Momina's Space

I read this novel a while back but didn't get a chance to post its review here, so here it goes:  The novel is a story of a young man, Dorian Gray, who gets his portrait made by a renowned artist, Basil Hallward, and the portrait in question eventually becomes the reason for his ruin. In the beginning, the character of Dorian Gray is introduced to us as a youth possessing astonishing charm and beauty. It's his beauty that first mesmerises Mr. Hallward who then tries to replicate his likeness onto the canvas. The painter falls in love with his own handiwork and also with the person who inspired it in the first place. He begins treating Gray as an artwork himself and develops a strange tendency to protect him from the prying eyes of the world lest he be "spoilt" by the exposure. Speaking of spoil and exposure, another important character, Lord Henry, Hallward's friend, is introduced here, who upon realising Gray's importance in Hallward's eyes grows...

(Disclaimer: This one, too, is one of my beautiful memories originally published on my previous blog. It was published on 16 March, 2017. Hope you guys like it. ) Last week my students and I planned to go on a hiking trip to the Margalla Hills. I was so very excited about it, probably even more so than my students. This might be because of the fact that they keep on going on such kinds of excursions from time to time, but for me it was going to be a whole new experience so I was completely thrilled by the thought of it. I spent the entire weekend planning for the trip; thinking about what I would wear on it, what we would do once we reach there etc. Unlike me, my students spent the last week ACTUALLY preparing for the trip i.e. arranging the food (which I will talk about presently). We began our trip at 10 am when our little group left the university campus on foot. I enjoyed this journey very much as well because the moment we got out of the campus and made our way towards ...