Foreshore is currently reading Many Thoughts of Many Minds (Quotations) and Grammar Devotional.
I’m 65 years old, male, from India. I’ve been a DailyLit member since August 15, 2012.
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Question of the Week - 10 Must-Read Classic Books
I'm compiling a List of books - not necessarily 10 therein - which many learned would not have missed. And to say whoever has not read the ones in the List is not learned is also not correct!
I've read " how to appear learned without really reading all" by the Indian author Khushwant Singh and this enables me walk with my head straight among the literati.
Reader Challenges - 50 Word Fright
There is the cemetery nearby. One more dead body arriving; their kith and kin weeping, sobbing. For the keeper it's business as usual; arranging space for its burial...The evening giving way to night. In the dead of night I hear the sound of the bodies turning in their graves! Will-o-the-wisp and jack-o-lantern dancing making it a Walpergis Night orgy! Even the bravest will shudder; but not the Keeper!
Reader Challenges - School Jitters
I started the hurly-burly of life with joining a school in a town. I was made to comit tables by heart; the Head Mitress was a strict disciplinarian. She surprised me with her oration in both English and Malayalam. I was wondering how her head was carrying so much knowledge. This well before coming across Wordsworth's 'Village School Teacher!"
Question of the Week - When I was a child...
I wished to fly on a plane. The rare sight of a plane from the town where I lived as a child was a treat to the eyes though the aircraft was barely visible; playing truant oftentimes coversd by the clouds. ( This was in Kerala [India] A place known for its monsoon clouds.)