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Harry Potter is a household name, whose fate has been decided by Rowling. Everyone who has read or saw wanted to be in Rowling's magic world. For only one moment we all want to play quidditch, meet Dumbledore and face Dark lord aka Voldemort (who must not be named).It's amazing how Rowling has created this magic land where owls deliver messages, candy of vomit taste, platform 93/4nd famous broomstick "Nimbus 200X".Every detail given is sufficient to take us in imagination.

Like Potter there was another such story before this one which describes Middle Earth and war between man and elves for a magical and the most powerful ring, yes I am talking about JRR Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". This is one of the most powerful creations in the world of literature. Every thing in the book is described so minutely that many a times I wonder whether this is fiction or something that has happened much before this time.

No doubt these two books have redefined the word 'Magic' in terms of literature. They make reader to ponder about the existence of such things.

But many things between those two epics are coincidently similar. I must ask for pardon if I offend but no one can deny the fact of various common aspects between two of them.

• First and foremost the old, long beard Dumbledore and Gandalf who are depicted as guide of Harry and Frodo.
• Presence of Ron and Hermione to Merry and Pippin, infact Ron is more like Sam Gamgee.
• Minister Fudge and King Théoden who share their tendency to jump to denial in a bad situation.
• Household-elf Tubby and Gollum more or less of same type in appearance.
• Wormtongue and Wormtail who share more than synonymous names and lowly behavior.
• And of course, Lord Voldemort (who must not be named) and Lord Sauron (who they do not name) .Not only they are described as Dark lord but also the familiar plotting of their rebirth and their quest to attain black world.

Though there are similarities but the plotting style of Rowling is quite different to Tolkien’s. We can take “The Lord of the Rings” as an inspiration to Rowling’s “Harry Potter and series”.

I am dying to know the end of Harry but I think as in the end of “The Lord of the Rings” series neither Frodo nor Gandalf had died, therefore in “Harry Potter and series” too Harry and Dumbledore will escape death.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A top Indian magician is set to open a version of Harry Potter's fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, hoping that a master's degree in magic will help keep the ancient art form alive.
P.C. Sorcar Jr., famous for astonishing thousands by making the Taj Mahal "vanish," said he plans to give away the secrets behind his illusions, perfected by his family over eight generations.

"The over 2,000-year-old craft of street magicians was passed on through word of mouth before," Sorcar Jr. said. "It would be a loss for Indian magic if this art was not preserved."

The 61-year-old magician, who is known for mammoth illusions, substituting traditional tricks such as pulling a rabbit out of a hat with producing a horse out of an empty bag, said it was important to nurture this unique tradition.
Magic has entertained Indians through the ages and formed a vibrant part of many social occasions.
However, the advent of television and the Internet has forced magicians to hone their craft to meet the needs of a generation hooked to video games and Western sitcoms.
Veteran magicians say it is still a lucrative career if the government could do its bit by giving some funds and infrastructure to train youngsters.

"DRAMAGIC"

The Masters degree course in "Dramagic" -- as Sorcar Jr. calls it due to the dramatic illusions that will be taught -- will begin next year at the renowned government-run Visva-Bharati University in eastern India.
As part of the syllabus, the illusionist plans to bring in street magicians and performers known as "madaris" to teach students the tricks of their trade.
"For thousands of years foreign tourists spoke of Indian magic in their travelogues," Sorcar Jr. said."They said they saw men at street corners make a rope dance to the music of their flute or rise straight up in broad daylight with no apparent support.

In 2000, Sorcar Jr. led thousands of spectators to believe the Taj Mahal had disappeared for nearly 90 seconds. He later explained light rays had been refracted to create the illusion.

His other famous tricks include disappearing after being sealed in a box which was crushed by a road-roller and cycling smoothly through the busy streets of London and San Francisco with his eyes bandaged and plastered.

Sorcar Jr. said he and his daughter Maneka, who is also a magician, had initially planned an illusion to ride a bicycle across the Red Sea, but later abandoned the plan fearing it could hurt religious sentiments.

He now plans to recreate the illusion on Dal Lake, in India's scenic Himalayan state of Kashmir, where a 17-year separatist insurgency has hurt tourism.

"It will be good for Kashmir's tourism," he said.

This is a Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video. It contains music by Death Cab. Includes pieces of the trailer and pictures.Actually i was searching for trailer of the movie and suddenly found this video but thankfully someone had already uploaded it on Youtube and saves my precious Mb's.