28 6-word Tiny Tales | Bittersweet, Lighthearted, Nostalgic! | Neha's No...

Presenting 28 tiny tales, each featuring a 6-word length, jotted by me over many years as random scribblings...Watch, read and experience a stream of bittersweet, lighthearted and nostalgic feelings as you watch the video!

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Book Review: The Mystery of the Ivory Charm

The Mystery of the Ivory Charm by Carolyn Keene

Who could ever wonder that a tiny, cream-colored ivory elephant charm holds the power of life and death for humans?
A charm of such a kind marks this novel of Nancy Drew-Carolyn Keene mystery series too...yes, read on.
One of the most intriguing stories of the series, this storyscape features an ancient Indian charm designed like a white elephant and sculpted in ivory material. This one-of-a-kind charm belongs to the time of the great ‘White Elephant Cult’ of India.
The charm belongs to an Indian boy named Rishi, who works in a wild animal circus show, the trainer of which is his father, a cruel man named Rai. Apart from being the animal trainer and circus master, Rai is depicted to be a man of ruthless personality.
As Nancy comes face to face with this man, she spots this prettily-set ivory charm, designed brilliantly like a tiny elephant pendant, swinging from the black corded chain worn into Rai’s neck.
The plot comes to a twist when this boy runs away from the circus, following Nancy and her friends to her house. While gifting her this charm and saying it was a harbinger of good fortune, he begs her to solve his mystery and discover his real father, unlike what they had thought, was not Rai.
They topple over several clues - an abandoned house with no floor but only a labyrinth of tunnels, a strange woman Mrs. Allison who abruptly goes into trance muttering verses from her golden jewelled psychic versebook and a roll of papers hidden in a coffeepot, reading which, the detective trio is taken aback into bewilderment.
The ending marks a remarkably cinematic reunion and the revelation of an ancient Indian scientific theory. The mystery is sure-shot to keep the readers hooked till the end, as it did for me.
As far as the mystery of the life-giving power of the ivory charm is concerned, well, the novel divulges the secret consequentially.
The plot is immersive and characters crisp. A delightful addition to the reading list!

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27 Inspiring Quotes from Disney's Ratatouille!🥘

Inspired by his dreams, Remy, a rat, finds himself separated from his family-kingdom; isolated and lost in a river tunnel, only to discover that his destiny had brought him to his dream restaurant ‘The Gusteau’s’. Flabbergasted and excited, Remy wanders along to witness the wondrous processes going on in the world’s finest gourmet kitchen. Remy desires to cook, but the only problem, he is not a human. Call it a brush of good fortune, Remy comes across a naïve boy named Linguini. Linguni’s only problem, he doesn’t know how to cook. And so, Remy and Linguini partner along, Remy acting as his shadow chef.

 

The classic Disney-Pixar hit does not only feature an immersive animated production and neat characters, but also a storytelling that is as inspiring as entertaining.

Dreams come true! Orders please!!

In this video, I share 27 of my favourite, inspirational quotes from the movie. Go ahead, watch and enjoy!

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Neha

 

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24 Quirky Theme Ideas for Writing Poetry!

 Here are 24 quirky theme ideas for writing poetry. Read on and breeze through the list!

#1 Write Poetry on Various Seasons

#2 Write Poetry on Animal and Bird sounds [onomatopoeia]

#3 Write poetry on months of the year

#4 Write poetry on sense of smell [fragrances, aromas, incense, scents & other smells]

#5 Write poetry on historical empires, cultures and monuments

#6 Make poetry infographic

#7 Write romance-themed poetry

#8 Make a poetry painting

#9 Make a poetry animation

#10 Write poetry on weather of the day

#11 Write poetry about gemstones, jewellery and beads

#12 Write poetry about different vehicles

#13 Create audio poetry

#14 Write poetry on animals, birds and reptiles

#15 Write a song lyric

#16 Write an advertising jingle

#17 Write poems about zooming into your greatest fears in life

#18 Create illustrated poetry

#19 Write a collection of greeting card verses

#20 Write a collection of emotional verses

#21 Write poems about various foods and beverages

#22 Write poems about different kinds of poems!

#23 Write a collection of haikus and tankas

#24 Write a collection of Postcard Poems

Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allen Poe • Narrated by Neha B.

Take this kiss upon the brow!

And, in parting from you now,

Thus much let me avow —

You are not wrong, who deem

That my days have been a dream;

Yet if hope has flown away

In a night, or in a day,

In a vision, or in none,

Is it therefore the less gone? 

All that we see or seem

Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar

Of a surf-tormented shore,

And I hold within my hand

Grains of the golden sand —

How few! yet how they creep

Through my fingers to the deep,

While I weep — while I weep!

O God! Can I not grasp

Them with a tighter clasp?

O God! can I not save

One from the pitiless wave?

Is all that we see or seem

But a dream within a dream?

Book Review: The Clue of the Velvet Mask

The Clue of the Velvet Mask by Carolyn Keene
Wherever Nancy goes, mystery follows her in the same way as moths are drawn to a flame…
It all begins with a masquerade party that she is attending on the invitation of her friend Linda, who works as an employee in Lightner’s Entertainment Company, an event management company which organizes most of the important, influential and wealthy events of the area.
In the storyline depicted by this novel, Nancy Drew discovers herself pedaling her mind’s sharpest wits to the metal, as a series of robberies seem to boondoggle the detective inside her. Robberies – which, apparently seem to be carried out by a weird yet utterly mischievous gang with their signature clue of an unusual black velvet mask.
While Nancy is attending this party, she comes across one of these gang members, who is climbing a rose trellis to reach the party hall through the window. The culprit slips away in a jiffy, though Nancy is able to catch his mask, which, later turns out to be one of those signature masks that all the gang-members use for all their robberies.
Upon examining the mask, Nancy comes upon a stunning clue. The mask seems to contain the inkling of a string of numbers, quite strange though. Spending several days solving the puzzle of these printed numbers, she concludes that these numbers are all those dates on which the black velvet gang has planned their respective robberies.
Intrigued by this clue, Nancy reaches out to Linda’s boss Mr. Tombar, who seems to her as suspicious as the mysterious robberies.
Party after party, event after event, Nancy keeps on losing the gang. Each time, the thieves seem to be fooling the butlers, sneaking in cleverly and slipping out in manner as well as cunning.
While she shadows all the suspicious persons to the best of her wits, her dear friend George gets kidnapped and hypnotized with the warnings of not chasing the Black Velvet Gang anymore. For days and days, George seems to remain too flabbergasted to utter a word.
However, Nancy, as no faint-hearted she is anyway, she keeps pursuing all the culprits.
Ultimately, Nancy comes across a clue she might never have guessed by herself. The culprits had been hiding the stolen antiques, paintings and goods inside a local antique store run by a friend of Nancy, Mr. Taylor.
With much hassle though, but the Black Velvet Gang is caught red-handed at last. And Nancy breathes a sigh of relief, having solved one of the most puzzling mysteries of her life.
The book is well-written, and like other parts of this Nancy Drew-Carolyn Keene series, the book promises immersiveness, interest and spiraly plot. All characters including Mr. Tombar, Linda, Mrs. & Mr. Sneakers, Erine etc. are well-drawn and so are the descriptions pertaining to the event settings. The book was much delight to read!

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Neha

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6 Dimensions of Language!

6 DIMENSIONS OF LANGUAGE [Snippet & Notes]

#1 PHONETICS

• The study and the mechanics of speech sounds
• How the human physiology triggers the process of sound production, transmission and hearing
• Basic Unit of Phonetics: Phones (sound)

#2 PHONOLOGY

• The study of organization of speech sounds in various systems of languages
• Basic unit of Phonology: Phonemes

#3 MORPHOLOGY

• The study of word forms, and process of word formation
• Basic unit of Morphology: Morphemes

#4 SYNTACTICS

• Study of lingual syntax
• Study of word order, grammatical theory and arrangement of words & phrases
• Deals with technical aspects of sentence and paragraph construction

Ex: "I know you." and "I know you?" - a slight change in syntax can totally transform the sentence

#5 SEMANTICS

• Study of meaning of linguistic expressions when words are put together in correct syntactical structure
• Word meanings, vocabulary
• Semantics asks "What it means?"
• Ex: "Cool green ideas went for a walk." - This sentence is syntactically correct, but with respect to meaning, erroneous.
  
  Take another example!
  A: "Hello, are you relaxing?"
  B: "No, I am David."
  These sentences are correct, both syntactically and semantically. However, the context in which B is answering A's question, seems to be slightly unclear. This is pragmatics...

#6 PRAGMATICS

• Study of context
• Study of inferred or interpreted meanings
• What do we mean by this?
• How the language is used, for what purpose and what meaning does it intend to convey?

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Free Writing & Structured Writing

SHORT SNIPPETS FOR WRITERS

From the perspective of purpose & utility, there are two kinds of writing processes that writing can be divided into.

FREE WRITING and STRUCTURED WRITING. 

Both of these serve equal and equally significant utility in producing a wholesome piece of writing.

While Free Writing enables the writer to just put down the words and material on the paper or document, Structured Writing polishes the material into stylistic wrapping & a storystyle structure, which makes the piece equally relevant to the reader.

Free Writing is essential to exercise our mind’s capabilities like that of creativity and imagination, and it can be practiced by anyone whether they’re a writer or not, whilst Structured Writing involves the core skill of writing that writers need to learn and practice in order to become a writer in the first place.

Free writing is also known as:

• Automatic Writing
• Stream of consciousness writing
• Interior Monologue
• Morning Pages, Journaling or Brain Dump (in general terms)

Structured writing varies highly on:

• Type of Content
• Form of Writing
• Specific Technical Structure
• Specific set of syntactical and semantical rules

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Neha

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Charlie & The Chocolate Factory - Review and 30 Chocolatey Quotes!

Chocolates. 

Taste buds seem to swoon with delight the moment one mentions the topic of “chocolates”.

So, when Mr. Willy Wonka, the greatest chocolate manufacturer decided to reopen his chocolate factory, the children worldwide splashed into pools of excitement. And so did their parents, their grandparents.

Confectionary stores worldwide were stocked and restocked, and re-re-stocked, with gigantic heaps of Willy Wonka Chocolate Bars.

On the flip side, the toothpaste factories let go of their workers because, apparently, the market demand of toothpaste escalated in direct proportion to the sale of Willy Wonka Chocolates. The job demanded a skill too mechanical and too much to be worked out by the mere labour of human employees.

One of these toothpaste factory workers turned out to be Mr. Bucket, the father of a charming boy Charlie Bucket.

Though poverty-struck, the Buckets family depict family warmth, yet, floats like a snowflake of wintry gloom. Their fortune, however, turns around, when Charlie discovers that he has found one of the five Golden Tickets, which, Mr. Willy Wonka had secretly slipped inside five of the chocolate bars shipped out of his factory. Five lucky children who would find the five golden tickets, would receive a surprise tour inside the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory.

Apart from Charlie, the four lucky winners turn out to be Veruca, Augustus, Violet and Mike.

The four characters – Veruca, Augustus, Violet and Mike, are depicted to be spoiled children. While Veruca is a daddy-pampered girl who wants what she wants; Augustus can’t stop getting distracted by his chocolate gobblings; Violet is too proud of her gum-chewing world record and Mike is too hot-headed to even consider listening to what Mr. Wonka is saying.

The five kiddos reach outside the factory gates alongwith one member of their families each. On the other side of the giant gate stands the Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, looking like an ancient chalkstone castle.

The remaining slice of the movie takes the audience on a twisty journey of chocolatey lush and panorama of sweet ditties, beyond imagination.

Chocolate river, candy boat, eatable grass, giant white-red candies, rainbow drops, marshmallow pillows, tiny eatable chocolate birds, everlasting gum, tv-producing chocolates, hot ice cubes and cows giving chocolate-milk are some of the bizarre wonders Mr. Wonka showcases to the winners.

But more than anything else, what turns out to be the most bizarre, is Mr. Wonka’s personality. As it turns out, he is an adult carrying the heart of a boy who was asked to stay away from all things chocolate and candy. The reason? His father was a dentist.

Out of the five winners, Charlie remains the only one who survives till the end of the tour, and inspires Mr. Wonka to reunite with his dentist father.

As the name and the picturesque details suggest, the movie is a sweet treat to watch. A dessert-ful delight to indulge in.

The best part, this chocolate factory won’t give you cavities!

Moving forward, here are thirty chocolatey quotes from the movie. Watch and enjoy!

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Neha😊