Month: July 2011

I don’t think I can ever do justice by penning down everything I feel about the magic of HP fantasy in my life. It was , sorry it still IS  a world created beyond any of our imaginations and I can never thank J.K.Rowling enough for creating it . Though I doubt whether Jo herself had the idea that the book written by her on bits of paper would end up becoming a worldwide phenomenon and would rejuvenate the habit of reading among kids, youth and elderly all over the world. The sixth installment in the series bagged about 6 million pre-orders world wide, one of which being mine. So, I proudly own the first edition of both HP6 and HP7.

The presence of HP in my life has been all pervasive since the time I was in class 7th.(7 books , class 7th…that’s some relation  😛 ). It was the time when I had  read the first HP book and I was so thrilled by the idea of it that I had already read it 16 times by the time my father gifted me the next two books in the series. Although I had read Book 3 (PoA) but I had not understood the concept of time turner unless I saw the movie in 2003. That was the first HP movie which I saw in theater. I’d started surfing internet when I was in class 8^th, in those days internet only meant – HP world…the first site which I’d seen was www.jkrowling.com and then I got links for other HP related websites www.veritaserum.com (though , it does not exists now), www.mugglenet.com , www.hpana.com and many more. I also made my first email-id horcrux_nia@yahoo.co.in (totally loved the word “horcrux”). Though, I realized it later that ‘horcrux’ was an evil object and I shouldn’t have included it in my id. 

This was the time I was in class 9^th and I remember this because I used to read Book 6(The half-blood prince) in between the lessons. I completed that book in a week (what a shame, it was for me). I don’t ever understand why it took me so long to complete reading the book, it was only 600 pages. Well, later on a time came (which continues till date), when I could read it completely in maximum two days. It just consumes me and nothing else matters to me then. During summer vacations I used to revise all the HP books.  🙂

I cried a lot when Dumbledore died in book 6 but I still believed that Snape was innocent even though he was the reason of Dumbledore’s death.

22^nd July 2008, the last HP book was slotted to be released, obviously I had booked it, I starkly remember I hadn’t slept all night and I woke up Papa at 5:30 in the morning and went to Wave (Landmark). Although, the book was supposed to be released at 6’0 clock sharp, in India. It was released 40 minutes later. When I finally took the book in my hands, I loved the feel of it, really!

And I remember I had got that copy of the book for free (long story). It felt I’d got a gift bestowed upon me from the heavens. Got  lucky for the second time I suppose.

I had finished reading it on the afternoon of 23^rd July, although thanks (sarcastic) to the news channels I’d already known that Harry would survive…but I felt really bad for Fred , he shouldn’t have died.

I think Jo kept Harry alive in order to ease the survival of the Hp fans…otherwise it would have come as an emotional blow. But we still had something to look forward – the movies. The movies were appreciated and criticized by some, at the same time. But no matter what, they were always talked about…and only a true Hp aficionado can understand the feeling of it “the magic in the air” when Hp is in cross-hairs.

When it was announced that the last part of the book would be made in two parts, it was a call of celebration for all of us, because it meant more Hp.

And finally came the last movie…15th July 2011, I had already decided  to watch it at least twice. I cried intermittently while watching the movie for the first time , saving the quite sobs for the second watch. Although, the final battle was a bit disappointing, the movie was legendary…it was really painful watching Hogwarts and the Quidditch pitch burn down to ashes, the death of six major characters, and all the Snape ‘s melodrama.

The movies have ended , but we still have the dvd’s and obviously http://www.pottermore.com…that was really creative on part of the Hp franchise…kudos…I can never stop writing about Hp….  🙂

“All was well”    -Hp7