ON Reading

I hear all the time that people are reading less and less these days. Perhaps there is more distraction, more gadgets, our lives are too busy to find a quiet corner and savour a book. Yet, this is a habit that we need to keep alive in ourselves and inculcate in the future generation. Reading is to the mind what a good meal is to the body. It sustains, it nourishes, it helps us think, it helps us grow. I have for years spoken about a few simple things we can do in our homes and around us to keep this habit alive. I hope you will agree with my suggestion and try to implement some of them.

* Build Home libraries.

Gather books in one and twos and slowly build up a collection. Keep this library as a gift for the future generation, filling it with beautiful meaningful books.

* Read with your children.

If you are a parent, keep aside some part of the day when you sit with your children and read together. it could be the same book that you read together, or each can have his/her own book that you read in companionable silence.

* If you are a teacher, Or Apart of a school, bring interesting, age-appropriate books into the classroom and read them together with the children. Begin discussion around them that will make them think and love the act reading.

*Visit bookstores and libraries when you go to any new place Sometime you may find more information hidden away there then you expected.

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