My mother instilled in me the habit of reading storybooks when I was about four or five years old. My first book was Little Red Riding Hood. And ever since, I have been obsessed with books simply because they opened up to me new places where I was either Snow White trying to escape my Read more…

When I slept on October 4, 2020, I could have never imagined that I would be waking up to the worst day of my life. You see, I had a chronic back issue, and the last few days had hurt as hell. Well, things were about to get much worse. As I woke up in Read more…

My love for story books began in my school library. In fact, the picture of my first day in second grade is still fresh in my mind. We all queued up near the library with our fingers to our lips. The teacher opened the library gate, and what a surprising view it was in there. Read more…

Hello, everyone! My name is Ruchi Singh, and I am currently a college student pursuing her bachelor’s degree in accounting. My story is all about how I fell in love with reading and how books changed my life for the better. Back in my school days, I simply hated reading books and going to school. Read more…

Hey, guys! I am Milind Lal and I am here to take you on a decade’s worth of journey over the next few paragraphs. I am 20 now. However, as I glance back at the last 10-12 years of my life, I find that books have played a major role in making me the person Read more…

I have been a grandfather’s boy all my life. Daddy, as I fondly call him, has been my biggest inspiration to become a well-read person. Thanks to him, I have learned to see books as the drivers of individual growth. For Daddy, reading has always been a solace. Back in the day, I would make Read more…

I am Riya Negi, and I work as a software engineer at a multinational giant. Years ago, this was something unimaginable for me. Until grade twelve, I was just an average commerce student who hardly thought or planned for her future. I just went with the flow of life, living every moment to the fullest. Read more…

My love affair with books began when I was twelve. At an age when all my friends would go out to play, I would spend hours in my school’s library, engrossed in one book or the other. I still remember my mother telling me a fable every night to get me to sleep. It felt Read more…

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…

You may wonder what inspired me to read and write. Well, it seems all hazy when I rack my brains. I do have a vague picture in mind, though: I was only seven years old. Just like any child my age, I too had a dream. I started writing songs, which may or may not Read more…