Hello! I’m Tiyasha Chakraborty. I am a grade eleven, humanities student. Well, my passion for reading is relatively recent. I had always wondered how could a mere assemblage of off-white pages with thousands of words printed on it give pleasure to someone. What I found even more baffling was how someone could have reading as Read more…

I have enjoyed reading since I was a kid. I was someone who preferred reading novels and storybooks to his textbooks, someone who preferred staying at home and reading instead of going out with his friends. I read comics like Chacha Chaudhary and Nagraj, among others. I also had the chance to read novels from Read more…

Since my childhood, I used to like reading every now and then. Yet, it was far from something I enjoyed. However, as I grew up and came to know of books that everyone around me seemed to recommend, I couldn’t help giving them a try. The Bhagavad Gita was one such book. The Gita is Read more…

Once upon a time, there was this unsophisticated, under-confident girl whose life was all about jumping around the place and riding swings. Of course, she busted her knees and elbows multiple times in the process, so much so that she would have a separate tale to explain every scar on her knees and elbows if Read more…

My affair with books began when I was eleven. My reasons, however, at the time were different. I had moved to a co-ed school closer to my home. Having previously studied in an all-boys school attended mostly be middle-class students, the new school was high-end in every regard. Here, boys could be seen reading Hardy Read more…

Honestly, I had no interest in reading when I was young. I was good at academics, but I hardly ever read anything beyond my textbooks. My liking for books is quite recent. When I was in eighth grade, I started reading books like Harry Potter in my school’s library. To my utter surprise, I found Read more…

Hey, everyone! This is Nipun Mehrotra. I would like to share my story on how I fell in love with books and how they helped me during the tough times. However, things hadn’t always been like that; I wasn’t always an avid reader. As a kid, I absolutely hated books. Like every child my age, Read more…

‘What revolves around the nucleus?’ ‘Electrons,’ shouted a fifth grader. The shocked tuition teacher praised him in front of all the other students, adding that it was unbelievable how a kid as small as him knew what students in the ninth grade struggled to remember.

Books came into my life when everything else looked pretty gloomy. It was the Lockdown and my family had to move back to our hometown. Things weren’t exactly smooth. Amid so much uncertainty, I instinctively turned to books. As a kid, I used to think of reading as a very beautiful habit. However, that was Read more…

I still fondly recall my mother telling me stories before I went to sleep. For us, this had become a bedtime ritual of sorts. Even my father used to get me books from wherever he went. Growing up, reading became more than just a pastime; it became part of my personality. While my retention power Read more…