New Year means a lot of new books to keep you charmed
Apart
from jotting down new resolutions in the beginning of a New Year, the
temptation to write about books that you read in the year just gone by and what
kind of books you would like to read in the next 12 months is too great to be
ignored. After all, in my own words that I love to repeat unfailingly, “there
is nothing like books that can carry you far and wide at no cost.”
Actually,
books make you feel that you are the “most travelled person” even though you
have not stepped out of the comfort of your bedroom for quite a long time now.
Books, as we say and acknowledge, are the best friends one can have. You can
use this “friend” the way you like, any time, any occasion, without fail. The
fact that it will stand by you, come what may, is the guarantee of its being
the best friend, philosopher and guide in the true sense of the word.
I
will be shocked if anybody comes forward to dispute this “truth”. Recently, I
had the occasion to meet Ruskin Bond, Indian author of British origin, at a
book-launch function. The tone and tenor of his talk was that books can book
you for a lifetime, to make you not only richer knowledge-wise but also make
your long journey of life on this planet smoother and more enjoyable. A wise
man need not necessarily be a rich man, but a rich man needs to be wise to be
happy.
And,
as American author Elizabeth Strout says, “I do reread, kind of obsessively,
partly for the surprise of how the same book reads at a different point in
life, and partly to have the sense of returning to an old friend.”
Source | Hindustan Times | 10 January 2017
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan & Co
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