“Prashant read a small part of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy about this beautiful universe…”
POCKETDIARYBOOKCLUB
MINUTESOFTHEMEETING
YEAR2023
09/12/2023
Venue: Akshat DramaGroupStudio
PDBCeditionidontreallyknow.
Our dear Priyahasgivenme(Prashant) theprivilegeof writingminutesof edition. It’s7minutestill edition
andI seeattendanceof 5peopleandSandeepji andSmit. (Will Priyakill mefor this?Shedidsaydonot
offendanyoneandhereI am…not offendinghowpeopleareoftenlate. (ShushshushPrashant.))
15:00
Okay, that’sthe26thedition.
Prashant readasmall part of Hitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxyabout thisbeautiful beautiful robot named
Marvinandasweet andnot interestedingoingUPelevator.
Quiteafewlaughs, yay!!!
Thenext reader isUmangwhoreadapiecebyStephenHawking(whomeveryoneknows(but not
personally~Sandeepji)).
Our sunisanordinaryyellowstar ~StephenHawking(yes, evenyour romanticsunissoordinaryyou
ordinarypieceof stardust!!)
Andeventhesunisrevolving. Andnot aroundyou. Ha!
Arrival of Rajeshji(intheusual blackplaintee) andChiragon15:22, yay!!
Next reader wasJay, andhe’sreadingCat’sCradle(mytruelove).
It’sabout thisguyJohn(call himJonah), hewasachristian, heisaBokononist now.
First sentenceof bookof bokonon: all thetruethingsabout totell youareall shamelesslies.
That’sall youneedtoknow, nowyoushouldreadthebook.
TODO:: checkPlatoandaPlatypuswalkintoabar(suggestedbysmit)
Andtruthhadsomeexistential crisisthankstoPrince. Yadeyadi yada. Thetruthwill havequitesome
healthissuesthisevening, thelight inPrince’seyessuggested.
Next reader isShwetawhohasbeensittinginanother corner sinceI tookone. I tooktheright one(pun
intended). Shedoeshavebeautiful sunrayscomingonher prettyfacethough.
(I waslater onremindedhowI’mromanticizingtheordinarysun. Well booo.)
((Priya’sCorrection: youwerebulliedasyouwererecitingtheselinesfromtheminutesat theendof the
edition))
She’sreadingthismemoir book“AMovableFeast” byErnest Hemingway.
“Dostoevskywasashit, hem”, Evanwent on. “Hewasbest onshitsandsaints. Hemakes
wonderful saints. It’sashamewecan’t rereadhim.”~Asmall lineinbook
TIL: There’ssomethingcalleddragonmustache. ThanksShweta.
(I reallytriedtogooglethismustachebut haddifficulties. I’ll let myimaginationdothehardwork.)
Andsomeonecame45minuteslate. Yay. (Andsheleft after 40mins.)
Next reader isJanvi. Sheisreadingthisbook“TheMiracleat SpeedyMotors’” bythisBritishauthor
McCall Smithwithagreat bluecover andboydoI seeacutu
bookmark.
Thisgirl whodoesnot haveanyideaabout her actual family. Andshe
isaskingthisdetectiveauntytogivetheanswer tothesequestions.
“Findmeabirthday, findmesomepeople, mma.”
(Mmaisintentional here, it meansshrimati, that’showtheycall it in
SouthAfrica)
Off topicbut Rajeshji istotallyenjoyingthemesswecreatehavinga
bigsmile, littlepriceisour leader againofc(whowill readalittle
prince!!! Dadjokesrock!).
Next oneisRutvikreading“IntotheWild”(SocietyEddieVadder isagoodsongfromthemoviebtw)
It’sabout thispersonAlexwhoabandonssocietyandgoestoliveintothewild(howclever name, I know!!)
Prettygoodreadandagreat movietoo.
Next reader isNijaReadingTheSenseof anEnding. Anewface!
Shetalksabout imperfectionof memories, andhowyour memoryplayswithyou, your mindbeinga
complete…. Badguymakesit hisownversion(or her ofc).
Andtheimperfectionsof thedocumentation.
Goodquotesfor our tummies.
“Historyistheliesof thevictorsandit isalsotheillusionof defeaters.”
“Whenweareyoungcreatedifferent futuresfor ourselvesbut whenweareolder wecreate
different pasts”
It wasnowturnfor truthtoget questionedandget drownedinexistential crisisagain. Therewasan
interestinglineput bymyfellowreader here, “Sometruthsaretruer thanother truths.”
Sandeepji questioned, “Isgravityatruthor truer thanother truths?” Gettingbackontopicthough.
Thenext reader isJasmeet whoisreading“WhomovedmyCheese?”.
“Beseriousabout changebut don’t beseriousabout yourself”~fromthebook
(Meh, I’mseriousabout myself! What doesthisevenmean??)
I askedhimwhat doesit mean, andboyevenhedidn’t know. Nicenice, verynice!*
*ReferenceGuide: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17991800399522251/
Andthenwehadanother quote(thistimemymindwasabletoget it.)
Don’t changewiththechange. Changebeforechange. ~Bill Gates~Smit
Michael Scott fanswhereyouat!!
ThissomehowremindedRajeshji of:
“खड़कसंहकेखड़कनेसेखड़कती हखड़कयां, खड़कयकेखड़कनेसेखड़कता हैखड़कसंह.”
Next wehavePrincereadingTheLittlePrince.
*Shwetalookssoseriouspeekinginthebook*
Grownupslovethefigures. Theydon’t askyouwhat colorstheylike, theyaskwhat ishisage,
howmuchmoneydoeshemake?
Regardless, it’salovelylovelylovelybookwithbeautiful drawings.
Rajeshji doesthinkthat foxisatoxicguy(लोमडी). Hedidkindaproveit though.
Next isour modSmit readingZahir byPauloCauleho(Yesalchemist guy).
Sittingonthechair likeamoderator he, whohadablacksteal-eligiblet-shirt havingabeautiful sunset,
explainedtousunder theyellowlights(not sunlight mindyou) andfaint soundof acoupleof fans, he
explainedwhat Zahir is.
Andwehadthetalkabout alchemist andfaaltukagyaan(asRajeshji putsit) things. Of coursesire. Fun
thing. Moresmiles.
Next wehaveRajeshji tellingusbeautiful poemsfrom“उसलड़कका नाम हलता है” inhisblackplaintee.
Puttingonelineof apoem:
“येखतपड़ेनहंजाते, येपागलखतपड़ेनहंजाते, इहतो बसपीना पड़ता है, औरउस
दनगावमबहुतबारशहुई।”
Fromanother poem:
“अगलेज़मानेमकौनमानेगा कतुममोरकेपंखम याहमलाकेमुझेख़तलखतेथे”
Asthenext andthelast reader of theeveningwehaveMiteshwith“MasalaChai”.
Won’t writeanythingsinceI wastoobusylaughingover thewriting.
TL;DR: Acchi personalityMatlabEnglishlanguage.
AndRubyma’amacchi thi. But Rubyma’amkisi student keliye“Ruby” nahi bani.
Thiswasall inall averyfunedition, withalot of laughs!
फ़रमलगेइहदवारकेबीचआसमानढूँढ़तेढूँढ़ते
वैसेतोबंधेहैहमइसछोटेसेघरम
परपहुंचेतोफ़रभीहहमइसपृवीसेचाँदपेराहढूँढ़तेढूँढ़ते
~Signingoff,yoursfaithfully, Prashant