During the season of clear blue skies, the ten-year-old me was enjoying myself like any other mundane student would during the summers. Waking up later than usual and having amma serve my favorite breakfast are some of the many memories I still cherish of my summer vacation.
Do you like reading? If not, then you should absolutely give it a try! How do I know? Well, I was in the same boat once. It all changed when my friend suggested me to try reading, and so I did, albeit a bit reluctantly. It was Harry Potter. The book was, well, adventurous from Read more…
I wasn’t much into reading before COVID beckoned. However, my initiation into reading was a very interesting one. I actually had nothing to do during the Lockdown, so I just started cleaning up my room. As I was tidying up my bookshelf, I came across this book titled Swami Vivekananda: A Biography. I had bought Read more…
I have never been a socially amiable person since my early days. When I first got admitted to school, I was the smartest kid in the class. However, I was far from being the most popular one! I barely had any friends. I still remember how the first-grader me was upset when our summer vacation Read more…
I was born an avid reader. As far back my mind goes, I remember I never forced myself to read. It just came naturally to me, and it is something I still love doing. One Sunday, my grandpa took the first-grader me to the Sunday Bazaar (also known as Gujari Bazaar). “Buy anything you like,” Read more…
The year was 1983. My father, who was serving in the Indian Air Force, was posted from Singharsi, a nondescript town in then Bihar, to the garden city of Bengaluru. I was a fourth grader at the time, and I had to study everything all over again due to an accident that kept me out Read more…
One of my closest friends once said to me that we become what we read. I could not agree more with him. Honestly, it took me until the lockdown last year to start reading, and why not? I had ample time at my disposal, so I decided to put it to good use. Looking back, Read more…
When I slept on October 4, 2020, I could have never imagined that I would be waking up to the worst day of my life. You see, I had a chronic back issue, and the last few days had hurt as hell. Well, things were about to get much worse. As I woke up in Read more…
My friends and I were once on a Goa trip. During our train journey from Vasco da Gama, I noticed that my friend was carrying Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. Now, I had heard tales about parasmani (a stone that is said to have the ability to convert everything into gold), and I immediately felt like giving the book Read more…
My love for story books began in my school library. In fact, the picture of my first day in second grade is still fresh in my mind. We all queued up near the library with our fingers to our lips. The teacher opened the library gate, and what a surprising view it was in there. Read more…
