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It was winter in Delhi, when sun sets early and night comes quickly. The roads are generally deserted, which is an unusual sight in India particularly, where the romping population makes any kind of space scarce. Few shops that remain open after 9 Pm are generally the liquor shops and some small Kirana stores (general stores).  16 th of December 2012; a young couple went to a movie, Anglee’s Life Of PI, what a movie, brilliant animation, CG, and a non- linear story telling. The journey of Pi, the hero touched lots of people’s hearts and they might have got the new resolve, not to give up in life, no matter how hard are the adversities. But  then it was a movie, where the writer is taught to write with the hero, his problems and how he overcomes them and becomes a victor in the end of the movie. But reel life is so different from real life. The two young people, after watching the movie, stand out in the cold, waiting for transport, the roads are deserted, bu...

This is one of the most important human rights in the modern society but the fight for this right started in late 17th century by Voltaire, the French historian, philosopher famous for his wit and advocacies on civil liberties. The fight for the right caught up with the aesthetic movement, represented by the school of William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rosetti in 1860-1900. One of the most influential authors of this movement was Oscar Wilde. He was one of the flamboyant and witty playwright  who penned short stories, plays, poetry's and his only novel- The picture of Dorian Gray. The novel first appeared as a lead story in Lippincots monthly magazine on June 20 th 1890. The Magazine’s editor changed some 500 words of the text without intimating Wilde, as he feared the story indecent to publish. Even then the story was greeted with outrage by British reviewers, some of whom suggested that Wilde should be prosecuted on moral grounds, leading Wilde to defend ...