I shall never truly be gone unless none here are loyal to me

Ah...Harry Potter! I remember eagerly awating your last book. I remember crying before when Dumbledore died. I remember reading the books over and over again till lines got rooted deep inside my memories. But how can I let you go!

Just finished the complete set again. It really is a pain, when you've got loads of free time, and all Harry Potter books staring innocently in their pdf forms. You have to give in. That, is a full day wasted spent. I've got another brilliant book, "Love in the Time of Cholera" lined up, but when you're reading Harry Potter, you are reading Harry Potter.

Right now, am reading the last book again, having completed five of them in the last 12 hours. One third complete, two thirds left. Harry is about to break into the ministry and steal the Slytherin Locket(Oh the bliss when I talk about it). And I have to give my eyes a little rest. My parents think I am studying. Part of it is true actually, I was studying, before I started reading it once again. And after it is done, I shall get back to studying.

Just hope my parents never read my blog. And there is a thin chance they will. No one really does read it, isn't it? Do you?

Harry Potter, I shall return. In a minute

Philadelphia

> This post is in no way meant to be discriminatory
>I respect the thoughts and preferences of every soul alive.

It is hard to find good movies being aired on TV, though I really enjoyed watching Philadelphia (which is something, since the last good movie I saw on TV was Big Fish, and that was a full year ago). All those witty repartee, those inconsolate jokes about sexuality, the more sensitive moments(for instance the one where Tom Hanks is overwhelmed by the Opera), those really were something. That being said, I really can never think of understanding the gay philosophy. Ever.

It beats me how one can choose not to be with a woman! I can make my peace with the fact that someone may like both men and women, or women liking women, (that actually is for some lady to talk about), but not liking women at all? How can you not be inundated by the soft subtle touch, the rousing scent(seriously what is that? Is it the hair?), the round eyes, the voice......oh I can go on. I know it is not a conscious choice, and had it been one, there wouldn't have been any gays around (the level of discrimination they face, it would be really hard to try and not conceal it.). But how can one not pursue those qualities a woman possesses? These small things make up for the sexual attractiveness. How many of these does a man have? None. We have dirty hair, which given a choice we wouldn't wash for weeks, worst table manners, and "the emotional range of a teaspoon". Face it, we are just dirty ragheads who would have fought and fought had their been no girl in school. The presence of a girl puts us up for best behaviour. You don't go off mouthing abuses in front of a girl, do you? These are simple rules of courting, which I don't think anyone ever taught us. They were inherent, bred just as the manners towards the elders.

And it is not only me. A few months back, I started attending video lectures on the "Introduction to Psychology" course that was being taught in Yale by Professor Paul Bloom( wait, lemme check if I got the name right........yup, that is him). In his lecture on Sex, he said: "Exclusive Homosexuality is an evolutionary mystery. The puzzle is not why some men like men, that is not the puzzle. The puzzle is why there are some men who don't like women." Even other primates may engage in homosexual activities, but preferential sex is what surprises me.

All that being said, I do understand that these are my personal opinions, and it is just one small string of thought in an assorted bowl of multitudes. And how much the homosexuals have to suffer just because of prejudices against them, often leading to seclusion and fear of the society.

I agree to disagree with anyone who has a different view. Aumann may go play with himself.

A different perspective: Gay @ IITB: Out and About

Post Publishing Edit: A good friend of mine just told me that though he still has trouble accepting, but after watching the movie, he isn't 'homo-phobic' any more. Then he asked if I have watched it too. (HEARTBREAK) No one reads my blog!