The rain pattered down as the students flocked to the gates. They were at a school, unknown to friends and mates. Some were ordinary, some were gifted. They stood on the stairs as their gazes nervously shifted.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth installment in the Harry Potter series. The book starts with highlighting the effects of Voldemort’s return – even in the Muggle world. Although you-know-who makes no appearances here, his henchmen gain momentum. His past also comes to light through multiple trips via the Pensieve. In addition, Read more…

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain. The Chamber of Secrets begins, as did the Philosopher’s Stone, with Harry once again at home with the dreadful Dursleys. The Dursleys are, to put it mildly, unpleasant and the arrival of the house elf Dobby sets in Read more…

Like (almost) every love story, mine too stemmed from hate. I had this uncanny belief that love and hate could coexist. However, as I would realize later in life, love has the power to easily overpower and vanquish our abhorrence of things and people. A few years ago, when I was probably eight or nine Read more…