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Book 46 of 2019. This has been my weekend read. A book with magic, mystery, evil lurking around the corner, summer school and forces of good and evil colliding. I haven't read a whole lot of Indian Young Adult lit so I was curious to give this a read. So far in, about 127 pages, I am thoroughly entertained and engrossed in this story. Plus, reading about Bombay, especially the history of Bombay is always fascinating. Hoping to finish this one up before bedtime tonight, so I can start Monday with a new read. . . . #whimsybookworm2019reads #ya #yareads #currentlyreading #currentreads #readwithhci #fiction #indianwriting #indianbooks #womenwhoread #womenwriters #WhatMayasaw #bookstagram #unitedbookstagram #booksofinstagram #shabnamminwalla #bookishfeatures #bookworm (at Mumbai, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvZTT7nHO_R/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9lzconjx5kpa

The Nine Chambered Heart ~ Janice Pariat

Another goes by, Another of the years left in our lives. For a moment, I sit back. And ponder what do I still lack? Some soul had entered during my emotional fever, Only to bid farewell forever. Some notes are left, some unfinished sentences, On the ripped pages of that diary I had decided to write my grievances. Much words weren’t said. Much indignation suppressed. Oh, how I wish my silence to break! Despite everything I want to protect for whoever’s sake! The demon sneers maliciously, And stirs the wolf viciously. The snake slithers to poison the nectar, And slowly devour you in life’s every sector. The angel cries and flaps its wings, For it wants every life to listen to it sing. Songs of hope, songs of love. Songs where the Prince finds his Dove. Songs where tears of joy prevail. Songs where humanity for victory sets sail. Songs of dreams as high as the sky. Songs of the souls who like to walk by The lanes of the brave, the lanes of the wise. Let loyalty and determination rise! As the day glides in, Let light enter within. So sing the song of the angels, And ring in wild bells! Let the mark that the goner left Be forever in your heart be kept. Be it for hope, be it for a lesson, All that happened was for some reason. Admit that there is darkness around And very little good that still in this world be found. But cower not at Chaos’s feet, And fighting for the light, lead it to its defeat. So sing the songs of the angels, And ring in wild bells!

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