The Real Friends


No flower always smells the same , No butterfly always sheds the same color from its wings ,No happy incident always holds the same stamina to make one smile, No sad happening always keep one sad. None holds eternity except one thing that is BOOK.

Last day, I visited my favorite bookshop. After a long endeavor, I managed this visit. When I was strolling between bookshelves, my heart was feeling a strange ecstasy as if I am going to hunt a buried treasure. Then I found my treasure: a complete collection of my favorite writer Chaim Potok.

I don’t remember that how much old this relationship between me and books. But I know one thing that keeps this relationship stronger and alive. And that thing is my wish to keep myself fresh and to add new flavors to apparently the same looking life. I can’t claim that reading is the only habit that keeps one fresh yet I am enough assure to say that books are really selfless friends they just shower upon you immense happiness and demands nothing in return.

Comments

Bikram said…
Hmmm yeah true books are such good friends they are with us , we do what we want to with them and they jsut accept it :)

coincidence i myself wrote a not on friends :)

Bikram's
January 22, 2011 at 4:57 AM
Arooj said…
@Bikramjit

Yup..i just read it and found it a really sincere tribute to the relationship of real friendship.
very touchy.
well you are right books accept every kind of behavior with open heart.:-)
January 22, 2011 at 5:12 AM
Kali said…
Amen to that. Books have so much power, they can make the crappiest day- the best!
I've never read Chaim Potok books... what are his books based on?
January 22, 2011 at 7:57 PM
Arooj said…
@ Kali
AGREED:-)
these all are novel but not typical fiction rather they tell us the condition of migrants and how the religion clashes with one's desires .simple but heartening thoughts full of gravity.It accentuates the real purpose of life.
January 23, 2011 at 5:05 AM
Joseph Pulikotil said…
Hi,

I fully agree with you.Books are the best friends a person can have.

I also love to buy books.But many times I am just thrilled in buying them but I don't have the patience to read them fully.I have many books that are unread.Yet I clean them and look after them like they are some treasure.In addition I also get books from the library and although I can keep these books with me for two months most times I don't completely read the books.It is a pity that I have this weakness to own books but not read them.In any case I am just happy looking at them.

Best wishes,
Joseph
January 23, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Sakshi said…
Books. Dear Books. They make me who I am. I have cried with them, have laughed with them, and I have dreamt with them.

I am purely a book addict!
January 24, 2011 at 3:47 AM
dr.antony said…
Yes, truly the best companion,specially for the lonely.
I am not familiar with the author.Will definitely try.
January 24, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Unknown said…
the day i begin with reading a book keeps me fresh. Just heard that a Karachi Novelist bagged the first prize in Jaipur. Sorry i dont remember the exact name. My student age is still on so not able to go through much books.
Wish someday i be. Please Allah .....plz
January 24, 2011 at 6:41 PM
Christopher said…
I've never read Potok but I've seen him lying around my favorite little bookstore before. Next time I think I'll give him a shot.
January 24, 2011 at 7:44 PM
Arooj said…
@Joseph Pulikoti
Thanks for your sharing.
there was a time when i used to behave similarly...then i developed sentimental relationship with books and also became very selective.

@Sakshi
its not bad addiction

@Dr.Antony
you will definitely enjoy it.

@Christopher
sure.you will find him genuine nad near to your heart...
thanks for the comment.

@ Himanshu
during student age ..the excessive reading could detract you from study ...so try to manage some spare time otherwise study is best priority...I didn't know about that writer as i am very poor at current affairs.
January 25, 2011 at 12:46 AM
SM said…
yes books are real friends
January 25, 2011 at 6:56 AM
Anonymous said…
Books are not Friends....
But close friends....

Loved to read your post when the world is filled with people saying"I don't find reading interesting..It's boring!"
January 26, 2011 at 12:49 AM
Haddock said…
Nothing like getting hold of a good book.....
February 19, 2011 at 6:33 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Where is the climax of life?

Image
For every reader the climax of the story is the most interesting phase. This very point always remains surrounded by bulk of conflicts and burning problems, still we feel attracted ourselves towards climax. Apparently it shows that man feels conformable among challenges, but reality is something else. We want climax to get appeared because we want things to get settled. We want them to arrange themselves in rather smooth manner. We always expect that after this climax, all conflicts will be removed, problems will be solved, controversies will be erased, and exactly in the same way we want them to. But, is it really happen with the climax of life? I should have rather asked whether there exists any climax in life or not. in this real drama of life ,one can never be able to get stuck with a single climax and hope of the swaying peace afterwords, as life is an amalgam of climaxes .It deals with one conflict and keeps ready to offer another. When I was a child, I was told that after ...
Read more

Time has changed!

Image
My often depressed looking cousin was looking more depressed last week. He was wondering around without any purpose. Then open his cupboard, and started searching for something. After a while he was sitting in front of me looking inside in his wallet and counting money inside. I asked why he is so depressed and looking at his wallet in this way. He said that few weeks back his girl friend’s friend got a latest mobile. I asked that what it has to do with him. He said that after having a look of that mobile, his girl friend is demanding for the same model as a gift on her upcoming birthday. The cell did cost pocket money of my cousin of five months (as he is a mere student so far). I just tapped on his shoulders (as a person with light pocket is not supposed to more than that) and came out of his room. So this is the mode of action of our relationships. There was a time when for a beloved a single rose presented with love and sincerity was more than everything. A lover spen...
Read more

Displacement

Image
     I just come back from my father's home.Yes;my FATHER'S HOME. Sounds weird ,a home that has been mine from the last 26 years now it is related to me just because it is owned by my father. It happens all the time,with every girl /woman.(technically a married girl is a woman yet not ready to leave the title of girl) ). But now it happened to me and I experienced how it felt.The place was like before,dressing table,book shelf, cupboard,kitchen,etc etc etc.but my things were not there.dressing table missing the shades of lipstick i usually put on as it is in the use of my sister.Besides this i have brought all the stuff with me at he time of wedding.the book shelf was getting deserted day by day as during every visit i bring one or two with me. kitchen is not ion way I used to keep it.salt,chili powder,garam masalah, turmeric powder,every thing has changed its place.ma...
Read more