JK Rowling -
I was not a big fan of Harry Potter series until Prisoner of Azkaban movie came out. I started reading Prsioner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire and Order of Phoenix long after they were released. I remember going to the midnight party at Joseph Beth book-store for the book release of the Half-Blood Prince and the Deathly Hallows.
I like all the stories in which the good survives the evil. At some point of their existence in this world, each human goes through good times and difficult times. It is the choice that one makes that differentiates them from being good or evil.
KD had sent this link – JK ROWLING SPEECH AT HARVARD
The speech was captivating. I have not read such a big article in one sitting ever.
Equation - (**warning- very random thought)
Σ (good things that you do in a certain time-span) – Σ (bad things you did in the same time-span) = X
If X = +ve { you are a good person}
If X = 0 { one bad thing will put you in the evil section}
If X = -ve {you are termed evil}
You must be wondering what is the time-span. It is left to the person who is evaluating you.

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July 25, 2008 at 4:56 pm
KD
I’m honored to be mentioned in the blog. I haven’t read any of the Potter books but the speech was a good one.
Interesting equation but who will determine what’s good and what’s bad? They are very relative terms with lots of gray and not black and white terms. If you do some thing which benefited some people but didn’t benefit some other bunch of people, do we put partial numbers in ‘good’ and ‘bad’?
- KD.
July 31, 2008 at 1:29 pm
PH
brilliant speech that! many things to take from it.
August 11, 2008 at 7:19 am
maverick
wow..inspiring JKR read and nicely put equation!
August 11, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Brat
KD, thanks for stopping by and sorry for the delayed response … from what I have observed individual people evaluating you, they usually take the most suitable time for arguing either way …
but for you, only the total matters …
Prad, I agree … we watched it in you-tube also, right?
Maverick, thanks dude …