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QUILLS 'n' STILLS Givteryi!t a Who wrote that? \"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both...\" MARY OLIVER ROBERT FROST WILLIAM BLAKE JOHN KEATS 53
QUILLS 'n' STILLS \"सच है, वप जब आती ह,ै कायर को ही दहलाती है, शूरमा नह वच लत होते, ण एक नह धीरज खोत,े व न को गले लगाते ह, काँट म राह बनाते ह।...\" रामधारी सह दनकर जयशंकर साद महादेवी वमा यंत कु मार \"Tonight I can write the saddest lines, I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too...\" JOHN DONNE LANGSTON HUGHES DYLAN THOMAS PABLO NERUDA 54
QUILLS 'n' STILLS \"दरबारे वतन म जब इक दन सब जाने वाले जायग,े कु छ अपनी सजा को प चं ग,े कु छ अपनी जजा ले जायग.े ..\" राम साद ब मल गलु ज़ार फै ज़ अहमद फै ज़ ह रओम पवार \"‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers — That perches in the soul — And sings the tune without the words — And never stops — at all —...\" JENNY JOSEPH JOHN KEATS EMILY DICKINSON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 55
QUILLS 'n' STILLS \"O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;...\" WILLIAM WORDSWORTH EDGAR ALLAN POE CHARLES BUKOWSKI WALT WHITMAN \" नज़र-नवाज़ नज़ारा बदल न जाए कह जरा-सी बात है महँु से नकल न जाए कह वो देखते है तो लगता है न व हलती है मरे े बयान को बं दश नगल न जाए कह ... \" यतं कु मार जयशंकर साद सूयकांत पाठ नराला माखनलाल चतवु द 56
QUILLS 'n' STILLS \"I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;\" LORD BYRON CHRISTINA ROSSETTI WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ROBERT BURNS Answers: 1. Robert Frost 2. रामधारी सह दनकर 3. Pablo Neruda 4. ैफज़ अहमद ैफज़ 5. Emily Dickinson 6. Walt Whitman 7. 8. दु ंत ुकमार William Wordsworth 57
QUILLS 'n' STILLS ANIME REVIEW YOUR LIE IN APRIL Japanese name:(Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) Genre: Musical, romantic drama Original Run: October 9,2014-March 19,2015(22 episodes) Studio: A-1 Pictures Written By: Takao Yoshika Directed by: Kyohnei Yoshiko Music by : Masaru Yokoyama “Your Lie in April” is a fine combination Then there is the entry of fourteen- of romance, music, emotions, and year-old violinist Kaori Miyazono who comedy. But I must warn you before meets Arima through Watari. watching this anime, be prepared to Kaori Miyazono is a free-spirited and shed your tears. Although the show is cheerful girl. She convinces Arima to funny in the beginning but in between perform with her. After two years and in the end you won’t be able to Arima started playing piano again. He hide your emotions. started enjoying his life again but he had no idea what was about to come. Like many other romance anime, the 58 story starts in school. The story is about a young pianist Arima Kosei, who dominated music competitions at a very young age and was one of the best musicians among children. But suddenly his mother dies and he loses his will to play the piano. He suffered such a great mental trauma that he was not able to listen to himself while playing piano or I can say he was not able to feel his music. So he decided to give up playing the piano. After his mother’s death, he felt utterly lonely as he lost his two most precious things in life. Now he had only two friends Tsubaki and Watari, to express himself.
QUILLS 'n' STILLS The story is well written as it shows a The animation is quite simple and common boy’s life and many people beautiful, good enough to create many could easily relate to it. Although it’s a astounding scenes. The music of the romantic and emotional story, at times anime is awesome, which is quite it is filled with comedy. The humor tries expected. The opening theme is so to avoid boredom as the screenplay is beautiful and its music refreshes your quite slow in between. The story is mind every time. Although the ending filled with love triangles and there are theme was not as good as expected many moments that could make you this was due to its benchmarks. If you cry. The voice artists have done a have any interest in western classical great job expressing dialogues with then I assure you that this anime will be complete emotions. a treat for you. “Your Lie in April” is one of the finest romance anime that you can watch but some people might not like the story as they expect a happy ending which you won’t find in this one. The characters could have been made better, they have been given quite big eyes which though look cute but unrealistic. There’s a kind of mix-up in the story in between but overall it’s a wonderful story. I would recommend it to everyone because it’s a short anime consisting of only 22 episodes. If you don’t have any prior interest in western music you can still give it a try but be prepared for some tragic moments. 59
QUILLS 'n' STILLS NITABOH Directed by: Akio Nishizawa Produced by: Masahiro Murakami Music by:Makoto Kuriya Release date: February 21, 2004 Running time: 100 minutes “Nitaboh” is an anime movie based on a novel that is an adaptation of a true story of a Shamisen player. It is one of the most underrated anime movies and a pure gem. This is another anime based on music. Its beautiful music will surely make you fall in love with this anime. Nitaboh is a young kid who loves There were many obstacles in his music. He belonged to a poor family path like getting bullied, his due to which his mother died soon instrument broke, financial problems after giving him birth. His mother but he never gave up. He decides to was a shamisen player and his make the sound of his shamisen father was a waterman. During an reach all the people and he worked epidemic, he got a high fever and hard to achieve that. lost his eyesight. After losing his eyesight his love for music gradually The animation is quite an old style, increased. He used to play the flute but you can’t blame the creators as then he met Tamana and her released in 2004. The characters daughter Yuki and started learning drawn are quite old-fashioned, but to play shamisen from her. After the anime depicts exactly how giving him brief knowledge they left vintage Japan looks like. the village. One tragic night his father died and Nitaboh was left alone by himself. This situation scares me from the inside – a poor blind boy all alone by himself. But he never lost his will; he started playing Shamisen in public to earn his daily bread. 60
QUILLS 'n' STILLS The music in the anime is tremendous. Although he was blind he put his heart and soul into playing the shamisen and that’s what real artists do. The heart of this anime is its music. Every time NItaboh plays you can feel his music, you may feel he is performing live in front of you. The side characters of this anime like Tamana, Yuki, Nitaboh’s dad, Tomekachi, Kikunosuke took this anime to a different level. The supporting characters are written so well that you may feel surprised on seeing such good people. Short appearances but a solid impact straight into the heart of the viewers. So overall I would say that it doesn’t matter whether you like music or not but you will surely like this anime movie and it will inspire you too. - Adarsh Kumar 61
QUILLS 'n' STILLS Burning Kabaddi We know that anime is loved all over the world. Anything shown in anime has a special impact across the globe. An anime by the name of Burning Kabaddi is scheduled to release on April 3, 2021. It is produced by TMS ENTERTAINMENT studios. The anime is based on our Indian sport Kabaddi and it’s a huge thing for us as people all over the world will learn more about Kabaddi. Its hype is increasing day by day. Its manga started in 2015 and is still ongoing. The manga got some really good responses which urged the makers to create an anime. So all anime fans, as well as kabaddi fans, can mark this date in their calendars. 62
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