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Okay this may or may not be true but what I want to know is how many people of our generation read in their childhood and how many of them have continued this habit? I remember in my class of 80 in college, three or four of us went to the library regularly to borrow story books and all others just took accountancy textbooks.
But yes, one thing is true that in our childhood, at primary and high school level, teachers compelled us to read books and write reviews. For us, it was a fashion to read books based on murder, mystery and romance novels like mills & boons and Barbara Cartland and discuss it among friends for hours. But that was our need at that time, we had no TV, no mobile, no internet. In short, we had nothing but books to lure us away from the mundane life of school, homework, study and exams. The A, I & Alpha generations have too many distractions. And there is no culture of reading at home and in schools too, with maybe few exceptions.
I would like to narrate a few examples from my life about how books helped me to be a better person. I have completed my primary education in marathi medium. So, most of the books that I have read in my childhood are in marathi. At high school, I picked up books in English. Our English teachers Mrs Gama and Ms. Elvira would encourage us to read. They would tell us stories and as a child I would get engrossed in the stories, that made me feel I must read. Later I got hooked on Konkani literature, I started writing in Konkani too. Reading in all three languages helped me to build my vocabulary, it improved my language skills and filled my head with creative ideas. Even if I am alone, I never feel lonely because the wealth of knowledge that I got from the books always accompanies me.
I feel I am a book-made person and not a self-made one. The different autobiographies, philosophical books, socialist and communist literature that I have read made me shape my perception towards self and the world. I strongly feel basic needs of human beings are food, shelter, clothing, sex and reading.
Prashanti Talpankar is a teacher by profession, Associate Professor at Dnyanprasarak Mandal's College & Research Centre, Assgao, Goa. A social activist from student days, she also writes short stories, children's stories, drama scripts and columns for newspapers. Also as a translator, she has bagged Sahitya Academy Award in 2017 for a Konkani translation of Shashi Deshpande's English novel 'That Long Silence'. She also acts in films and dramas.
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