The Gift of Music!

I remember it was Nitin's 16th birthday and he asked me to gift him wireless headphones. I searched everywhere for it, but couldn't find a single shop in Bhopal selling wireless headphones. It was the first time when my grandson asked me for anything and I couldn't manage to get him what he asked me for. It was in early 2000's and I had no idea about the trends and what technology was there in the market. In my time, I used to listen to transistors or cassette tapes. Maybe, that was the reason for lack of market knowledge.

Me and Nitin
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Nitin listening to music on Radha's headphones
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My grandson Nitin came to know about wireless headphones from one of my friend's grand daughter 'Radha', who visited us in Bhopal just a month before Nitin's 16th birthday. She did her graduation from USA and bought the headphones from there. Radha stayed with us for a week and as she knew Nitin had great interest in music, so she lended her headphones to Nitin. Nitin has always been a shy boy who had very few friends and most of the time he used to spend on studies. When I gifted him the wired headphone, he didn't show disappointment and accepted the gift with great happiness. Though he was happy, I knew he wanted something different and far superior and magical than what I presented him with. It wasn't a time when e-commerce sites entered into the Indian market. It was more of a time when we used to ask our friends to send us the branded products from bigger cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata etc.

Time to plan a surprise
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Years went by and many things have changed since those days. I've grown old and my Grandson is a working professional now. He plays guitar well and still have a thing for music. He is the lead guitarist of his office rock band and loves to play rock, but his real love lies in soft music. I always listen to his compositions, whenever he visits me. His music fills great joy in my unhealthy and an old little heart. His 28th birthday is just round the corner and am planning to give him a surprise. What I couldn't do 12 years ago, I want to do it now. I want to make my grandson happy by presenting him with the gift which I promised him 12 years ago but couldn't manage to. I know it's a bit late, but I want to make sure that the gift is worth the wait. Since, I'm just a normal Grand Father and doesn't possess super powers of a computer expert, I mostly refrain myself to take advice from the right person over phone or in person. And I couldn't have asked for a better person than Radha to take help from; who introduced Nitin to wireless headphones. Radha like a wonderfully kind hearted person first gave me the overview of some of the best options available in the market and then helped me with the selection.

BOSE Showroom
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Since, we wanted to choose the best wireless headphones, we didn't go in depth of the search and chose 'BOSE'. Bose being a premium brand of audio equipment, not only offers great value but also offers 'Trust' associated with its name for decades now. When Radha asked me to check the BOSE Quiet comfort 35 wireless headphones II, she suggested me to visit the Bose showroom and experience the magic of sound. Though I had no clue about the technology and specs of the product, I trusted what Radha told me and visited the nearest Bose showroom. Thereafter, what happened at the showroom can't be explained here in words as it was a musical experience, a mesmerizing one! It was beyond my imagination because I wasn't expecting it to be so unreal. How can there be no sound heard other than the music, even when I'm passing by crowded street? How can a person talk and even send and receive text messages through a headphone? Also, how can a person say 'No' to features like Bluetooth and Google Assistant? When I experienced all these features in the BOSE QC35 headphone, there was nothing left in there to contemplate more about. I bought the Silver colored BOSE Quiet comfort 35 wireless headphones II and get it packed.

Finally, I bought the BOSE headphones for Nitin
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Nitin had no idea that what surprise was in store for his 28th birthday. As soon as he blew the candles and cut the cake, I gave him what he asked me 12 years ago. Tears of joy coursed down his cheeks and he hugged me tightly and said "You remembered it Dadu!" and I hugged him back and said "How could I not!".

Big Bear Hug!
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It's not Right..but It's Okay #BookReview

If you believe in love and second chances in relationship, then this novel "It's not right..but it's okay" by Anuj Tiwari is a good mix of friendship, love and betrayal. This is the story of a career oriented girl, Angira - a Fashion designing student and Ved (the male protagonist)- a footballer and their friends Arjun, Anushka, Charu and Iona.

Angira, who's good at fashion designing, lives in Delhi with her parents and sister. She's an independent girl but with a broken heart (unsorted past relationship). Her sister Anushka, wants her to shift to Mumbai for further studies and to start a new life from beginning. With the help of Anushka and her friend Arjun, she moves to Mumbai and starts her college life with career being the only priority. Ved, who's a footballer and an MBA student, is a good looking guy, who's pursuing his MBA from Mumbai. A twist of fate happens and Ved meets Angira thru social networking medium. After months of chatting and meetings, they develop a strong bond of friendship and love for each other. After this what happens next and how love prevails over emotions is what keeps the reader's interest alive in this novel.

Now the things which I like about the book

1) The book is beautifully paced and all the characters have given equal weight-age in terms of their respective roles.
2) The emotions of pure love are nicely portrayed.
3) I like the cover page of the book. Font used for the chapter titles is also very good and stylish. 
4) I also like the simplicity of the author in describing the intimate scenes (not at all vulgar).

Now the things which I didn't like about the book
 
1) Though size of the book was good, but I felt that at places the description was shortened in an indefinite manner. Could have been better with little elaboration of the events (at very few places).
2) Editing team has done a good job overall, but while reading I encountered few spelling mistakes. Must be human errors (no role of author in this)

Final thoughts

Overall, I would say that this is a light read in romantic genre. A good partner while traveling.

I give this book 3.25 stars out of  5.

A nice read!



This post is written for the #HalfMarathon blogging challenge at #Blogchatter DailyChatter.

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