Life-Lenz
Contains all blog posts.
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A letter for the departed … HAIR
Disclaimer : I recently read an article on ‘The Sneeze’ blog which is similar in nature. It is the article that inspired me to do this one. However, I solemnly swear that this is not copied and that I am going through the pain that the author of that article had once undergone (I hope it worked out for him.). ————————————————————————————————————— Dear Hair Everyday you fall down and trust me, even though I never feel it on my skin, it pains my heart deeply to see you leave. I have never been good with goodbyes and so I never say a word but I expected you to know of the…
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The Train
While browsing the Merriam Webster portal today, I checked that they have few interesting quizzes, word of the day section, puzzles like daily sudoku and interesting articles. Having checked the word of the day for the day and past week, found that I have a better score than the average score for my age in a vocabulary quiz and having played a game of sudoku in under five minutes, I turned to the interesting and informative articles! For someone like me – who loves to read, who loves to learn, who loves to learn new languages and who wants to improve their proficiency in the English language, these articles are…
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Harry Potter Questions :: Why are muggle born underage witches and wizards allowed to do magic?
Why isnt there any magic supervision for the muggle-born children? I just thought of all the fuss everyone makes when Dobby performs the Hover Charm in Harry’s house and when Harry performs the patronus. I also remember Dumbledore telling Harry how magic is NOT detected by underage wizards if an adult wizard is around. However, to read an excerpt from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – “Are you sure that’s a real spell? said the girl. ‘Well, it’s not very good, is it? I’ve tried a few simple spells just for practice and it’s all worked for me. Nobody in my family’s magic at all, it was ever such…
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A Muggle and a No-Maj
Ever since November 18, 2016, I have read a lot. This reading has mainly comprised of the Fantastic Beasts and where to find them – the original screenplay, reviews for the Fantastic Beasts and where to find them – movie 1, about Jonny Depp, Fantastic Beasts and where to find them – coursebook, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Stone, Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, about Leta Lestrange, about Black family, about Ariana Dumbledore, about the 28 pure blood families in 1930s, about why Ollivanders might have been…
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Mirror of Erised :: Albus Dumbledore
The mirror of Erised :: Albus Dumbledore Though considered one by few, but she was not a squib. It was just difficult for her to cope up with the high standards set by her parents and brothers. And why shouldnt that be? Ariana was a Dumbledore. The family name alone had commanded respect in the wizarding world for as long as people remembered. The Dumbledore scion was never a wealthy one, as the few elderlies recall, yet many brilliant minds had come from this notable linage. Ariana was a sweet little child. She would often help her father pick out the required flowers petals from his garden. She enjoyed de-gnoming…
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The Sunset
Looking out of the window, I look as the rooftops bath in a deep golden shade of the setting Sun. The rays reflected by the glass on the other windows and on the tiny cars scurrying the road beneath, is making anything else, hard to see. The trees are silent as though absorbing the maximum sunlight before being engulfed by the dark night. Even though I get to see this view frequently, it has still never failed to amaze me. I can’t help winder how perfectly and beautifully our world has been architect-ed. How the rays know exactly where to fall and which angle to make at the exact moment,…
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Harry Potter Question :: Why no one notices ill effects of Polyjuice Potion on Hermione in CoS
I was seeing the Chamber of Secrets movie for possibly the billionth time [sadly, after my recent Hard Disk malfunctioning, I only have one movie which I keep seeing.]. During the course of the movie, on the scene where the three drink Polyjuice Potion and Ron and Harry turn into Crabbe and Goyle respectively. *drama building* Then the two ask Hermione to come out and when she doesn’t *drama building* SPOILER ALERT the two boys ask her to come out… and when she does… [Anyone who has not yet read the books or seen the movies – Why are you still on the planet? Go read the books and come…
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Yellow-Co-Incidence
It was weird today. In the morning, I had no idea what to wear. I decided to wear a chudidaar-salwaar-kameez. The problem was still not solved. I still had many options to choose from – from different designs to different colors. The dilemma was there because I had two dresses in mind and I wanted wear them both on Thursday. So, for an ordinary Tuesday, I couldn’t fix my mind on anything. Finally, after good five minutes of thought process, which is like an hour for me, I decided on a yellow suit. Now there were three reasons for choosing this suit – Firstly, yesterday (Monday) was a really dear…
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Book Review : Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Well.. first things first – Ignore the tags! Whatever they may say, this is NOT a book review. I will never be big enough to write a review for any Harry Potter book. The entire series is a huge part of my life and indeed, it is something so huge that I can conveniently interchange ‘life’ and ‘Harry Potter world’. There is a friend in London and all I have spoken to him in weeks is about the play in the Palace Theatre and how I just need to see it. There was a puja (ritual) that we hold at our place every year; my dad wanted to have…
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The iPhone Conundrum
After a very long time (lie!!) I am traveling by the Delhi metro (well.. After quite long I am traveling at this hour.. Otherwise I traveled on Monday itself and today is just Thursday). What I notice significantly in the train is that almost every girl is holding an iPhone. Mostly it is 6s but quite 5 series as well. Regardless of the size, color, cover or willingness-to-flash the brand, an iPhone, nonetheless. Just a couple of years back, I sought Apple products to signify two things – riches and even more riches. The first riches is in terms of technology – iPhone is a one of it’s kind phone…