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Journalism of Courage
Fans of Harry Potter need to wait just a day to devour Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in the series. Like the rest of the world, India8217;s joined in the fun. Tomorrow most bookstores in Delhi and Mumbai will open at 7 am with dawn parties, contests and Harry lookalike competitions for fans. Amidst the hype, a tougher task for true-blue fans is to somehow get through the book without letting someone destroy your fun by telling you how it ends. The only solution is to go incommunicado. First, switch off that TV and computer, and steer clear of pesky kids who start back to front, since they don8217;t have the patience to read 700 pages to know the end.
What8217;s the bet that the IB vans of every single news channel will be stationed outside bookstores on Saturday morning, with reporters brandishing copies of the book? We can only hope the end doesn8217;t become 8216;Breaking News8217;. Will Harry finally manage to kill Voldemort? Will Snape turn out to be a good guy?
Actually, I envy readers who haven8217;t yet been transported to this magical world. They have so much to look forward to. I8217;ll pick up the last book with a twinge of sadness, knowing that our sojourn with this unusual gang has now come to end. I hope Rowling changes her mind and follows Harry into college. If not, I8217;ll console myself with the fact that there are two more movies to look forward to.
