Soma Purana

Watched this movie on TCM. It is a b&w old movie but very enchanting, romantic movie. The acting by Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper, and other characters too is absolutely superb. I found out this movie was a commercial failure in the US when it was released but was a huge success in Europe.

When I was an undergraduate engineering student (I think, I was in my 2nd year), I left my bicycle outside my room in BK Mariappa hostel where I was staying and forgot to lock the bike. I dozed off and when I woke up my bike was gone! I was extremely sad. I knew how difficult it was for my parents to buy me a bike and I was careless. My parents were farmers and also ran a morning cafe to supplement their income. My bike's cost was like six months of the cafe income. I knew they would be devastated and worried endlessly how I would break the news to them. Bike was essential to me to commute between my college and hostel and now I had to get up early and start on foot at 6:15 AM for my 7:30 AM class every weekday. I was not worried about that but I was reminded what a financial struggle it was for my father to buy me the bike which I lost. I sat down to write a letter. It took many hours to compose the letter and I cried and cried writing it. Basically I told then what happened an...