Newsblast... Once Again
Merriam-Webster mentions:
exile
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): ex·iled; ex·il·ing
>: to banish or expel from one's own country or home
synonym see BANISH
Compact Oxford Online Dictionary says:
exile
• noun 1 the state of being barred from one’s native country. 2 a person who lives in exile.
• verb expel and bar (someone) from their native country.
— ORIGIN Latin exilium ‘banishment’.
So, am I the only one who is afraid Ravana may pull a Sauron after reading this headline? Or maybe a Voldemort?
5 comments:
well..i have not read/seen either harry potter or LOR...
so kindly excuse my understanding here.. :)
what i get is you are fearing ravan being turned out of his country coming to India..
is it possible to throw some light on Sauron or Voldemort in the small space here????
just curiosty sake!!!
@the dating tips post: cudnt really enjoy the clip.. net is too slow..
@Sid: Yes, you need to update your "To Read" section pronto...
To give you a quick lesson on pertaining part of Sauron's biography, his ring was cut from his finger in second age, and his spirit fled into hiding with his faithful servents. Then, he came back to his stronghold, which started the whole LoTR trilogy.
(Without any major spoilers:) Lord Voldemort tried to kill Harry Potter, but somehow the spell backfired on him, and he fled in some form. Then he lived in Europe for almost 13 years, and came back and regained his body.
What I am afraid of here is, if we are sending Ravana in exile (as the headline suggests), aren't we giving him a chance to come back some time afterwards? I think it's better to simple kill him like Ram did in Ramayan ;)
(I have given the link to the video in the comments of that post. Check it out)
Well, I am NOT going to update my "to read" section for these lousy books. Just not my cup of tea.
I tried to see the movies of Harry Potter(I was dragged into cine halls) alongwith my family and just that. I couldn't even take a nap there. (I must admit, they were interesting to watch though ;))
I have seen grown up guys like you let alone kids, reading those books over & over again. Just can't understand what's so interesting in them?
I won't be reading them even once. Supernatural things don't excite me.
@cuckoo:
This time it is you who have stolen the words from my mouth..
these are not my cup of tea either..
cant really digest the supernaturals.. i prefer more realistic characters...
haven't seen any of the movies too...
but some times when people talk about the characters like they are their friends.. "o pata hai suaron ko kya hua.." - I contemplate whether these books should be read - just for general knowledge sake..
@fleiger: ok - i got the meaning of ravan in exile wrong..
my point was if ravan is exiled(leaving his own country - Lanka) then he may not bring his evils to our country.. heheheh...different meaning but entirely absurd in this context ;)
@LJ and Sid: I wouldn't cut out an entire section of book world before tasting it for one time. We owe it to ourselves (if you like reading) to see if you like them or not before closing that door...
Why I (and many other people) like Harry Potter is not something I can say in the cramped comment space, that's a subject treated better in a post, maybe sometime later.
Yes, but I will tell you this, forget that the books are anything to do with magic (magic is just by-the-by in it really) and try the first part, or better still, the third part, and you will see what I meant.
@Sid: Not absurd. What I meant was if a character is exiled from a country (Ravan can be called native to India as his father was a hrishi, and he lived somewhere here before going and taking over Lanka from his bro, Kuber), there is always a chance that he might come back sometimes. And from what I know of Ramayan, Ravan was killed by Ram on Vijayadashami, not driven out...
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