Petals of Life

A few days ago, when I was reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince for the umpteenth time, I came to the part where Professor Dumbledore explains to Harry about the self-fulfilling nature of the prophecy that Trelawney had predicted.       Indeed, like Dumbledore said, if Voldemort had not killed Harry's parents and made him an orphan along with giving him his own powers, Harry wouldn't have thought about killing Voldemort. He would have grown up like any other kid and maybe, he would have even be afraid of Lord Voldemort, if Voldemort hadn't done the atrocious murder.      Self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior. Suppose, you get scolded by your teacher at school because of your clumsy work. Then every morning you would go to school believing that your teacher would definitely sco...

Slowly she picks up her way, walking with her silver anklets, her hair tied in a loose bun, her ears decked with shiny trinkets.. Her brown skin, showing off, around her waist, as she walks, a bright saree she draped, her voluptuous curves it chalks.. All the day, she plods at home, cooking, cleaning and caring, humming cheerfully all along, no matter howsoever wearing.. She wakes up in the morning, a dutiful housewife she's then, cooks and feeds like a mother, to her man and her children.. Picks up groceries and goods, with a neatly planned budget, like a minister of finance, though not aware of the subject.. When she puts her child to bed, at night she sings lullabies, then to her man she delights, melting away all her shies..