As with any other habit, you don’t start reading in a day. Sometimes, it may take several attempts to fall in love with books. I remember making the most of every opportunity I got to not read up until tenth grade, regardless of what a book was about. Little did I know that they would Read more…

It all started when I was a ninth grader. I had heard a lot about this book from my family and friends, so the curiosity had been building up inside my head. Once I decided to go for it, I couldn’t help falling in love with the book. For someone who had always wondered how Read more…

Well, I have never been a typical bookworm. However, as a Bengali, I would read Satyajit Ray every now and then. Ray’s Professor Shonku, the Feluda series, and Pather Panchali still remain my favorites. As someone who read every story in the Feluda stories, I can confidently say that it was one of Ray’s best Read more…

I was neither a bibliophile nor was I into casual reading. However, as school life came to an end and the first semester of engineering beckoned, I learned that many of my classmates always had a book on them, even if most of the time it was just for show off. Also, our communication skills’ Read more…

I cannot pinpoint the exact moment in my life where I could say I fell in love with books. I had, after all, been into reading from a very young age. However, I do remember an incident that turned out to be decisive in my journey as a reader. I was around ten at the Read more…

We are often told to value our blessings. However, very few of us know what these blessings actually are. Well, I was no exception to this. It took me a good while to figure out where my interest really was. Those days are still etched in my memory. They were, after all, my college days. Read more…

Hello, I am RV Vijayalayan! I am from Chennai. At the age of thirteen, I was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo multiple treatments for it. My doctors advised me to stay indoors until my chemo and radiotherapy were done. This was a major setback for me, for I used to spend my evenings Read more…

Growing up in rural West Bengal, we didn’t have much to do. As a child, I was always sickly and wasn’t really good at sports. I spent most of my time at home. I always enjoyed listening to my mother’s stories, which ranged from local tales to epics like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

Back when I was a kid, I used to go to boarding school. Those were the days when the only books I read were my textbooks, and even that wasn’t something I did of my own volition. Honestly, I never subscribed to the idea of reading. I didn’t even like children’s books. This dislike would Read more…

Nobody is born perfect. Of course, I was no exception to this golden rule. Hello, I’m Shiyam Shiva and this is the story of my love affair with books. Up until grade six, I was a very lazy student. I would look for excuses to avoid going to classes. One could find me loitering on Read more…