"J" for 'J.K.Rowling"

J.K.Rowling- If you haven't heard her name you sure must be a Rip van winkle and just woke up from your slumber after some 20-30 years. For me she is a magician who changed my life! I love JKR so much that some times I feel "R" comes after J and K in English alphabets. Now we all know that J.K.Rowling whose actual name is "Joanne Rowling" is the author of Harry Potter fantasy series. People who never read the books some times ask me, " How can one possibly change a life by writing childrens' books ? " What they don't understand is,  the Harry potter series are not just children's books. They fascinate kids , adults and oldies equally if you "actually" open and read them. It amuses me how people compare the books with LOTR and say that she anyway has plagiarized and some even conclude that people who like Harry potter are kiddish and immature. It is OK to not read the books and not like them but people who ridicule the book lovers- I seriously pity them as they are missing "magic" in their life. 

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Below are few reasons why I love her persona and her books:

• YES the books are magical. They take you to a world from where you don't feel like coming back. The world is unreal, yet feels so real!!!

• Even if every thing is magical and charismatic, in every book it is highlighted that nothing is more important than love , friendship , wits and hard-work. Even "MAGIC" needs to be earned.

• The unforgettable characters:  How can one forget Harry's round spectacles which are repaired by Hermione who uses the  charm "reparo" during their first ride to Hogwarts?  How can any one forget the burly image of Hagrid? the malicious look of Malfoy ? the puppy face of Ron? the strange creatures which almost feel real - Buck Beak the Hippogriff, Fluffy the three headed dog and the serene yet penetrating look our DumbleDore has.? It will easily take 100 posts if I have to discuss each character separately. May be we can even do a challenge next year - 26 unforgettable Harrypotter characters, starting from A to Z.

• The trio and their strong bond of friendship: You desperately want to be one of them or at-least a part of their group. It is not an exaggeration if I say that these books helped me solve many ego issues and I learnt how to deal with broken friendships/ relationships.

• The unconditional love: My most favorite character is Snape and his love for Lilly Potter always makes me fall for him!

• The adventures encountered by the trio and the sheer fact that the story revolves around the school.
• Uniqueness of each character: Every character has a zing attached to it. If Ron is an expert chess player, Harry is good with Patronus. Hermione is an ingenious witch. Neville shows excellence in herbology. Sirius black's valor is infectious (Oh! How much I LOVE HIM) . Voldemort's Nagini and powers are threatening. No character is unimportant. No page is unreadable and every book is worth a read on the day 1 it gets released.

Actually I can go on and on and on , on this but I shall stop here.All in all I love the books so much that I can never part with them.

HP fans camping at Trafalgar square for the Premiere

"Some" facts to show my perennial love on J.K.Rowling and the books:

• I longed and I am still waiting eagerly to get a letter from Hogwarts.

•  I actually started looking doubtfully at owls, cats, toads and even snakes. Who knows from where they came? 

• I read and re-read all the parts and I have attended HP quizzes and even framed the questions for the same. 

• I created an album on FB with some 150 odd pics collected from all movies during the release of HP 7-2. Needless to say the fans were overwhelmed.

• These books kept me sane during my not so happening college days. They were my best friends. A Harry potter book always used to be under my desk, on my bed, under the pillow or on my study chair. I don't regret the grades which were a bit low or the fact that I am not a topper. 

• The quotes and dialogues which are hard to forget - Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  - Quote by Albus Dumbledore

• If someone takes the books and forgets to give them back to me, I revise all my charms and curses and in my mind, I use them.

• I read the Deathly hallows during my first job days. It was my first month in office (in 2007) and fans around me did the same. I didn't sleep for 2-3 nights to finish the book. HP is my honest companion during all those days when I feel low or sleepless (even now).

•  If someone is a Harry Potter fan, he/she instantly becomes my friend :)
• My blog name - The pensive is inspired by the Pensieve of Harrypotter

• I cried when the movies ended. YES I DID. Only a HP fan will understand this. Even now in the months of July and November I keep looking at I MAX imagining the usual Harry potter poster which used to adorn the magnificent theater

 These are just few facts. My love for HP has no boundaries actually. Thanks to J.K.Rowling who gifted me a great childhood and happening hostel days and who makes me always feel young. Harry potter to me is just not a book, it is an emotion, it is an expression, it is an integral part of my body, mind and soul!

Thanks to her as I developed interest towards writing/ blogging. If any day I write a book the first and foremost source of inspiration behind it  will be J.K.R. This fact always fascinates me that - in 1990, while she was on a four-hour-delayed train trip from Manchester to London, the idea for a story of a young boy attending a school of wizardry "came fully formed" into her mind (source: wiki). Thanks to the delay as it gave birth to this golden idea. She faced many hardships and now her rags to riches story inspires many who want to be like her :)

Do check out her inspiring speech at 'The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination' .
Please check out the video here - TED TALK
I have bought Casual Vacancy and Cuckoo's calling (The NON HP books) . I am yet to read them.

Many rumors are being spread by fans that she is writing an 8th book. I just wish it happens for real. I read some where that , "The 48-year-old author has agreed to a big-screen adaptation of her 2001 fictitious textbook Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them used by students at the exclusive Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry." - Hoping that it is not a fake news!

 

The emotional and nostalgic moment during the last premiere of Harrypotter :'(

 HP Maniacs like me, please do share your thoughts and any other "real" news you came across about future movies!

This is my 9 3/4th  err the 10th post for "A to Z blogging Challenge 2014" ;-)