In a world increasingly addicted to technology, what can be more ironic than a person in love with books? As the world modernizes at breakneck speed, more and more people are turning away from books, which still remain the best, if not the only, source of man’s wisdom. Personally, books have helped me gain a Read more…

Hi, everyone! I am Ratnesh Kumar Jaiswal and this is the story of how books changed my life for the better. Well, I had always been an introverted child, and books were my only solace. It helped that my parents themselves were avid readers and always encouraged me to read. While initially hesitant, I learned Read more…

Hello! I’m Tiyasha Chakraborty. I am a grade eleven, humanities student. Well, my passion for reading is relatively recent. I had always wondered how could a mere assemblage of off-white pages with thousands of words printed on it give pleasure to someone. What I found even more baffling was how someone could have reading as Read more…

I have enjoyed reading since I was a kid. I was someone who preferred reading novels and storybooks to his textbooks, someone who preferred staying at home and reading instead of going out with his friends. I read comics like Chacha Chaudhary and Nagraj, among others. I also had the chance to read novels from Read more…

Since my childhood, I used to like reading every now and then. Yet, it was far from something I enjoyed. However, as I grew up and came to know of books that everyone around me seemed to recommend, I couldn’t help giving them a try. The Bhagavad Gita was one such book. The Gita is Read more…

Once upon a time, there was this unsophisticated, under-confident girl whose life was all about jumping around the place and riding swings. Of course, she busted her knees and elbows multiple times in the process, so much so that she would have a separate tale to explain every scar on her knees and elbows if Read more…

My affair with books began when I was eleven. My reasons, however, at the time were different. I had moved to a co-ed school closer to my home. Having previously studied in an all-boys school attended mostly be middle-class students, the new school was high-end in every regard. Here, boys could be seen reading Hardy Read more…

Honestly, I had no interest in reading when I was young. I was good at academics, but I hardly ever read anything beyond my textbooks. My liking for books is quite recent. When I was in eighth grade, I started reading books like Harry Potter in my school’s library. To my utter surprise, I found Read more…

Hi! I’m Vaishnavi Patil and this is the story of how books made a difference to my life. I’d like to start by saying that I was not a bookworm. Well, far from it. My fling with books began when I got curious about our history, especially the history of our great king, Chhatrapati Shivaji Read more…

Hey, everyone! This is Nipun Mehrotra. I would like to share my story on how I fell in love with books and how they helped me during the tough times. However, things hadn’t always been like that; I wasn’t always an avid reader. As a kid, I absolutely hated books. Like every child my age, Read more…