Movie/Book reviews

It was the year 2006. The very first time I visited Niagara Falls. Mesmerized by its elegancy and the grandness I was standing there looking at the people in the long distance. By pointing at the Rainbow Bridge and the Giant Wheel on the other side of the falls my Husband exclaimed that "the falls might look more beautiful from the Canadian Side I Believe"!!! As a true Indian Immigrant we planned our Canada trip as soon as we received our Green Card. To refresh our Kids' memory we planned it as a road trip and decided to visit places along the way. N.C to D.C One fine morning we started our drive from Charlotte, N.C. After 6 hours of driving with couple of pit stops and crossing Virginia State we checked in at our hotel around 4:00 in the evening. Usually most of us will stay in suburbs like Fairfax, Dulles(VA), Baltimore(MD). We too did the same and booked ours in Camp Spring, MD. We freshened up ourselves quickly and drove (20mins due to traffic) to the Metro station an...

 The next book I picked up this summer was suggested by my 11 year old son. It was one of his recommended reading at school last year. This is the second book that he picked up where the protagonist is an immigrant. "Esperanza Rising" was the first of this kind he read at school. (I will give the link to that review at the end). In "Esperanza Rising" the main character is wealthy and moves to America followed by the series of unfortunate events happens in her life and ends up in California as a bonded Labor whereas in "Front Desk" the Protagonist Mia moves to America from China along with her parents with the hope of living an "American Dream". Mia Tang boards the flight to America with the dream of Pizza and Cookies whereas her parents longed to have a freedom which is a dream in China. With $200 in their pockets Mia's Parents have a tough time in the foreign land literally living in their car for months until they find a motel where they ar...