Today [19 June] is national reading day in India. Let me celebrate it with three posters I prepared with the help of Canva.
Florentino Ariza has had 622 serious relationships (combo pack with sex) apart from numerous fleeting liaisons before he is able to embrace the only woman whom he loved with all his heart and soul. And that embrace happens “after a long and troubled love affair” that lasted 51 years, 9 months, and 4 days. Florentino is in his late 70s when he is able to behold, and hold as well, the very body of his beloved Fermina, who is just a few years younger than him. She now stands before him with her wrinkled shoulders, sagged breasts, and flabby skin that is as pale and cold as a frog’s. It is the culmination of a long, very long, wait as far as Florentino is concerned, the end of his passionate quest for his holy grail. “I’ve remained a virgin for you,” he says. All those 622 and more women whose details filled the 25 diaries that he kept writing with meticulous devotion have now vanished into thin air. They mean nothing now that he has reached where he longed to reach all his life. The
Beautiful creations Sir !
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DeleteAwesome Sir! 👌🏻
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DeleteBeautiful! I have to learn to use Canva.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to learn.
DeleteReading is indeed the gateway to knowledge and wisdom.
ReplyDeleteIn this age of internet, we all are reading much more than during the pre-internet days. All those messages and emails and forwards.
However, it's important for all of us to pause and think if what we are reading is worthwhile or not.
I for one have stopped reading / watching / listening to forwards on WhatsApp.
That's just it. What we read matters.
DeleteI can hardly imagine anything more commendable than a National Reading Day. It should become a World Reading Day.
ReplyDeleteThat'd be a good idea.
DeleteCanva is a God Sent! Great posters!
ReplyDeleteYes, I use Canva for various purposes.
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