy a 299INR book at around 800TK. So what a semi-book lover student on low income like me does is buy some books because he doesn't find it worth to buy costly books in his own country. That said, I started looking for what to buy. Arvind Adiga, R. K. Narayan, Arundhati Roy is the fewest Indian Writers I knew. Then I found out that the shelves are full of Chetan Bhagat books. Since I heard his name before and I also wanted to read one of his books I decided to buy one. Let me take you through the choosing criteria:
1) Five Points Someone: What Not to Do at IIT - Already seen the movie related to this book.
2) 2 States: The Story of My Marriage - I don't know if I like the guy or not. So not interested in his or someone's marriage.
3) The 3 Mistakes of my Life - Well, my friend who is standing beside and also choosing books has decided to buy it. So I won't.
4) One Night at the Call Center - Sounds good. Probably gives the story of one night. Also will probably be a fast paced story. Let's take this one.
There were some other Chetan Bhagat books, but I really don't remember what was going in my mind about them. The other books I bought at this place includes, "āĻĒ্āϰāĻĢেāϏāϰ āύাāĻ āĻŦāϞ্āĻু āĻāĻ্āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ্āϰ" by āĻāĻĻ্āϰীāĻļ āĻŦāϰ্āĻŽāύ।
My Interaction with Things Related to Chetan Bhagat - Part IV
Five months before this day
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
A few hours after I bought the book, we arrived at the airport. It was past 8pm, and the stores were closed. We didn't feel like checking in a hotel for the night, we were feeling what people call homesick. So, at the airport, we are. In some sort of waiting hall, we were waiting for the night to be over and catch the plane. We were sleepy and most of us were trying to sleep. I also tried to do it myself. But found out when I'm closing my eyes there were some sort of heavy cold wind is flowing and it makes me open the eyes. What a drag! Let's read the book. I'll be able to tell a story about how I finished (or almost finished) a book even though my body and soul wanted to sleep. Read the first page of this book. Realized, my tired body and soul is winning. I closed my eyes again.
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The Book Review
Present day
My Grandparent's Place, Comilla
So, finally started reading this two days ago, and finished today.
Now the start of the book is really nice, and neat. We have the first person view of Chetan Bhagat in the prologue. Then when the novel starts, we have the first person view of Mr. Shyam. Mr. Shyam is (or I thought to be a) typical sarcastic protagonist. Such books are best read in Mr. Sato's voice. Those who don't know who Mr. Sato is, here is a short description: He is the protagonist of the book and later anime, "Welcome to the N.H.K". But soon I realized, this protagonist is not Mr. Sato Type. He is different and his interests are also different. This contemporary novel mostly revolves around the love interest of Shyam tangled with his and other minor character's (minor) life problems. The character set includes 'want to be model' girl, 'life is a party girl', 'the housewife (! Chapter #26 !) working in call center' girl, the military uncle, the rich dad's boy and Mr. Shyam.
And the back cover does say they receive a call from God himself, and that does happen. But those who are thinking this an important plot point, they will be heavily disappointed. The call comes and ends in the same chapter and it is toward the end of the novel.
The plot mechanism is heavily inspired from some other book I believe. 'The Life of Pi' by Yann Martel. In that novel, the writer comes to India, he meets someone who tells him a story that has a 'fantasy/religious miracle' and then he tells the same story that is totally believable. The author admits the fantasy part makes the story more astonishing and more colorful and stuff. Now there is a similar mechanism in the 'One Night at the Call Center'. Author meets someone on a train, shes tells author a story. First time with a 'miracle' (God has called. Ding Ding!) in it. Later changes the miracle stuffs to something believable. The author admits the first version is better. Well, that's where the author is wrong.
Now, to be honest, it is not worth to compare it to 'Life of Pi'. Anyway, here goes. The 'realistic' setting in Life of Pi gives you goose bumps and changes your view about the entire novel. You start feeling sad for the protagonist and feel like you should've gone there to help him. But this book makes you think, the miracle part is 'bullshit', the realistic part is 'extra dense bullshit'. And if you are careful, you will find few dialogues from the movie, 'Fight Club' (I haven't seen the Indian one. The one by David Fincher) changing a word here and there.
Now about the cheesy Bollywood part of the story: "It was the most disappointing part of the novel". I don't know why the protagonist had to chase through the traffic to get his love. Why it couldn't be more grounded? Even the Call from God is more believable than this cheap stuff.
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Gundam 0079:
Gundam 0079 āĻĻেāĻāĻি āĻŦেāĻļ āĻā§েāĻāĻĻিāύ āϧāϰে।
āĻāϤ āĻĒুāϰাāύো āĻāύিāĻŽে āĻšāĻā§াā§ āĻāĻŽি āĻেāĻŦেāĻিāϞাāĻŽ āĻāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻাāĻĨুāύিāϤে āĻŦেāĻļ āĻĢ্āϞ āĻĨাāĻāĻŦে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻŽাāĻে āĻ āĻŦাāĻ āĻāϰে āĻĻিā§ে āĻĻেāĻাāϞ, āĻāϏāϞে āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύেāϰ āĻŽেāĻা āĻāύিāĻŽেāĻুāϞাāϰ āĻেā§ে āĻāĻা āĻ āύেāĻ āĻŦেāĻাāϰ। āĻāĻŽি ā§Žā§ĻāϏ,āĻāϰāϞি ⧝ā§ĻāϏ āĻāύিāĻŽে āĻĢ্āϝাāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻŽ āĻŽেāĻা āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻ āĻ্āĻাāύ। āϤāĻāύ āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻা āĻŽোāĻেāĻ āĻাāϞো āϞাāĻāϤ āύা। āĻŦāϰং āĻāĻŽি āĻŦāϞāϤাāĻŽ, "āϏাāϤোāĻļি āĻāύ, āĻোāϏ্āĻ āĻāύ āĻĻ্āϝা āĻļেāϞ āĻāϰ āϝুāĻে āĻāĻāϏāĻŦ āĻি āĻŦāϞāϤেāϏে āĻāύাāϰা?"
āĻĻেāĻে āϝা āĻŽāύে āĻšāϞ āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻāύিāĻŽে āĻāϰিā§েāύ্āĻেāĻļāύ āϏে āϝুāĻে āĻšāϞে āĻšā§āϤ āĻāĻŽিāĻ āĻŽেāĻা āĻāύিāĻŽে āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻĢ্āϝাāύ āĻšā§ে āĻĨাāĻāϤাāĻŽ।
āĻāĻāύāĻাāϰ āĻাāύ্āĻĄাāĻŽ āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏেāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻাāύ্āĻĄাāĻŽ āĻāϰ āĻুāĻŦ āĻāĻāĻা āĻĄিāĻĢাāϰেāύ্āĻ āύাāĻ। āĻŦāϰং āĻিāϞেāύāĻা āĻŦেāĻļ āϞাāĻāĻেāĻŦāϞ।
āĻāϰেāĻāĻা āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻ āĻāύিāĻŽেāĻ āĻļুāϰু āĻšā§ āύাā§িāĻা āύাā§āĻেāϰ āĻĻেāĻāĻাāϞ āĻāϰা āĻĨেāĻে āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰে। āĻĒাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ্āϝ āĻšāϞ āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύে āύাā§িāĻা āĻুāĻŽ āĻĨেāĻে āύাā§āĻāĻে āĻাāĻাā§। āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻাāύে āĻŽাāĻāĻ্āϰোāϏ্āĻোāĻĒ āĻেāĻŦিāϞ āĻĨেāĻে āύাā§āĻāĻে āϤুāϞে āĻāύে āĻāϞাāĻা āĻেā§ে āĻĒাāϞাāύোāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ।
Attack on Titan - 2nd OVA:
āĻāĻাāĻ āĻ āύ āĻাāĻāĻাāύ āĻāϰ āϏেāĻেāύ্āĻĄ āĻāĻিāĻāĻা āĻĻেāĻāϞাāĻŽ।āϤেāĻŽāύ āĻিāĻু āύা।āĻļুāϰু āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āĻāĻ āĻāύিāĻŽে āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻĢুāϞāĻŽেāĻাāϞ āĻāϞ্āĻেāĻŽিāϏ্āĻ āĻāϰ āϤুāϞāύা āĻāϰāĻিāϞাāĻŽ āĻāĻŽি। āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻĢুāϞāĻŽেāĻাāϞ āĻāϞ্āĻেāĻŽিāϏ্āĻ āĻ āύেāĻ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻĒāĻāύ্āĻĻেāϰ।
āϝেāĻা āĻŦāϞাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻ āĻĒোāϏ্āĻāĻা āĻāϰা। āĻিāύ āϝāĻāύ āϤাāϰ āĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻাāϰাāĻĒ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰে āϤাāĻে āĻŦেāϰ āĻāϰে āĻĻিāϞ, āϤāĻāύ āĻŽিঃ āĻā§াāĻাāϰ āĻŦāϞāϞ, "You could be more modest to your mother."
āϤāĻāύāĻ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϞ āĻāĻ āĻাā§āĻাā§
āĻšিāϰুāĻŽু āĻāϰাāĻাāĻā§া āĻšāϞে āĻি āĻāϰāϤ? āύিāĻেāϰ āĻŽāύেāĻ āĻāĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āϏাāĻিā§ে āύিāϞাāĻŽ, "You
could be more modest to your mother. At least you have a mother to
scold."
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[Originally Published in Mukh o Mukhos Online Magazine on January 2014 issue. Link: Here ]
āĻšাāĻāϏ্āĻুāϞ āϞাāĻāĻĢāĻা āĻŽāύে āĻšā§ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻা āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϏāĻŦāĻেā§ে āĻāύāύ্āĻĻāĻŽā§ āϏāĻŽā§। āĻšাāĻāϏ্āĻুāϞে āĻĒā§াāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻেāϰ āĻাāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻļুāύেāĻি, “āĻŽāĻা āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāĻāύāĻ āϏāĻŽā§।” āĻāĻŦাāϰ āϝāĻāύ āĻোāύ āĻিāĻļোāϰ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏেāϰ āϰিāĻিāĻ āĻĒā§āϤে āϝাāĻ āϤāĻāύ āĻĒাāĻ, “āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏ āĻāĻĒāύাāĻে āύিā§ে āϝাāĻŦে āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āϏ্āĻুāϞāĻীāĻŦāύে। āϏেāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻাāĻে āĻĢেāϰāϤ āĻĒেāϤে āĻাāĻāĻŦেāύ।” āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ্āϝ, āĻāϞেāĻ āĻীāĻŦāύেāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦā§োāĻ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻাāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻļুāύেāĻি, āĻāĻŽāύāĻি āĻāĻāύ āĻাāϰ্āϏিāĻি āϞাāĻāĻĢেāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻļুāύāĻি। āĻāϰ āĻāĻāύāĻাāϰ āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āĻিāĻļোāϰ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏāĻুāϞো āĻšাāĻ āϏ্āĻুāϞে āĻšā§ āύা। āĻšā§ āĻোāύ āĻ্āĻŦāϞāĻ্āĻŦāϞ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĨাāĻা āĻ্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻĒাā§াāϰāĻে āύিā§ে
āĻšাāĻāϏ্āĻুāϞ āϞাāĻāĻĢāĻা āĻŽāύে āĻšā§ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻা āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϏāĻŦāĻেā§ে āĻāύāύ্āĻĻāĻŽā§ āϏāĻŽā§। āĻšাāĻāϏ্āĻুāϞে āĻĒā§াāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻেāϰ āĻাāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻļুāύেāĻি, “āĻŽāĻা āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāĻāύāĻ āϏāĻŽā§।” āĻāĻŦাāϰ āϝāĻāύ āĻোāύ āĻিāĻļোāϰ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏেāϰ āϰিāĻিāĻ āĻĒā§āϤে āϝাāĻ āϤāĻāύ āĻĒাāĻ, “āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏ āĻāĻĒāύাāĻে āύিā§ে āϝাāĻŦে āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āϏ্āĻুāϞāĻীāĻŦāύে। āϏেāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻাāĻে āĻĢেāϰāϤ āĻĒেāϤে āĻাāĻāĻŦেāύ।” āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ্āϝ, āĻāϞেāĻ āĻীāĻŦāύেāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦā§োāĻ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻাāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻļুāύেāĻি, āĻāĻŽāύāĻি āĻāĻāύ āĻাāϰ্āϏিāĻি āϞাāĻāĻĢেāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻļুāύāĻি। āĻāϰ āĻāĻāύāĻাāϰ āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āĻিāĻļোāϰ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏāĻুāϞো āĻšাāĻ āϏ্āĻুāϞে āĻšā§ āύা। āĻšā§ āĻোāύ āĻ্āĻŦāϞāĻ্āĻŦāϞ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĨাāĻা āĻ্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻĒাā§াāϰāĻে āύিā§ে
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time āĻĻেāĻাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āĻŽাāĻŽুāϰো āĻšোāϏোāĻĄা āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻĒāĻāύ্āĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻĄিāϰেāĻ্āĻāϰ āĻšā§ে āĻেāĻেāύ। āϏেāĻা āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻাāϞো āϞেāĻেāĻিāϞ। āĻšোāϏোāĻĄা āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰেāϰ āĻŽুāĻি āϏাāĻŽাāϰ āĻā§াāϰāϏ āĻĻেāĻাāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āϤাāĻ āĻāĻ্āϏāĻĒেāĻ্āĻেāĻļāύ āĻ āύেāĻ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻিāϞ। āĻāĻļা āĻāϰেāĻিāϞাāĻŽ āĻ āύেāĻ āĻāĻŦেāĻ āĻŽāĻĨিāϤ āĻোāύ āĻŽুāĻি āĻšāĻŦে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒāϰে āĻিā§ে āĻĻেāĻāϞাāĻŽ āϏেāĻা āĻāĻāĻা āĻাāϞো āĻĢ্āϝাāĻŽিāϞি āĻĄ্āϰাāĻŽা। āĻিāĻুāĻা āĻāĻļাāĻšāϤ āĻšāϞেāĻ āĻāĻŦং āĻেāϞাāϰ āĻিāĻু āύা āĻŦুāĻāϞেāĻ āϏিāύেāĻŽাāϰ āĻļেāώāĻĻিāĻে āĻāĻŽিāĻ āĻŦāϞে āĻāĻ েāĻিāϞাāĻŽ KOI KOI। :D
āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻাāϰāύেāĻ āĻšāϏোāĻĄা āĻāϰ āϏাāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ āĻāĻŦি
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