BOOKS AMEYA

Haim Ginott on why children are like wet cement

Quote #177 | Haim Ginott | Children are like wet cement.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. Haim Ginott Human beings are arguably at their most fragile – both physically and psychologically – in their childhood. Whatever they learn or perceive during this innocent phase of their lives stays with them until their very last breath. How parents make use Read more…

Snowflake is a heart-warming piece of poetry about a disabled boy who longs to step outside in the snow

Snowflake | Poetry | August 2021 | Anagha

White powdery flakes drift through the air Aimlessly wandering like a lost soul They go where the wind takes them As if on an evening stroll   From the warmth of his covers With beady little eyes, he watched it float Beautiful n mesmerizing was their creation O’ how the heavens must gloat   Getting Read more…

Superpower is a poem on Ameya about the real superpower that lies within all of us

Superpower | A Poem | November 2020 | Anagha

A cute little kid was restless He ached to be on the playground as he awaited the final bell to ring O it was going to be vacation time his heart would repeatedly sing   The teacher gave the class an essay as homework along with the promise of a prize The kid packed away Read more…

Celestial Telescope: A poem on Ameya

Celestial Telescope

Parched was the sky scattered with puffs cottony the blazing heat ball piercing the horizon with raw agony yet the farmer plowed the land and toiled and bruised, drenched in sweat heavens up above gambled and strings of silvery clouds won the bet.   Unhurried and carefree, wandered the little child o’ what fun are Read more…

Nostalgia is a light-hearted poem about the good old memories

Nostalgia

Nostalgia is in the brown half-toothed smile your sister flashes upon you after you buy her the chocolate-chip ice cream instead of the cheaper vanilla. Nostalgia is in the surreptitious smile you catch your mother in, as she stumbles upon an old song that must have rewound the time for her. Nostalgia is the echo Read more…

Gyan saw books as an escape route from his solitude

How Solitude helped Gyan forge a Lifelong Bond with Books

They say that books are a man’s best friends. Nothing could have defined my life better. I am Gyan and today I would like to tell you about the role that books have played in my life. My relationship with books began at a very young age. This was particularly relevant for a shy kid Read more…

“All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Ankita started reading at a very young age

Ankita and her theory of reading

They say that memories play an integral part in a person’s life and, out of the millions that I have made, the most special ones go back to my school days where this love affair started. You can love so many things in life, yet none will remain as lasting as the stories engraved on Read more…