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" Babumoshai, zindagi badi honi chahiye, lambi nahi!"

This beautiful line i belive will be forever everyone's favouraite line of the masterpiece movie Anand starring superstar Rajesh Khanna. So, why am i talking about this bollywood reference today in my newsletter post?

Well, i stumbled upon yet another interesting Literature link which beautifully fits in this reference, so let's just dive in to see what it is!

If we go back to the Greek period in literature, the Romans gave various philosophies as to how to live one's life. One such philosophy was , " Epicureanism" this philosophy helped the great Greek poet Horace to give the famous expression of, " Carp Diem" which translates to, " pluck or pick the day, seize the day".

So the Greek poet Horace taught people to live the present day, without worrying about the past or the future, this pretty much fits the famous Rajesh Khanna's dialogues in Anand movie, " Mai marne se pehle marna nahi chahta"

It seems that Bollywood took some serious inspirations from Literature!

But if we see it in the light of philosophy , this idea has been hatched or rather been taught to people not today but way back from the greek times. So i belive , Zoya Aktar was not the first to say that, " Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" Horace has already said that!

Yess, you can say that in the comments section that i am a big time Bollywood Buff and i have very conveniently mixed Bollywood and Literature togather and served a Smoothie to my Literature Nerd Family!

So, tell me in the comments below whether you like my receipi or not!

P.S: I know i have been very irregular with the newsletter posts, but i seized my day today, and posted today!

P.S.S: If you have hung up with me till now i am very grateful for your support. Signing off with a promise to be more regular here.

Till then, Happy Reading!