My love for books started when I was pursuing my master’s in business administration. The central library of the university was the cynosure in bookworm circles. It had books of almost all genres, but I would always look for fiction and psychology-related books. I spent almost four hours a day in the library. This practice Read more…
Hi everyone! My name is Aanchal and I would like to share my story with you. I hope you will like it. It was a childhood incident that endeared books to me. Back then, I wasn’t particularly good at my studies. Like most children my age, I would rather prefer to play outside than to Read more…
Since my mom and dad had married against my grandparents’ wishes, I did not know much about my grandfather, Pulavar P.S. Krishnamurthy. By the time I reached my adolescence, they had accepted us and the family had been reunited for good. That’s when I got the opportunity to know my celebrity grandfather in person and Read more…
People who are familiar with me even in the slightest, know for a fact that I am probably the biggest cinephile in their circle. Now, I’m well aware of the eyebrows that will be raised by a few fellow peers as to how (and why) a cinephile – a pseudo-intellectual one at that *cough cough* Read more…
I was first introduced to leisure reading through the classic Champak magazine. It soon became a necessity for long train rides during vacations. This habit evolved when my father gifted a Robin Sharma special, The Greatness Guide, to me. It was like an instrument that made me believe that I was doing something productive while Read more…
In my teenage years, a friend recommended me a book. I looked quite hard for it, but was unable to find it anywhere, until one fine day, when I got lucky and stumbled upon it in a library. It was based on Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five. The effort was worth it: the story was Read more…
I would like to begin my story by saying that I was a hardcore last bencher in high school. Studies – or reading books, for that matter – were the last thing on my mind, and I was invariably busy thinking of having fun. One fine day, when I was the only one to attend Read more…
Native of Bihar, brought up in Mumbai. I came from a very orthodox family, but my goals had never been mediocre. I always wanted to do something extraordinary in life. Being an average student, I knew that academics were not going to lead me down the long and arduous road of success. I didn’t quite Read more…
This is a story that spans more than three decades. This is the story of me. And my first love, books. As far back I can remember, I have always been, what is technically known as, a bibliophile. I can read anything, fiction or non-fiction, comics, graphic novels, classic literature, noir literature, any genre from Read more…
Who isn’t excited about their summer vacation? In 2013, I was too. Like all good things, however, the vacations too came at a price. They invariably brought with them tons of homework, which I absolutely dreaded. Back in those days, the CBSE had recently changed the curriculum, under which they had ‘supplemented’ the homework with Read more…
