It has been the "best guarded" secret in the country for the past seven days ever since the container landed on the muddy shores of Mumbai. As the secret lay stacked in sealed boxes at undisclosed godowns across the land with men in blue keeping vigil, the country was waiting anxiously through Friday night for dawn to brign the "truth" out.While the security measures might seem straight out of a 1970s Bollywood film with "Loin" Ajit as the villain, the "maal" is not gold biscuits from Dubai but somethign more "powerful" - The World's Most Popular Wizard!
Keeping the treasure safe against the "dark forces" that are as scheeming and desperate as Lord Voldemort is certainly a task that is cut out for the "hero" himself, but publishers can only depend on muggle legislation to ensure its protection and not on the power of magic.
Harry Potter is a word that is all set to rewrite history in literary circles and beyond.
Excerpt from: The Hindu, Saturday, July 16, 2005 (edited)
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