BOOKS AMEYA

Bhaswati Goswami started her reading journey from an illustrated version of Swami Vivekananda's life

Bhaswati Goswami | Readers’ Story of the Week | Story #161

The first book I remember reading in my childhood is Vivekananda in Pictures. Even though I was just a toddler at the time, the pictures and stories from the book are still fresh in my mind. Right from the scene of Vivekananda’s mother scolding him for getting himself in trouble to exclaiming that Shiva sent Read more…

Susmita Pradhan turned to books in the face of a terrifying mystery

Susmita Pradhan | Readers’ Story of the Week | Story #119

It is often said that books are a person’s friends, philosophers and guides. This could not have been any truer in my case. Be it the childhood days spent honing my English-language skills or those attempts at filling my inner void, books were with me through thick and thin. That said, the one instance that Read more…