Harry Potter the final couldn't have possibly be without the
underlying theme of Christ and his resurrection! JK Rowling was
probably trying to get back in the good books of the Vatican...Just
shows her lack of originality but never the less the final saga
"Harry Potter, and the Deadly Hallows" does strike a chord. I was
wondering which one was it? Then I realised, what she makes the
underlying theme: Love...Yeah, through numerous Bollywood
films and still we cant tire from the concept of "Love" and
relationships, The "ma", the "dost", the "unfaltering lover" love
and relationship...Sans magic, Harry Potter could make a good
Bollywood movie, Yeah, I know there are takers in Hollywood
(good books, Mediocre films) but love is one thing we Indians
never tire of....So I was forced to think of the concept after reading the book and an incident occurred simultaneously I was forced to think further..
As the evening bell rang in my house, and when I opened the
door, my house hold servant entered with what looked like a huge
bush.. I was astonished first but later the horrible (and smelly
bushy branch at least five feet tall , almost my height) was
presented to my mother. As I looked on aghast, It turned out to be
some rare expensive spice. The scene was comical but my mother
seemed visibly touched. I didn't understand what was just
transpiring but it was something weird.. Later my mother told me,
that off all the people this lady worked for she seemed to
remember my mother, imagine, when the bush was being pruned
she thought of me, while she could have sold it for a good price..
She landed here and presented the gift...Reflecting on the thought
I did wonder, we were her employers, but she turned out to be the
bigger person...Reminded me of Lord of the Rings where "even
the smallest creature had the power to change".
Made me positive in a sense..Mom was not going to give her pay raises for bringing bushes home and For what ever reason she found only my mother is not hard to see. We as a matter of principle have been treating
our people with respect and love, and At the end of the day, looks
like that's all we all crave for..
So its not so hard for Potter fans to immediately associate with him because the bigger concepts are much harder to understand..Its more difficult to understand that Ambanis and their SEZ plans are more hazardous than Voldemort's plan and "for greater good" is a leaf out of Arundhati Roy's essay (my favourite) and Politicians and administrators favourite quote where some have to "pay "(experienced it on my own account, the loser side so I know)......So while bigger problems linger on, we will make do with "love" because, that's one thing which is not
hard to understand and makes for great children's books....