Searching for good books to read is an old pastime for me.
You nut, Oscar is not for books!
Hey Naatu Naatu, when ordering online wasn’t an option, I used to visit Crosswords at Mithakali Crossroads quite often.
The Bestsellers section attracted attention. Books carrying the words New York Times’ Bestseller attracted attention and lured me into buying. Booker Prize Winner, those words also lured me into buying some. Later, even ‘nominated for’ lured me into buying.
Aww, even as I write this I open the wikipedia page for Literary Award to check my GK of awards awarded across the world.
The horror lay in discovering that in following lists and awards I made weird choices.
Much much later, I could frame and tell myself that buying is experimentation, and what we buy are experiments.
Once treated this way, if a buy turns out to be a disappointment, I am able to coax myself rather easily into analyzing how I came to make such a buy.
One thing leads to another, now I ignore awards altogether. In fact, once a thing gets awarded, I tend to look the other way.
Award means avoid.
You nut, you are jealous. You are undermining Naatu Naatu’s success at the Oscars?! God will not forgive you! You anti-n…
Congratulations Mr/Ms Songmaker! Congratulations Ms/Mr Listener! Thank you Ms/Mr Reader!
Did I maintain gender equality?! You bet I did. One gender was awarded more equality than another. You see that?
My smirky Dad tells me last night, “The song got an Oscar and you say you are not impressed!”
I must get an Oscar for not getting impressed. Please introduce that category. The category of not impressed.
Please introduce an award for Tiktok dances too; I am trying to get into that. Please. You want suggestions for categories?
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