Tuesday, June 07, 2005

The Lord of the Rings

There are two kinds of people in the world : Those who have read "The Lord of the Rings" and those who have not. Yet.

I am finally in the other group of people in the world.

I wish I had such a brilliant idea to ponder upon, to let my thoughts go wild, to make my imagination fly in the endless skies. My Humble imaginative power was shaken by sheer enormity of the work and the brilliance of it. The language, like the Ring, started to grow on me, and the greed to read more and more pages soared.

There were the Dwarves, the Hobbits, the Elves, the Ents, and not to forget, the Orcs. The Darkness of the Dark Lord, Sauron, the magnanimous Elrond, the divinely beautiful Galadriel, courageous Healer Strider, aka the King Aragorn, the curious character of Tom Bombadil, strange friendship of Legolas Greenleaf and Dwarf Gimli, magical wizard Gandalf the Grey, Ringbearers Bilbo, Gollum and of course the four Hobbits, Frodo, Pippin, Merry and last but not the least, Sam, all ruled my mind for the last two weeks or so. I could hear the magical songs of the shire, healing words of Aragorn, wisdom of Gandalf, treachery of Saruman the White, faith of Sam, terrifying neigh of horses of the Dark Riders, hum-ho of the Ents-the tree people, cracking fire at the Mount Doom - I could feel the dark eye, and the growing power of the One.

The Dark Lord, once upon a time was the Lord of the Rings - the One ring to summon all other magical rings. He lost it in the fierce battle and lost all his power. It took some time for him to revitalise, and the lost ring was finally located in the Hobbitshire. Four Hobbits set out upon the task of destroying the ring by dropping it in the fires of Mount Doom where it was made. They came upon many difficulties on their way. The ring started to grow heavy on their minds and almost made the bearer use it for evil purposes. These folks, the Hobbits were cast from a different, strong mold, and they defied all the attacks, and finally destroyed the One.

This is not the story of Lord of the Rings. The story involves the reader. It takes the reader on a journey full of perils and devils. The charm of the Ring grows with every page the reader flips. Perhaps the reader feels sad that the journey comes to an end, and the precious is lost!

It was not the Dark Lord who was the Lord of the Rings.

Surely, it was the author JRR Tolkein.

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