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Rekindling her passion for poetry was what eventually helped Shreya Vijay break the shackles

Shreya Vijay | Readers’ Story of the Week | Story #159

You may wonder what inspired me to read and write. Well, it seems all hazy when I rack my brains. I do have a vague picture in mind, though: I was only seven years old. Just like any child my age, I too had a dream. I started writing songs, which may or may not Read more…

Himnish Pritmani | Readers’ Story of the Week | Story #154

Looking back on the days when I started writing, I invariably end up thinking about my nightmarish days in the eighth grade. After all, that was when things really changed. Back then, I had started losing all my so-called ‘friends’ because, well, my grades had hit rock bottom. I even flunked a couple of subjects. Read more…

Shreyas Rajan shall be forever indebted to a life-defining visit to his father's family home in Kerala

Shreyas Rajan | Readers’ Story of the Week | Story #133

As part of the armed forces, my father was always posted in different parts of the country. Our vacations involved going sightseeing at the place he was stationed. However, I still (fondly) remember the vacation that made me a reader. It happened when I was thirteen. My dad had taken us to his family home, Read more…

Shilpa became fascinated by the gift she received from her aunt on her fifth birthday

Shilpa and her most cherished birthday gift ever!

Books have been my best friends since the time I could read. My very first book was my aunt’s gift to me on my fifth birthday. It was a fairy tale book. Of all the gifts I had received in my childhood, that book was – and still remains – my favorite. The very evening Read more…

Manjul made wholesale changes to his attitude to work after a chance reading session

Manjul and his newfound tailor-made approach as a banker

I never really wanted to become a banker. But, with limited courses available and an even fewer career opportunities on offer, I grabbed the very first job that came my way – that of a Customer Relationship Manager in a private bank. For me, every working day translated into 600 minutes of stress, with the Read more…

Aisha is highly indebted to Rhonda Byrne's 'The Secret' for transforming her life

How Rhonda Byrne helped Aisha fulfill her ‘medical dream’

If I have to single out one book that brought about a drastic change in my life, it would undoubtedly be Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret. I would even go on to say that it can change the life of anyone who is willing to read it to the end. However, the key here is that, Read more…

How Varsha Shridhar from Bangalore started reading books

Varsha and her fortnightly breaks from reading

My earliest memories are of sitting on the floor of a bookshop and gazing at pictures in a book. I do not know if these are actual memories or if the image is imprinted in my brain from the stories told to me by my parents. The context here is that, soon after my birth, Read more…