I HAVE a confession to make. I was far from a kid when the Harry Potter books came out and I inhaled them after being introduced to them. I didn’t just read them but also noted the publication dates and was among those who would pick up the latest copy on the eve of its release. And then re-read them.

That was, however, quite a few years ago; I haven’t returned to the series in a while. But once a fan and all that… A sprinkling of the wizarding world vocabulary still pops up here and there in everyday conversation. And sometimes more.

The Potter series, for those who may not be familiar with the story, is about the boy wizard who defeats Voldemort, another older and more proficient wizard, over seven books.

The reason the two become protagonists dates back to Harry’s birth. He is still a baby when Voldemort attacks him but survives; Voldemort fears the baby is destined to cause his (Volde­mort’s) death. This is where the story begins.

No one really believes that the conviction of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha is fair.

Later, Harry wonders why Voldemort zeroes in on him. The explanation he is provided is that regardless of whether he was the one who could have killed Voldemort, once the latter attacked Harry, the baby, the elder wizard (popularly known as ‘he-who-must-not-be-named’) marked him as his equal and........

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