After the series of bockbuster of Harry Potter Books and Movies, J.K.Rowling goes a step further creating yet another surprise of her creative imagination .Her website Pottermore takes the Harry potter books to a new level of Interactive Books where you can explore all the books of Harry Potter and even become one.To be a part of the interactive Pottermore Books ,all you need is to be Magical.
Your signup requires that at-least you should have read or watched Harry Potter Movies and then you are assigned a group name .Well, your username has to chosen only from the list provided by the website.And yes, it is a magical name.To confirm your account, you are welcomed by an envelope in your Inbox.Now, you are ready to explore the world of Harry Potter.
An amazing world of Magical adventure is now before you.Here you can see that all the books of J.KRowling has been depicted as levels , the first being Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone (the one that is activated).Surrounding it, are smaller dots which are nothing but the Chapters of the Book totaling 17.You can see that one of the dot is closed and the others open.It means ,I have finished exploring the first chapter of the first book and the opened dots are unfinished ones.After all the dots are closed meaning having finished exploring all the 17 chapters , my second book Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets is activated.Likewise, you have to explore all the levels one by one.
Coming again to J.KRowling's First Book and chapter Exploration.Each Chapter of the book has some subheading with images to read and explore .Now , make sure to keep your Volume high and your eyes keen.The page before you is interactive bringing in the real Harry Potter book to life.You can interact with the page using the below three given arrows : the left for previous chapters , the right for the next chapter and the middle for the picture right in front of you.
You can move your cursor around the image before you to zoom in and out helping you to see and hear a specific pictures image and sound .Arr..you can see the letter arriving through a bike, a hut on the rock surrounded by the sea and more [something magical like an addition to the books or let me say some changes here and there to Harry potter to make it more interesting ]
On the left you can see the Read about chain with two hanging pictures namely Characters and Places. Clicking them gives you the link to the written Chapters of the book.
The beauty of this website is that not only we explore the virtual magical world and read the Chapters but also we can make friends with real people on the virtual world (just like you ) , comment on what you feel about the chapters , add to favorites,share and like .The owl seated above is your guide and gives you notifications if someone wants to befriend you or liked your comments.
As we proceed through the chapters, more " read about" like Spells, Objects, Books ( includes Herbology, Fantastic beasts, Preparing Potions ....) etc get added and the Pages becomes even more interactive .You got to learn your lessons at Hogwarts school ,complete your targets and challenges and then pass to go to your next year at school.You are given your own profile with your scores, wands,your spells, potions, your drawings, friends and your own trunks .
Note that you can explore the chapters one by one activating each sub-heading and books.So you will have master the books , prepare your own potions ,learn the spells before you can finish the whole set of Harry Potter books.And when you finally come out of the school at Pottermore Website , you will become qualified Wizard yourself.
Note that you can explore the chapters one by one activating each sub-heading and books.So you will have master the books , prepare your own potions ,learn the spells before you can finish the whole set of Harry Potter books.And when you finally come out of the school at Pottermore Website , you will become qualified Wizard yourself.
A delightful and addicting treat to all Harry Potter fans ;) .
One day, I met Sara with her Mom purchasing some goods when I went shopping with my Dad to the same shop in my area.We exchanged surprised glances and exchanged smiles.Then, on the same evening I saw Sara playing on the same playground where I usually play at the back of my house.Only then I came to know that she has shifted her house to my area.Damn it,Should I feel happy or sad about it?.I don't know how to react.Again, the same fate made us to meet together whenever we played there with the neighboring friends.
She took me by surprise dropping my way home one day.She was very friendly and my family liked her behavior.Incidently, I had my head bath and let my hair free on that day.She looked at me and said "You look so cute,Amirtha.You hair looks sexy" .Those words from her mouth astounded me of her down to humble behavior.I suddenly had a liking towards her.She requested me to come to her home too
We met often and every time we talked a lot about hairs.Beauty tips and stories always amazed us and we never feel tiresome talking about it for hours and hours.If anybody wonders,yes girls are always like that.Sara said that she liked having a straight and shiny hair like mine although her hair was long and strong.I also told her how I admired and wished to have hair like hers.We had a talk that extended about an hour and that paved way to our new friendship.
"What shampoo do you use Sara?" I asked her trying to get the secret of her long hair
"Shampoo, no way .I use only Sikakaai that my mother used to get from her home town in Paloor .There is a garden full of Sikakkaai that my uncle owns and we get it from there when ever we visit them"
"That sounds great.But it seems a lot of work with Sikakaai.I had used them once because of my Mother but I don't like it because I did not get enough foam that gives the complete satisfaction of cleaning my hair" , I said in turn.
"Yeah very true.My mother makes use of filtered water right after cooking rice for giving a soapy texture.Sometimes, we add milk to it and then rinse with water.This is what I do from the age of two .And since I had never used Shampoo I can't comment on it "Sara said with a smile
I could not believe what she said.Is she using Sikakkai all through her life till now? I though confused. .I was even doubtful of how far her hair gets cleaned from daily dirt by washing her hair like this.But the results I see here is enormous.She has a long and strong hair that one in thousands would have .And she was the only one in my School of about more than 3000 children.
The only thing that was common to us was that we both use coconut oil for our hair growth.We enjoyed our companionship and spend exchanging days playing in each other's home although sometime she made me feel jealous when some one from school dropped by her and appreciates of how beautiful and long her hair was.
That day it was my turn to go to her home .As I was ready to enter the doorway,I could see Sara's mom combing Sara's long hair and Sara was crying.She was telling her mom "I dont want long hair.See, Amirtha has hairs just below her shoulder and she feels comfortable taking care of her hair.It is only me who is suffering with such kind of pain taking care of my hair falling into loops " she said.
Before she could finish of, I could hear her Mother shouting at her."It is very easy to say.Don't you know how long and precious this hair is for you.Who else is gifted with such kind of hair".They both did not notice me standing at the doorway .
I slowly called , " Hi Sara". Both welcomed me inside and I asked her "Why are you crying." The minute I asked this question Sara's mother started to lecture me out of how good is to have a long hair.Most of her words were true and I have seen the outcome for myself.Sara was famous in our School and all the credits goes to her hair.
But now, I knew that there was lot of hard work and sacrifices behind it.Sara could not try different hair styles as most teenage girls would do.She had to plait straight at her back or let her hair free.The latter is almost impossible and also would look odd at this era.She has only option of tying up her hair plaiting neatly at her back.She needs helps since her hair falls easily into loops and make her cry.
After Sara was done I accompanied her to play outside.Then a lady who was passing by looked at Sara and said "Wow,what was beautiful long hair.Lucky girl". This time nothing affected me and I did not feel of jealous of her .I finally knew that to be popular and to be recognized it requires a lot of hard work and sacrifice from behind.
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