Hello everyone! I am Anaina and this is the story of my transformation as a reader. Well, I always had a thing for books. However, I realized this only a few years ago. It happened during the pandemic, when boredom reigned supreme. I was tired of scrolling random Instagram pages and checking daily WhatsApp notifications. 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…

From the age I could hold a pencil, my mother brought me a multitude of coloring books. Now, I hate to break this to you, but I was (and probably still am) the worst painter of the century. But only losers quit, so I continued making those terrible paintings. After an awful lot of execrable Read more…

I had never been the quiet kid around. I went out, played, and got into fights and a lot of trouble. In short, I had a great childhood – maybe even a memorable one. I watched a lot of TV. The absurd soaps and movies I watched meant that I always craved for drama in my Read more…

There’s always room for a story that can transport people to another place. Joanne Kathleen Rowling, aka J. K. Rowling, the household name among fantasy writers, has exemplified her dictum by constantly transporting the readers to a realm of illusion, imagination, fancy and fiction. Growing up, I too have heard umpteen stories that fashioned the Read more…