Harison Xavier

Book Cover   This is not a book review, I want to share what I learned from the book Goat Days  written by Benyamin . I was not interested in novels or stories. Novels had a bad vibe when I was a kid. I have heard elders saying that if you read novels, you will fail in life, they were talking about the weekly magazine novels. Somehow "novel equals failure" got recorded in my mind. So I would mostly concentrate on non fictions.  I came across the book Goat Days "Aadujeevitham" back in 2013, when one of my friend brought it to our room. He told me it is a true story of  life of  a man named Najeeb Muhammed,  emigrant gone to work in Saudi Arabia. Najeeb's dream was to work in the Persian Gulf states and earn enough money to send back home. But, life took a U-turn when he reached Saudi Arabia, he was forced into salve labor by a brutal master  and  the story goes by a series of incidents into a slave like existence herding goats i...

Regret                            I shouldn't have said it! I can't take it back now. I wish everything was just the way  it was  before . I am sorry.  I was just trying to put my thoughts through. I wanted to connect my thoughts and feelings with you and let you know how I felt. It was not an impulsive decision, I though of it for a long time and just wanted to let it out.  Within a few moments I found out that, I was wrong, my preparation was not enough. I should have given a deeper thought to it. I should have refrain myself from saying the truth.  Truth hurts. It's painful but it is for the better good. It would be fine if I have not said anything. Instead, I said the truth, now the weight on my chest is gone. Now there is a chance for better understanding and trust between us and also a chance for disgust and anger.  What should have I done? I...