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…
Hey, everyone! My name is Siddharth Bisht and I am presently a grade-twelve student. I have been a diehard soccer fan since the age of four, so much so that I told my parents that I wanted to learn soccer. They readily agreed and enrolled me in a soccer academy. Frankly, I was totally crazy 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…
Hello, everyone! My name is Anjali Singh Chauhan and I am currently pursuing my bachelor’s degree in commerce. My story is all about the major change that came in my life when I was in grade five. You see, I was suffering from fits. It always baffled me how everyone in my class could understand Read more…
It was the month of May. I was traveling by train from Howrah, West Bengal to Shillong, Meghalaya for my summer vacation. The train journey usually took two days and three nights. As most Indians would agree, spending two days locked up in an Indian Railways’ sleeper coach is no mean feat. To add to Read more…
There is a wise saying that goes as follows: Show me the books a man reads and I will tell you his personality. In my younger days, my elders would often tell me to read many moral stories. Such stories would help inculcate in me the virtues of patriotism and honesty, they said, and rightly Read more…
Looking back on the days when I started writing, I invariably end up thinking about my nightmarish days in the eighth grade. After all, that was when things really changed. Back then, I had started losing all my so-called ‘friends’ because, well, my grades had hit rock bottom. I even flunked a couple of subjects. Read more…
“Now that you folks are in class V, you’ll be taken to the seniors’ library from this year,” announced our teacher as she made us all queue height-wise. Being the little person that I was (and that, FYI, I still am), I stood at the front of the line. I was both eager and excited. Read more…
There are two ways you can explore the world: either by traveling or by reading a lot of books. These were not the words of some famous person, but rather my best friend. He had said this when I asked him how I could learn to write. You see, I was not really fond of Read more…
Hey everyone! I am Shivam Singh Chauhan and I am currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering. This is the story of my journey. Well, my story is rather simple. I am a normal guy who never really had any special interest in anything. That said, I always wanted to stand out Read more…
