Reading is my world

One great aspect our parents inculcated in us at a very young was love for books. All three of us, my sister, my brother and me had this yearning to read anything we came across. Our father worked for the Indian Army and the salary that he got was just enough for our schooling and the subsistence in general. If our friends were able to afford all that we wanted to read, we would just retire into a shell and bemoan the fact we were not as lucky as they were. Later, somehow we would manage to lay our hands on such books, manage to read them in record time and return. Tears well up in my eyes even to this day when I would look longingly at umpteen number of books that adorned the shelves of a book shop, whenever I happened to pass by.

Not that our parents were not aware of what we were going through, but they were helpless. Years passed and all of us got married one after the other. I have satiated my urge to read to an admirable extent. My banking career and my husband's generous income ensured that my hobby remained alive through all these years. I go through all book reviews eagerly and select the ones I would love to read. Quality fictions and biographies have been my favorites. When good books are made into movies, I must watch them too and pass my comments.

My free-lance writing has helped me do just that. "Slumdog millionaire' is an acclaimed hit and I am on the lookout for the original book 'Q & A' written by India's High Commissioner to Pretoria, Mr. Vikas Swarup, and am I not proud of the fact? I have good collections too, right from modern thrillers and biographies to spirituality. May my tribe increase!