Is internet download reducing the interest of reading books?
@sathviksouvik (17896)
May 14, 2016 12:38am CST
These days, many books, fictions, stories can be downloaded online from different sites. In this age, children are more used to downloading matter from the internet and reading.
30 years back when I was a child I were fascinated towards book. I used to find Sir Author Conan Doyle's "The Hound of Baskervilles" or some story book of HH Munro, William Summerset Maugham, or Indian writers Satyajit Ray, RK Narayan interesting. Beyond story books, in book fairs my father used to buy me interesting books relating to science fiction, Brittania Book of Knowledge, Quiz Books, Books on animals.
But these days it is sad that all these things dont fascinate children in the new age. Children dont even get a scope to see the morning dew or sunset.
I think books are better reading materials than downloaded stuff.
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@annierose (18926)
• Philippines
14 May 16
I love reading very much because that was how I was trained by my mom. I am not an Indian but I know one writer you included in your post --RK Narayan. I stumbled on the name of the author while I was doing a study about Indian literature. I love the epic Mahabharata and Ramayana and also the one written by Kalidasa. If I am not mistaken its title is "Cloud Messenger."
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@annierose (18926)
• Philippines
14 May 16
@sathviksouvik I love Gitanjali. We even put a tune on his work "Where the mind is without fear, and the head is held high"
But the ending of Ramayana and Mahabharata and even the Cloud Messenger are not so clear to me. Do Sita and Rama get together again? I also have same question about Shak-untala (I cannot spell it as one as it says it gives negative meaning) and the King. My professor said Indian literature does not make much happy endings just like the Asians.
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@annierose (18926)
• Philippines
14 May 16
@sathviksouvik I see. Then it is up to us to come with the endings. I always love happy endings. Do Rama and Sita born a twin? I have read it long time ago and I am not so sure if they gave birth on a twin. How about the last chapter of Mahabharata? What happened to the Pandu brothers? I haven't remembered much. I think the Pandus have the battle with the Kurus.
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@sathviksouvik (17896)
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14 May 16
Thanks Curlann for the wonderful comments. In fact reading books make people imaginative. Tagore's gitanjali was translated into English by Sir William Buttler Yeats. I liked the writings of both. You are right. Kalidasa's written play was named Meghdoot. meaning the Cloud Messenger.
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@imravi (2337)
• India
14 May 16
@sathviksouvik I like guide too.
I also like Bachelor of arts as it is too small,simple and fun.
I also like Bachelor of arts as it is too small,simple and fun.1 person likes this
@sathviksouvik (17896)
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14 May 16
@imravi Thanks Raviji for the comments. I liked a short story of RK Narayan called The Doctor's Word. It was brilliant.
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@sathviksouvik (17896)
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14 May 16
Thanks Raviji for the comments. I like Guide and many other stories of RK Narayan. Even the books outside curriculum for students also attract attention.
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@sathviksouvik (17896)
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14 May 16
Thanks Youghurtgal for the response. Even making notes, quoting lines from a Paper back edition is much than staring at the loptop for the e-versions.
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@flapiz (22402)
• United Kingdom
14 May 16
@sathviksouvik True. And I'm the type of person who likes marking my book. Some Ebooks though offer highlighting features as well.
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@sathviksouvik (17896)
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14 May 16
@flapiz Thanks Yoghurt gal for the comments. I also do book review for publishers on the net. I use track changes to show comments. But my eyes pain. I am more comfortable with paperback editions.
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@gochunehal (782)
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14 May 16
Books are our best friends.....it is most interesting thing I had ever saw..
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@sathviksouvik (17896)
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14 May 16
Thanks Nehal for the wonderful comments. Yes when people dont have anything to do they can read books. They can keep someone busy.
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@gochunehal (782)
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14 May 16
@sathviksouvik books give us new ideas for our life..
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@Blue_bubble (697)
• Raipur, India
14 May 16
No,I don't think so. Any book lover would agree with me on this that you cant get the same satisfaction of reading the book online/pdf/kindle as would from turning the crisp,heavenly smelling yellowish pages. And it is safe to say I still fall in the category of "children"(I'am 19 hahaha).
Although I don't have quite a big collection of books,because I give to someone and they never return it back and I forgot to whom I gave it! :( But I still have Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Hounds of Baskervilles!
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@sathviksouvik (17896)
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14 May 16
Thanks Sushmitaji for the comments. In Kolkata, during the puja period, during my childhood, there was huge craze for buying puja barshiki book either Desh, or Anandamela, etc published by Ananda publishers.
These days children hardly know the writers like Saradindu Bandopadhyay, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Premendro Mitra, etc.
@sathviksouvik (17896)
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14 May 16
@Blue_bubble Thanks Sushmitaji for the comments. Any book written by author of any part of the world is helpful to make children creative. we had come to know about charles dickens, Tennison from books.
@Blue_bubble (697)
• Raipur, India
14 May 16
@sathviksouvik I'am sorry for my ignorance but I don't know the above writers. I'am born and bought up outside outside Kolkata so I don't have much influence of these writers on my reading preferences.
Also children's have developed a different taste nowadays,that doesn't mean that they don't love reading books. Choice of writers evolve overtime.
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@Meramar (2695)
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25 Jul 16
Nowadays, people still read books, but changed the printed ones for ebooks. I rather prefer paper books, smell their pages, fly across the pages.... printed ones have a special flavour and magic. A few years ago, I read a book about Anita Delgado (the princess of Kapurthala) and I have to recognize that this story is one of those which brought me up some teardrops. I couldn't imagine this kind of reaction reading an ebook.
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@sathviksouvik (17896)
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25 Jul 16
Thanks margarita for the wonderful comments. The books authored by me like Human Rights and Comparative Criminal Law also has e-version. But the readers interacted with me saying the paper back edition is more reader friendly.
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@sathviksouvik (17896)
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14 May 16
Thanks Joy for the wonderful comments. Yes paper back books are better than e books.
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@Blue_bubble (697)
• Raipur, India
14 May 16
On a side note I'am reading competition Laws myself just at the moment! What a coincidence!
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@sathviksouvik (17896)
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14 May 16
thanks Susmitaji for the comments. I think you must be reading either the book written by Ramappa or Vinod Dhall or Abir Roy. All the best. I am attaching the cover page one of the other books I had written.
