BOOKS AMEYA

Amitesh went from being a backbencher to excelling at his academics

Amitesh and a school bet that changed his perspective on reading

Just like any other guy belonging to a typical Indian middle-class family, I was under a constant pressure to get good grades and outdo my siblings in academics. However, I felt like a fish out of water when it came to studies. My mum would often tell me off for never paying attention to my Read more…

Pooja Sakthivel was particularly fond of reading storybooks

Pooja and how college reunited her with the love of her life

Well, we will need to go a long way back to understand my chemistry with books. I feel that my penchant for books is purely genetic as both my parents and grandparents had healthy reading habits. As they say, when you enjoy doing something, you lose track of everything around you. That’s just how I Read more…

Aashi Dixit's life was transformed after she read Goosebumps

How Aashi got Goosebumps from her school library

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…