Love in the Time of Cholera

                                                      'Book Review'

 

'Love in the Time of Cholera' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.


"I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.'' - Florentino Ariza  (My favorite line)

My first book review , unintentionally and lovingly is of one of the greatest love story.A story of love which never ends and make you believe that if its true, it will find its way, now or later, but it will, definitely.

Written not with ink but love, 'Love in the time of cholera' is a story set in the epidemic of cholera and tells about the disease of love, irremediable and painful.

Picturesque and filled with bubbles of seduction and lovemaking, 'Love in the time of cholera' beautifully explores the various lovely relationships of Mother-Son, Husband-Wife, Man-Mistress, Lover-Goddess, all together knitted with magic called love.

This immense story is like a love song playing in the heart.

An inspiring book for all those who believe in love and suffered in it/still suffering like me, and for those who did not, I avow this book will spin your mind and make you believe that there is magic in this universe i.e. love.

Buy the book and fall in love.This book really brought love in my life.

''There is no greater glory than to die for love''- Florentino Ariza  (My favorite quote)

 

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

                                                    
(Those who want to know the story in brief, I am condensing the story, pathetically though.)

(Hopelessly romantic, love-struck, lovesick Florentino Ariza is in love with beautiful, haughty, almond eyed Fermina Daza.Love is requited.Love-letters being written and the butterflies being felt in the heart.

Separated by the evil might of Fermina Daza's father who claims that Fermina's love is just an illusion.Thus leaving Florentino Ariza with just the braid of her's, forlorn, love hungry, loveless and dead.

Wealthy, educated, handsome, desirable Juvenal Urbino wins the heart of Lorenzo Daza(Fermina's father), culminated into the grand marriage of Juvenal Urbino and Fermina Daza, devastating the emotions of Florentino Ariza.

While Florentino Ariza kept falling in charms of hundreds of delightful women but loving none, Fermina, however unhappy, was busy in making love in Paris and delivering babies.

But when Juvenal Urbino got died accidentally, They fell in love once again, but the time of their life is nearly finished.)

LOVE!

LOVE! Whenever I see, hear or feel this word I get burned.Its like the flash of the gunpowder.No word catches my attraction more than this because nothing can give me more happiness, more pleasure.Nothing can make me understand the purpose of life more than love.


But like everybody in this world I too think what love is.Many great philosophers,writers,thinkers,dreamers,artists,scientists have given all their heart and mind to decipher what really love is.Some of them have given their definitions and some are just not able to solve this mystery.I, contrary to them have a little of mind to think.I believe in feeling more of it.


I believe love is magic.An unsolvable equation.A liquid mixture which can dissolve everything, every pain, every agony and give the fumes of peace, of happiness.We never knew how we made that magical connection.Love is like god, we don't know who, why, when and where it exists but we have faith and so we believe, same is with love.sometimes I believe there is no god but love.


But why this feeling is the strongest of all the emotions? Why the touch has all power to burn the bodies without the spark but just pure fire of love? Why the kisses set our blood on fire? And why I ask about love so much, I should have just believed that it happens.Its magical.The greatest magic trick humans play with humans.

Love conquers all.Love is happiness.Love is sadness.Love is agony.Love is peace.Love is rough.Love is tender.Love is suffering.Love is lifelong joy.

Yes 'or' No, The duality of mind

I often think about the duality, the concept of duality, the duality of mind and thoughts. A strange yet powerful sign of duality can be seen in the movie ‘’Full Metal Jacket’’ where a soldier kills his enemy while wearing the peace badge in the tragic Vietnam War.

As every coin has two faces and the human brain has been divided into two parts, the left and the right, as the answer to any question can be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Thus the phenomenon of duality is agreeable yet erroneous and confusing.

You can be a common man or a superhuman. You can choose to join the crowd or stand on the stage. Be a realist or live in fantasy. Live the life or dare to look beyond it. Options arises everywhere, choices are always delivered, bewildering however.

Making a choice is easy; believing in the chosen one is difficult. But as Morpheus did, anyone can.

So what do we choose if we have the given reality, the life and normal capable actions or believing that anything is possible, to be a superhuman and capable of doing extraordinary actions?

Miracle

I believe in miracles.I build my own land of fantasies.I dream a lot.I even dream in my dreams.
I saw a film in which there's a dialogue: ''There are two kinds of people in this world, one, who believes that everything is a miracle and two, who believes that nothing is miracle.The so called life always forces me to join the people of second kind.But I force myself to join the first one.Even though I would not say that everything that has happened to me is a miracle.I am controversial to myself.But I still believe that most of my life is a miracle and I am waiting for more and better to happen, like my dreams.
I also know that every human around me likes to believe in miracles, I would say, look around.Everything is miracle.
We all create our own miracles.

iPod,iPhone,iPad and iBelieve

Apart from ''iMac'',''iPod'',''iPhone'' and ''iPad'', the charismatic Jobs gave us the tool which is the key of all passionate developments i.e. ''iBelieve''.The iConic hero was and will always be an iNspiration to us.Steve taught us that if we have an idea and a little passion, if we are hungry to chase our dreams then the world will be on our side.

I remember a scene from movie Star Wars episode V i.e.
When Luke fails to lift his spaceship using his Jedi power of telekinesis, but then Master Yoda lifts it, then
Luke skywalker says,"I don't believe it".
Master Yoda calmly replies,"That's why you failed".

Steve followed the same path as Yoda, He believed in his ideas, his innovations, his products.He knew that failure sometimes is inevitable but it is an important lesson and precious gift of life.So like failure the rise is also unstoppable.

Jobs gave us the astonishingly beautiful jewels that every other gadget freak crave to have one.Even I want a ''Macbook air'' and an iPhone.We love them.

But more than that we love our Steve, who inspired us to do what we love.
Believing in our love and passion.
Believing in ourselves.
The greatest product ever created by Jobs, unknowingly though, is ''iBelieve''.
I now believe.
Start believing and always follow your heart.
R.i.P. Steve jobs.

Its always a long time

Writing blogs is not as easy as reading them.Even if you have the penchant for thinking and writing, it doesn't mean you will always be able to transform your ideas and thoughts into beautiful prose's,Keats like poetry or blogs(meaningful/nonsensical).

So apart from the grueling college life,irregular sleeping schedules,reading,hanging outs,gaming and gossiping(etc.,refer to the article-''my varied lyf''),I devote my little time for writing(which is actually once in a blue moon).

Hence its always a long time between my two consecutive blogs.

I feel like writing more but there's always movies in my laptop and friends in my life which consumes my time.And there's always fun element in life in which you get so much involved that you forget everything and just enjoy.
All you readers who wants to write, Go write.