The Tales of India by Daulat Panday

Tales of India is a book from which I learnt a lot. Every story has an important value. Tales of India has three parts. There are all different types of stories, imaginary (fairy tales), mysterious stories, sad stories etc. Each story is gripping throughout and the language is simple, but words used are amazing. It was very enjoyable to read it.

My favourite story was -‘Prayers have wings.’ It was a story which told that the prayers done with true devotion in heart flies all the way up to the heaven to the Gods, but the other prayers  just reach till the clouds. I learnt that poor or rich does not matter, it is only the devotion, and we should be always contented with what we have.

The best thing about the book was that all the values were shown in a list form in the story. Some of the values I learnt were :

1. Unity is strength.
2. Greediness leads.
3. Friend in need is a friend indeed etc.

I liked the dialogues written in the book very much. They were very much perfect. If the story would be tragic, the dialogues would give a true tragic feeling which would make reading interesting. Same with happiness and love etc. E.g.

Then, I also liked all the fairy tales of the book. The fairy tales are written in such a way that we start believing it is true.

I liked the story – Blue Lotus – also. It was imaginary but had a very good meaning. I learnt from it that beauty has its price, and so it is safe not to possess too much of it.

The author has also used small poems and songs in between which make the story more interesting and enjoyable to read.

Some specific instances I liked were :

I liked when a poor beggar said in the story – Prayers have wings – that :

I was inspired by these lines a lot.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter is an exciting and adventurous book series by J. K. Rowling.

J. K. Rowling has written 7 parts of this book series. This was the first one. I wish to read all the other six too.

This book is all about magic and witches and wizards. It is about a boy, a special person, who does not know how famous he is until he is invited to the famous magic school Hogwarts. It is described how he has fun in his first year at Hogwarts.My favourite character in this book was Harry, the hero. He was a very brave and courageous boy, ready to take any type of risk. Harry was always keen to know new things and so tried new experiments and experienced a lot of adventure, which was sometimes dangerous too.

Harry loved and always respected his friends which I found really good. I wish to get some of these qualities.

There were certain chapters and instances which I liked very much.

I liked the sorting ceremony done by the old sorting hat. I liked the song sung by the hat before sorting. The song was really funny and interesting.

I liked the incident in which Norbert the dragon was transported up to the roof and then sent to Charlie. That was really worth experiencing – packing a dragon and carrying it a long way to a rooftop.

Next, my favourite chapter was Ch. 16 – Through the trap door. It was adventurous, a bit scary and puzzling. The best part was that while playing chess, Ron, who was a soldier, sacrificed himself so that Harry could make them win in the next step. I also liked the puzzle which had to be solved to enter the door – this had seven bottles amongst which one had to be chosen.

Then next I liked Quiditch (game). It is really enjoyable to read this part while a real match is going on. We get excited, who gets the ball, who scores etc. We feel that we are a part of the audience. The best part was the way Lee Jordan was announcing continuously what was going on. It is like football in the air or basketball.

The author has written in such a way so that we get immersed in whatever situation is going on, so that we feel we are a part of this magical world.

There are parts which are really funny, some which are a bit serious or emotional.

I even liked Hagrid’s way of speaking. It was different and interesting e.g. ted (to), yeh (you).

Some new words I learned are : scruffs, flailing, unravelled, flanked, wafting.

I learnt many values from this book. E.g.