Library Week 2023-24
Creative Blog Writing Competition
Winner : - Rank- 2nd
Date :17th January 2024
Time : 10:00 to 11:30 AM
Name of Participant : Cinderella Kevin Gonsalves TY BA
TOPIC : Reading Habits Among Youth
“Reading a book is like a free ticket to travel around the world .
World that is filled with dreams, Fantasies etc.”
Reading is like an escape from the reality from world that is filled with chaos. When a person reads a book- the peace, the calmness, the excitement, the thrill one gets from reading, it can’t be compared to any other materialistic thing in the world.
Today’s digital generation can’t understand the warmth a book gives. The serene smell of the book, the enthralling feeling when you turn another page, the sadness you fill once the book comes to an end, etc.
Sadly, today’s youth is not that serious in reading books. All these materialistic things have made our youth lazy and money-driven which results in robotic minds. The empathy, emotional intelligence we get from books is lost somewhere lost.
I remember the time, I used to get excited over a book, the happiness I felt, the smell of the book, the happiness after knowing the hero and heroine led a happy life ahead., such emotions are somewhere lost in this money-minded people or I say lack of empathy somewhere exist among today’s youth.
Today hardly you can find a youth with such excitement. It pains my heart when my friends term me as a “Boring person” just because I read books. Then I remember the quote, “Books are man’s best friend,” and I just give them a broad smile. Call me boring, but dare someone insult my books!! My books are my pride!!
A few things can be done in order to increase participation of reading among our younger generation. Small libraries or community libraries can be build among societies, small programs can be arranged where people (especially youth) come together and talk about their favorite books, etc. By doing such things, the level of reading among youth can be increased.
Today’s youth are the future lights of our world. Reading makes a man complete. Sadly, the future of our world is going down. Young minds are focusing on things which are taking them away from books. Today’s youth focus more on social media, disgusting addictions like pornography and various other harmful addictions. The lifestyle they are adapting are harmful for them and also for the society as a whole. Books teach an individual the core values that are needed to become a well-behaved individual.
So unless these is an increase in reading habits among youth, a society cannot be completed as a whole . If such harmful practices, (Social media and other addiction) still continue among youths, then the future of our world is somewhere going downhill. If you look up to any renowned figure like Bill gates, Warren Buffet etc, all are avid reader’s.
So my dear youth, start reading books or the forthcoming generation will be filled with money driver thoughts and robotic minds”.
(“ I feel there is something magical when you read a good book.”)
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