People always said that reading can help you find a solution to almost everything, though I was too skeptical about it. Books had always been synonymous with lullabies for me ever since I had come to know what studying actually was. However, destiny had something else in store for me. Eventually, I forayed into studying Read more…
I used to hate books. I even hated the smell of new books, which, surprisingly for me back then, was loved by almost everyone – even those who liked to classify themselves as non-readers. However, an incident turned my detestation for reading into a fondness for books, nay textbooks to be precise. Yeah, you read Read more…
I belong to a small town in Madhya Pradesh, in the heart of India. Since my childhood days, I was always intrigued by stories. However, I was not much of a reader back then.
I still remember the first time I read a book beyond my school syllabus. I was in ninth standard at that time. I was in the middle of my summer holidays and my father brought a few copies of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata from his college library.
I had been leading a very hectic life after the sudden demise of my husband. Looking after two young kids, planning for their education and, above all, running the household without any inflow of income… all responsibility had fallen on my shoulders. I started working in a school. Simultaneously, I started giving evening classes to Read more…
My story isn’t one in which I fell in love with a book. My life wasn’t changed dramatically by reading a great author’s fine work. Books didn’t affect the biggest decision I made in my life. They just influenced every little one. As a child, I didn’t read much, probably because it required lots of Read more…
As a child, I had the most loving and caring parents in the world. I grew up listening to my father reading me bedtime stories such as Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, and Aesop’s Fables. As he narrated those tales, I would imagine all the characters and draw sketches in my mind. And that’s how I Read more…
Marriage is one of the most beautiful events in a person’s life. It is a beautiful dream cherished by every girl. However, it became a painful experience for me just a few months after I tied the knot. I was trying my best for the things to work, but all my efforts proved futile. Despite Read more…
While books are an integral part of my life today, back when I was a kid, books (read Champak) meant nothing more and nothing less than jokes and puzzles, and that’s exactly how, or rather why I started reading. While I’m still not what people would call a bookworm, my bookshelf is full of interesting Read more…
My story began in the year 1999, when I came to Bhopal with a lot of dreams in my heart of becoming successful in life. I belong to a business-class family with six sisters and one brother. When I was in school, I always felt motivated by reading inspirational books. The first-ever book that I Read more…
