My reading journey dates back to when I was a ten-year-old girl on a family trip to Haridwar. On our way there, my grandfather excitedly bought me the Ramayana and the Mahabharata from a small book stall at the Ganga ghats. While the easy-to-read two-volume Mahabharata had vivid imagery throughout, the Ramayana proved to be 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…
My heart feels nostalgic as I walk down the memory lane and reminisce about how my love affair with books began. To date, I’m not sure what endears books to me – is it the colorful pictures or that unique smell only a book can have? Whatever it is, I know I was in love Read more…
Words have always attracted me in a special way. Thoughts are and have always been my constant companion. During my school days, I constantly took part in debates. I even used to write its content on my own because Google was yet to catch up. To find the perfect thought for the day, I would Read more…
Hi, everyone! My name is Vaibhav Vitekar and this is the story of my affair with books. But before I get to that, I’d like to give a brief intro to myself. Well, I completed my grade twelve last year. Oh, and I’m quite fond of playing online games and watching movies.
I clearly remember I was in grade ten when I got my first novel. It was Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. It probably wasn’t the best choice for a first-time reader as the book failed to interest me at first. However, the more I read, the more interesting it felt. I was now officially a reader.
The smell of old parchment pervades my room like petrichor. I am a self-confessed bibliophile who has grown up reading books. Just like Aladdin’s carpet transports him to magical faraway lands, reading exciting books carries me to my own version of a utopian world. When I am completely engrossed in reading a book, it is Read more…
My mother instilled in me the habit of reading storybooks when I was about four or five years old. My first book was Little Red Riding Hood. And ever since, I have been obsessed with books simply because they opened up to me new places where I was either Snow White trying to escape my 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 childhood was all about books – whether it was the stories they contained, the smell of new and used books, or the excitement of buying new books. It almost feels like I grew up reading books like Beauty and the Beast, Naughty Amelia Jane, Geronimo Stilton, Gilmore Girls, The Lord of the Rings, The Read more…
