The foundation of my relationship with books was laid by my desperate need to find a pastime. We didn’t own a television back then. It didn’t have anything to do with poverty, though. You see, my father had this notion that the idiot box was nothing but a sure-shot way of damaging one’s eyes. As Read more…

Being an introvert, I didn’t have many friends in school. I was a shy kid, always sitting aloof, while others nonchalantly played and frolicked. However, I eventually found my best friend in the library of the very school that had made my reserved nature all the more noticeable. That best friend, however, was not a Read more…

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Fernando Pessoa I guess it’s true that books and reading take you to a whole new universe, which subsequently helps you escape and avoid reality. I don’t exactly remember what got me into reading in the first place, but I clearly remember that I was in Read more…

There are some questions in this world that are simple and yet difficult to answer. For me, that question is how I fell in love with books. Perhaps this blessing was passed on to me by my parents, or probably my teachers, when I was not more than three. I started my early studies at Read more…

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss Stories are the best thing that can happen to a child.  As a child grows up, so does his inherent yearning for stories. I often look back at the time when I Read more…

I would describe myself as a reader in one sentence: “Do not leave me unsupervised in a bookstore.” I started reading books when I was nearly 8 years old. Once there arrived a ship full of books in the port near my home. I visited it with my elder sister. I was utterly awed to Read more…

Coming from a small town, studying in a state-board school and choosing the science stream for my high-school life (yep, checking all the boxes for an engineering career), I was told that I was supposed to be reading every day. And read I did. I read my textbooks, every single day. For all its benefits, Read more…

A hero is often a person that does something extraordinary and exemplary; he is someone who inspires people to move forward or helps them do things better. My hero, however, is not a person. My hero cannot speak, but its words invariably offer me a solace like none other. My hero cannot move, yet it Read more…

Until ninth standard, I was not interested in reading books. However, April 19, 2013 marked the beginning of a beautiful phase of my life. That was the day when I visited a library for the first time in my life. I have nobody but my cousin to thank for that serendipitous day, as he was Read more…

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” This quote by George R.R. Martin perfectly sums up my journey as a reader. I am Roshan from New Delhi. I have always been a lone bird, which explains the absence of any friends in my life. That’s Read more…