Vikram's World

                                                                What is Paradise? Paradise has the following (noun) meanings ·         (In some religions) Heaven as the ultimate abode of the just     ·         The abode of Adam and Eve before the fall in the biblical account of the Creation; the Garden of Eden ·         An ideal or idyllic place or state Paradise is of course a word which describes a positively otherworldly feeling toward a particular element. Paradise is also a gift. That happens when we have the same feelings around...

When Star Wars directed by George Lucas came out in 1977, it became a smash hit and a top grosser, leading fans of all ages to want to know more about the film resulting in toys, games and stories about the characters in a franchise known as 'the Expanded Universe' and two sequels The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Return of the Jedi in 1983, both of which Lucas served as producer on 22 years after the release of the original film, came a new Star Wars film directed by Lucas, The Phantom Menace set 32 years before the events of the original Star Wars . While expected to be as successful as its predecessors, the film actually received mixed reviews and was criticised in many ways. While I am a Star Wars fan and my personal favourite apart from the original films is The Phantom Menace , I have come to realize how the film has shown itself and like many critics, I believe that it could have been better. I wish to give the followin...

 Rudyard Kipling's tales of The Jungle Book, the story of Mowgli a boy adopted by Wolves and how he comes to terms with where he really belongs is a representative of feral children, those young ones who have no knowledge of the Human world and are at risk of their own lives if they attempt to be like other people. It also teaches us about the wonderful world of animals and where we as people really belong However the inspiration for Kipling's tales actually comes from the Seone and Satpura areas of Central India and is based around two National Parks, Kanha and its neighbour Pench. Kipling derived his information of Indian Wildlife from naturalist, artist, writer and statesman, Robert Armitage Sterndale whose 1877 true story Seonee, or Camp Life on the Satpura Range   based on a wild trip that Sterndale undertook at that time inspired many scenes from The Jungle Book. Yet Kipling's world while attempting to showcase Indian fa...