‘It’s going to be a very dull life in a village, after living in Goa,’ said Rakesh. His younger brother, Ravi, and their visiting cousin, Prashant, nodded in agreement. Rakesh and Ravi’s mother had contracted measles, so she had decided to send the three boys away to her vacant old house in a small village. Read more…
It all began with English literature back in my school days. I still remember the title of the book, Figments of Imagination. The book introduced my adolescent mind to so many life lessons. Each story stayed with me for a long, long time.
We had just moved to our new house. Owl hoots and fox howls were a regular feature of the surroundings. The place was eerie, but in the world of satellites and computers, I knew there was no room for such superstitions. Mr. Nayak and his family dropped by for a chat in the afternoon. Mr. Read more…
Hey, everyone! I am Harshit Singh, and this is the story of how books transformed my life. I wasn’t really the best student around, but I was always fond of reading. My vacations went like any middle-class family’s. We would go to our grandma’s house, times that I still cherish. During one such visit, I Read more…
Books have always been my best friends. Since my formative years, I was a very studious child. I spent most of my time with books, checking them out from the school library and reading them with great interest.
I never thought that my passion for reading would bring about such a considerable change in my life. Surprisingly, over time, books became my dearest friends, helping me get over my lifelong fear of being lonely. They also ignited my creativity and helped me simplify life’s complexities.
My love for reading has evolved over the years, largely thanks to my wife and daughter’s voracious reading habits. I used to be intrigued and awed when I saw them finishing up a new book week in, week out. It made me feel that I wasn’t smart enough and had a lot to learn.
Books have played an important role in shaping the course of my life. They unlocked endless possibilities for me from the moment I learned to read. Growing up, books were my constant companions. They fed my imagination and motivated me to be a better version of myself. They also took me to magical lands of Read more…
If you have struggled taking a liking to books just like I did, I hope my short story inspires you to pick a book today. Looking back on the good old school days, books remain, at best, bullies. I despised them, probably because they translated into a performance pressure that I wasn’t particularly fond of. Read more…
Most of the people I have met either see reading as a leisurely hobby or a form of entertainment. Some others see it as a way of gaining knowledge. However, for me, reading is so much more than all of that. It is almost like a passion that has transformed my life in more ways Read more…
