Diversion

Some Doha

2017-06-29T14:38:00.001+05:30

Maala Pherat Jug Bhaya, Mita Na Man Ka Pher
Kar Ka Manka Chhor De, Man Ka Manka Pher

Translation
Eons have passed whirling rosary, restless remains the mind
Give up the beads of rosary and rotate the beads of mind

My Understanding
This doha is an extension of the previous one. Kabir in this doha explains that the purpose of using rosary is not the end but a medium which is helpful in meditation. The aim of all meditations is to calm the mind and become its master. The rosary is but a mere tool.
Having explained this Kabir proceeds to state that although many epochs have elapsed since the human civilization started using the rosary as a tool, yet we see that by and large our mind is restless and agitated while the tool appears to have become a symbol in itself. Addressing the spiritual aspirants, Kabir asserts that instead of concentrating on the rosary beads and its count of rotation, one should focus and become aware of the wandering mind. For only by becoming aware shall we become alert and be able to guide ourselves towards poise and serenity. This is the ultimate aim of meditation – to become calm and experience the oneness between our individual self and the cosmic self.
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Dukh Mein Simran Sab Kare, Sukh Mein Kare Na Koye
Jo Sukh Mein Simran Kare, Tau Dukh Kahe Ko Hoye

Translation
In anguish everyone prays to Him, in joy does none
To One who prays in happiness, how sorrow can come

My Understanding

Let someone suddenly wave his hand in front of your eyes and you will see that the eyes blink. And if you are caught unawares, you may just say ‘O my God’!
Such is the nature of mankind. When we are in distress, in a state of helplessness, we invariably then look up in the skies and communicate with Him in our own silent prayer. However, when things are going good, we forget Him. Kabir in this doha highlights this and gives a promise when he says that we shall not suffer if we pray to Him during our good times.
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Pothi Padh Padh Kar Jag Mua, Pandit Bhayo Na Koye
Dhai Aakhar Prem Ke, Jo Padhe so Pandit Hoye

Translation
Reading books everyone died, none became any wise
One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise

My Understanding

To understand this doha in its true perspective is important. We all read and now with tremendous media exposure, we are seemingly more informed. Everyone seems to know everything. Yet, the truth is that inspite of all this information, there is no awareness. We are not at peace. There is a lot of frustration all around. Our minds are not quiet and relaxed. We talk of Love but have no compassion. Selfishness, greed, fear, hatred and similar tendencies seem to grip us all the time. Why?
I have found myself in this quagmire a number of times.
Kabir in this doha shows the way, in his simple but dynamic style. He daringly says that despite all our readings, despite all our knowledge, we cannot become wise. Only if we ‘read’ Love, become loving and loveable, only then wisdom will dawn on us. Only then Life will be worth living.
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Kaal Kare So Aaj Kar, Aaj Kare So Ub
Pal Mein Pralaya Hoyegi, Bahuri Karoge Kub

Translation
Tomorrows work do today, today’s work now
if the moment is lost, the work be done how

My Understanding

This doha is a little difficult to translate, particularly when the words “Pal mein Pralaya Hoyegi”, have been translated by many scholars as the doomsday may come at any moment or in similar words. In my understanding Kabir, would not have meant this. He knew more than anyone else that if God is eternal, his creation is also eternal. Also being a Guru, Kabir would not like to talk about doomsday, as he himself was full of life.
In this Doha, Kabir has clearly tried to explain the human tendency of laziness and procrastination. It is a known fact that we all tend to postpone matters, we are indecisive and given a choice we would like others to be doing work and we simply enjoying a cool time. When it comes to us, we try to get away by saying, “Very busy, no time.” Don’t we?
This lethargy is what Kabir is condemning. Besides, according to me, his emphasis is on NOW, the present, the moment as it is. Now, that is Life, the moment. It is in the NOW, in the spontaneous ness that one gets energized to do, to achieve, to realize. As they say, it is NOW or NEVER.
Keeping this context in mind, this Kabir Doha clearly teaches us to shed all procrastination and lethargy. It motivates us to do whatever we have to do, and do it now. If we will keep postponing it, then the work will never be done.
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Aisee Vani Boliye, Mun Ka Aapa Khoye
Apna Tan Sheetal Kare, Auran Ko Sukh Hoye

Translation
Speak such words, sans ego’s ploy
Body remains composed, giving the listener joy

My Understanding

This doha is a gem. It deals with human psychology, metaphysics and a basic tenet of the Indian philosophy. The ancients of the Vedic literature have laid tremendous emphasis on speech. They have mentioned in innumerable shlokas that our speech has a direct connection with our bodily humors. They proclaimed that sound and sight are the underlying source of all vibrations. This has been scientifically proven over and over again.
We know that all sounds create vibrations. And these vibrations affect both the speaker and the listener. Soothing, compassionate and loving words breed togetherness, while harsh speech breeds hatred. And, we also know that human speech is one of the main ingredient that differentiates mankind from the rest of the animal kingdom.
Thus, Kabir, in this doha crystallizes the power of the spoken word. He teaches us to speak in such a manner that keeps us harmonious and composed thereby making the listener feel a sense of joy in the communication.
Experiment yourself and rediscover the power of the spoken word.
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Dheere Dheere Re Mana, Dheere Sub Kutch Hoye
Mali Seenche So Ghara, Ritu Aaye Phal Hoye

Translation
Slowly slowly O mind, everything in own pace happens
Gardner may water a hundred buckets, fruit arrives only in its season

My understanding

Nature never works in haste. Picking up from this eternal law of Mother Nature, Kabir brings forward the state of our daily hurried lives. We are always in a rush to achieve, acquire and be victorious. It is like a mad race. This brings us under pressure causing ill-health, fatigue and frustration. More than that it breeds ill-discipline. We get forced into a habit pattern whereby we find ourselves either negligent or indulgent.
This all can be corrected if one understands the Doha. Kabir, addressing the doha to the mind which is chanchal or monkeying around, brings about the importance of a relaxed mind, a quiet mind. By relaxed mind, one should not imply lethargy. A very active mind can also be very relaxed. Relaxation comes through awareness and acceptance.
It is a known fact that a seed sprouts into a sapling only after some time and the sapling grows into a tree gradually. And the fruit arrives only in its own season. By the gardener pouring “a hundred buckets of water” (extensive irrigation) will not hasten the arrival of the fruit, rather will ruin the process.
Kabir thus makes us realize that one must do one’s best and yet should have the patience for the results to manifest in their own appropriate time. For Nature does not work in haste.
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Sayeen Itna Deejiye, Ja Mein Kutumb Samaye
Main Bhi Bhookha Na Rahun, Sadhu Na Bhookha Jaye

Translation
Give so much O God, suffice to envelop my clan
I should not suffer cravings, nor the visitor goes unfed

My Understanding

Very simple in the native Hindi, but very difficult to translate. It is also true, that because of its simplicity, the reader can miss the point that Kabir wants to make.This Doha deals with the concept of contentment, compassion and a very clear attitude of service. It is not greed when Kabir asks God for abundance. We have to remember that Kabir was a professional weaver, a house-holder with children. Thus, being the primary provider, he reveals in this Doha his commitment to his clan. At the same time, Kabir is content. He is not greedy. He prays to God to give him enough that would be suffice to take care of his needs.
The next lines add another dimension. It reveals the compassion Kabir has for others. In India it is a tradition that if a sadhu visits, the household will make sure that they feed him. Sadhu literally means a monk, a sanyasin, who has renounced the world.
I personally understand that Kabir implies here the the ‘sadhu’ to be any visitor or as we call “Atithi” – a guest. Kabir wants to ensure that if someone visited his household, that guest should also go fulfilled.

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Bura Jo Dekhan Main Chala, Bura Naa Milya Koye
Jo Munn Khoja Apnaa, To Mujhse Bura Naa Koye

My Understanding
This doha deals with our perception behavior and tendencies. It has been invariably noticed that we tend to find fault with someone else for our situations and circumstances. Our “I”, the ego, always tries to put blame on others. Non-awareness of our own self is the cause of this attitude. Resultantly, we find ourselves being busy in criticizing and condemning others and conveniently term them as crooked or evil.So Kabir says that instead of finding fault and maligning others, dive deep into your own-self. Amazingly, an honest introspection will reveal that all fault lies with “me” and “my” own perceptions and attitudes. If there is any evil or crookedness, it is in “me”. Correcting this and opting for a loving and compassionate attitude will change one’s perceptions and the world will appear wonderful all over again.

Qt and it’s bug

2016-10-22T17:01:00.001+05:30

Sometime you spend hours just to realize it is not you who is using the platform incorrectly but the platform itself is released with some limitation. Sometime the limitations doesn’t make any sense.

So I wanted to have menu like options in my application with qt. The options you see in application on top => File, Edit, Settings, Help etc when you click on it you see a list of sub-options.

As expected it is very simple to do it in Qt.

menuBar: MenuBar {
Menu {
title: qsTr(“&File”)
MenuItem { text: qsTr(“Hide”); onTriggered: windowClosing() }
MenuItem { text: qsTr(“Exit”); onTriggered: mainwindow.exitApp() }

.. ..

I was using Qt5.5.1 with qml I made the menus add listeners everything seemed fine. Then I realized that I can’t click and select the sub-options by using touch screen(means touch) on windows with mouse it is okay but not with touch. It was like 3-4 hours of effort to do everything to realize that it is useless. I even updated my qt version to latest.

I searched and searched may be I was doing something wrong, no it is a known problem.

Menu bar doesn’t work with touch qt

I wasn’t going to stop using the menu feature and make buttons and windows for all these options now. I have added extra options just because I have it all so simple. I have added all these features in my application.

I was searching for workaround and there was one with QMenuBar it isn’t a workaround per say a different way of doing same thing with Qt and QMenuBar doesn’t have this bug. Now I just have to remove all my qml code and do things with Qwidgets etc which is again pain lots of code changes.

There is another way to handle all this using ‘createWindowContainer’ a sweet useful feature to create a parent widget with your existing qml window. You will get handle of the parent window widget which has your qml window contained inside it. It was such a saver for me.

QWidget *container = QWidget::createWindowContainer(qmlWindow, myWidget);

I created a widget class by inheriting Widget to add some extra features like I do not wanted to close the application when window close is clicked.

Some part of the code just to make things clear:

QWindow *qmlWindow = qobject_cast<QWindow*>(this->rootObjects().first());

MyWidget* myWidget = new MyWidget();
QWidget *container = QWidget::createWindowContainer(qmlWindow, myWidget);
container->setMinimumSize(qmlWindow->size());
widget = new MyWidget();
QGridLayout *grid = new QGridLayout(widget);
grid->addWidget(container,0,0);
widget->show();

createActions();

menuBar = new QMenuBar();
createMenus();
widget->layout()->setMenuBar(menuBar);
showWindow();
connect(widget, SIGNAL(closeWindow(QCloseEvent*)), this, SLOT(onClosing()));
connect(myWidget, SIGNAL(closeWindow(QCloseEvent*)), this, SLOT(onClosing()));

First you get the qmlwindow handle using which you created the container window widget

actually there was one problem where I spent some extra time just to figure out that I can pass parent widget in createWindowContainer(qmlWindow); function and get my inherited widget work with it. createWindowContainer is a static function but luckily or intelligently they have given this option to pass a parent widget in it to make inheritance work.

createMenu and creatActions are functions to create all my menu and listener stuff.

Here is my special widget class inherited from QWidget

#include “mywidget.h”

MyWidget::MyWidget():QWidget()
{

}

void MyWidget::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event)
{
emit closeWindow(event);
event->ignore();
}

Kodi

2016-10-22T16:31:00.001+05:30

I am not a fan of news and television programs broadcasted in India so my tv was just lying there never being used. I had a spare CPU connected with tv but it wasn’t used extensively. You can watch movies tv-series on your laptop so why bother.

I was thinking about buying chromecast but wasn’t sure how helpful it is another option was Teewe. I was weighing on which one to buy then I realize that I have a spare board which I ordered sometime back on aliexpress when I was experimenting with arduino/raspberry pi. I realized there is a android lollipop image available for that board. Just took the micro-sdcard from my camera and flashed the image. It was okay fast. Downloaded some apps like netflix, hotstar, gaana, wynk music, google drive, one drive, youtube, tvf, Kodi etc.

I was thinking of signing into netflix then I realized let me first try Kodi. I saw some youtube videos on how to add addons on kodi and boom. It was so simple to setup everything. with tvaddons my simple plain board which was useless has made my tv a smart useful piece of entertainment system. I can watch any movie, tv -series in no time. You name it and it is there. I tried some recently released movies and it is there.

No torrent required no wait for download etc. anyway now torrent sites are getting banned in India this will also get blocked someday but for now enjoy streaming from putlocker. primewire, alluc etc

Tech

2016-10-22T11:16:00.003+05:30

Researchers show off DLC projector screen viewable in bright lighting conditions – http://ift.tt/2eqhWmD

A PJ?

2016-10-22T11:16:00.001+05:30

A 10pm curfew was imposed in Belfast Everybody had to be off the streets or risk being shot. However one citizen was shot at 9.45pm. “Why did you do that? ” the soldier was asked by his superior officer. “I know where he lives,” he replied, “and he wouldn’t have made it. ”

Experimenting with qt Sending a window on top from another application

2016-10-22T10:46:00.001+05:30

Let us say you have two qt application on click of a button on one application window you want to bring the other application window on top. You can use any method of IPC between these two applications.

In windows above is not possible directly with qt you can bang your head with all feature of qt to send a window on top give it focus make it active but to no avail. The window will remain on back.

You need to have a hack around to make this possible.

One peculiar observation was on the first try window was not coming on front but in next all try it comes in the front. So you can open close the window fast for the first time and going forward you have resolved the problem.

There are some other workaround mentioned on qt forum but it didn’t worked for me. I tried with registry setting but didn’t wanted to restart the system so not sure whether it works or not.

activate qt window

// HACK: bringing window to top
// from QT documentation:
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// void QWidget::activateWindow ()
// …
// On Windows, if you are calling this when the application is not currently
// the active one then it will not make it the active window. It will change
// the color of the taskbar entry to indicate that the window has changed in
// some way. This is because Microsoft do not allow an application to
// interrupt what the user is currently doing in another application.
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My hack was very simple by using windows API to bring a window on top

SetWindowPos((HWND)viewer->winId(), HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);

Giving it focus is still not working for me for my particular application so I have to try the first hack also opening and closing the window fast. You can make this a very small window and put it in some weird position so no one can notice. Also this is needed only once so you can do it when your second application starts(whose window you want to bring in front from another app trigger).

test

2016-10-22T08:01:00.001+05:30

testing wordpress to blogger integration via IFTTT

Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our decisions?

2013-07-31T10:22:00.001+05:30

New Addition to tv-series

2012-03-23T04:04:00.001+05:30

The Secret circle: Seems promising at first glance, but then again it is same old typical story. Anyway it's Watchable. I mean kind of good time-pass. Moving with twists and turns. So this girl without any past knowledge of her parents enters into a complete new absurd world. Witch and now witch hunters seems good they can continue adding and create something like Dresden's file by adding more and more stuff :). YA

The Good Wife: This was nice but not of exactly my test anyhow I liked the concept.

Sanctuary: they are still continuing so it must be liked by some, I didn't give it time. It is alright to show whatever you want. I actaully like fantasy and all the being/un human stuff but I don't like people arguing badly about existence. Just show whatever you have in mind don't fight to make it place in viewer's mind by force. If you are a good story teller viwer will enter your world.

Merlin: I loved the initail part of the pilot but when I saw the dragon it was all gone :P. It seems promising mainly the Merlin chanracter ignorant, brave.

Quote of the day

2011-04-24T19:15:00.000+05:30

"I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken." -- Muriel Barbery

Quiz app -- Triviadroid

2011-04-01T15:07:00.001+05:30

Triviadroid best quiz app for Android. Although I didn't understand why they have put mathematics in it. Square root of 81? They call this question.
Movie quizes and music quiz, I didn't liked so much.

Android best game -- Everland

2011-04-01T15:06:00.001+05:30

I have gone through many android games at least those which are highly recommended but only this one seemed worth finishing. I love playing it.
After finishing this game now I really miss it.

The game is about putting hexagon shaped blocks which correspond to animals. Each one has some attack and defense strength, goal was to capture most of the playboard area (more than AI to win).

Test

2011-03-22T00:08:00.001+05:30

Test post. blogging from my mobile

2011-03-22T00:05:00.001+05:30

OMG!!

2011-01-16T16:15:00.001+05:30

Oh!! it really works fine. Everything is so simple with commandline. Really posting parsing stuff: easy for developers and easy for user. You just have to remeber some tags that's all. It is simple to catch on. Now let me experiment with this so how do I post line braek html tags work or not
, how do I post some quotes Testing

GoogleCL seems cool

2011-01-16T16:09:00.001+05:30

My first Command line posting. It is really cool, now I will use this tool often. Since safari is anyway not supported for posting blogs(I hate this). Firefox is too heavy and takes time to launch. I really don't get it why they keep on adding stuff to firefox without worrying too much on speed and loading time.

New post

2011-01-16T16:02:00.001+05:30

Diversion

New addition to tv-series: White Collar, Eureka

2010-09-05T03:02:00.000+05:30

White Collar:
After long gap found a good tv series which I can follow. Liked the style they work. Neal Caffrey is smart impressive.
Mozzie is also cool.

Eureka: I have watched the first episode a long time back never consider watching it again if not suggested by a friend again. So I give it one more go watched first season but nope can't bear it any more.
The city is too much for science I don't know what they are thinking about I guess they are not clear about science fiction you can't call this madness science fiction it's no science. They could have done better with the concept.

New addition to tv-series: The Unit, Tru Calling, Dexter

2010-09-04T00:09:00.000+05:30

The unit: rating 8 out 10. just like 24 in some sense with somewhat more drama. Although it seems somewhat more unrealistic I can't believe that their family is treated in such way, seems too much out of context and made up. It's United States army damm how come they get so less salary. Anyway I like the series.

Dexter: Rating 9/10
Good one. Psychic. Serial killer psychology thinking. A serial killer who control himself to do good.

Tru Calling:
Average, Not for believing but OK. She just goes one day back and try to save those who have called her after dying. With apparently no information it becomes kind of mystery, thriller. Ridiculous But there is more :)

Things fall apart

2010-09-01T23:53:00.000+05:30

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Things fall apart

I liked the book. I didn't like the start and if not for the much praise I haven't gone through end and missed a fine novel. Start seems dull, things and culture described too much seems like before making things fall first he has taken great interest in creating the things . It may be possible that I got the culture part easily so doesn't have to elaborate obvious things, may be everyone can't get the picture of the social structure in few words so he need more pages to convince things exactly. Anyway for me also some of the things are completely new and quite interesting like I haven't thought of a social structure where priests are judged as outcast and God is just for fear and there is no king just title and title doesn't comes inherited. But after the encounter of first white man it become really interesting and then the actual novel begin although this part is real short just like a story but it's great. The first white man which they have killed and tied his iron horse in sacred tree was interesting event. How white men start the capturing how Christianity prevailed how their own social structure slowly start dying. How your own blood your own people start turning against you. Impressive really impressive work!! There are some very good things in tribal culture which I really come to learn first time in the book . But I guess there are more bad then good God only feared wants sacrifice. Women are not much respected, men can marry i don't how many women no limit specified.

The last event and para is total intriguing one of the best I ever read.

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The Subtle Knife

2010-09-01T23:19:00.002+05:30

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

One of the greatest fantasy series like Lord of the rings. Created fantastic great imaginative worlds and species. I love all three books. Fantastically carved story.

After Golden Compass beautiful world in which there are witches, fairies, intelligent talking bears and every human has an animal attached to him/her called 'dæmon'. The next sequel novel Subtle knife is again similarly vivid other protagonist Will parry from our world join Lyra in this novel and they become good friend. Lyra continues with him in her further quest. The knife has power to create door between parallel worlds and one can control his path to different worlds if used by it's bearer.

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The Revenge of the Baby-Sat

2010-08-28T22:05:00.002+05:30

The Revenge of the Baby-Sat by Bill Watterson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I love reading Calvin Hobbes again and again :). I like all it's character and i like the cartoon. A mere six year old child Calvin is real interesting character. His thinking seems so natural as presented by Watterson. People around Calvin always intercepting him always creating hurdle and he face them in his own challenging way. Why pick up bed why not make a bot to do such daily petty jobs.

Even though Rosalyn his baby-sat takes more money than general baby-sitting she always is at disadvantage. This time Calvin has taken her exam notes and locked himself in bathroom threaten her to flush her notes if his demands are are not fulfilled. :-D. this was just one of the events the book is full of Calvin mischiefs his hatred to girls etc etc.

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Lovely Bones

2010-08-20T01:17:00.000+05:30

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A remarkable sentimental story. I loved reading it this was her debut novel and it has broken all records sold more than any debut novel. I started reading it in night just before going to bed read 10-12 page but in morning my first and foremost task was to finish it.

I really liked the character of the mother and father, basically mother she seemed intriguing character.

I think Sebold can have written a better book if she hasn't made it too much sweet and detailed some character more(Ruth and her Mother). Ruth comes into her life only after her death and she become so much attached it would be better if she was her friend before she died.

The last part also seemed too much out of usual. After coming back for short time I don't think someone can just make love and that's all she should have at least tried to meet her father. Her murderer because of whom she and her family have suffered so much is roaming freely she can have helped to catch him.

Anyway book was delightful and lovely I was mesmerized by simplicity of the story.

Movie directed by Peter Jackson. Yes! Lord of the rings.

I guess the book can't be a great movie he has tried a lot to make it good but it can't explained itself. there are many important events which are left. It is true that everything can't be covered in movie but that make it kind of incomplete.

A great book so lovely so quietly and peacefully said story results in average- movie. Although all actors are fine and have played their part perfectly. Heaven is shown quit beautiful but lot of focus on use of Graphics has ruined the movie.

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Addition to tv-series

2010-08-10T01:13:00.001+05:30

House MD: V. Good. All disease however small will lead to neurosurgery.
Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease lupus are most common. Dr. House is obviously very peculiar charter but he is racist, takes drug, patient's life is the least concern to him.

How I met your mother: Good. They should be more progressive toward the main theme. Main Suspense is opened too slow sometimes it seems that they have forgotten it.

Big bang theory: One of my all-time favorite series. I love to watch it's episode again and again.

Legend of Seeker: Kind of LOTR although there is no comparison and lot of difference is there but once you see it similarities become too obvious. Average series. Good story.

Supernatural: Good start but elongated the story even when they don't have very good story to share keep on making episodes.
Should have stopped producing new season lot earlier.

The vampire's diary: I liked it

She

2010-08-10T00:50:00.002+05:30

She by H. Rider Haggard

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Adventurous book. Although main story progress a little slow. Most part of the book is about explaining things which the Horace Holly saw, things which are fascinating unbelievable and about mysterious queen Ayesha. The book has got literary merits mostly due to love, Ayesha and feminism philosophy. Haggard has explained beauty and fantasy things so elegantly as we see in the works of great fantasy writer like Rolling, Tolkien, Lewis. But there are things which I don't like e.g. it is overly ornamented and has long detailed description of culture, caves structure beauty, it's high drama.

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