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…

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…

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…

Books came into my life when everything else looked pretty gloomy. It was the Lockdown and my family had to move back to our hometown. Things weren’t exactly smooth. Amid so much uncertainty, I instinctively turned to books. As a kid, I used to think of reading as a very beautiful habit. However, that was Read more…

I still fondly recall my mother telling me stories before I went to sleep. For us, this had become a bedtime ritual of sorts. Even my father used to get me books from wherever he went. Growing up, reading became more than just a pastime; it became part of my personality. While my retention power Read more…

It all started when I was a ninth grader. I had heard a lot about this book from my family and friends, so the curiosity had been building up inside my head. Once I decided to go for it, I couldn’t help falling in love with the book. For someone who had always wondered how Read more…