I just sent the link of my blog to a friend and asked her to give it a read as I usually do. At that moment it struck me that it had been ages since I had written anything or posted anything new on the blog. I was, to say the least, quite ashamed of myself. So I decided to write, just for the heck of it. Decided to just pen down what came to my mind.
So, here goes...
I did not grow up being an avid reader like my sister, something that I always regretted but never bothered to do anything about. If I remember correctly, the first book that I finished reading completely was the legendary 'Godfather' by Mario Puzo. You will not believe that this happened during the first year of my post graduation course. All my reading before this was restricted to Asterix comics (which I still enjoy :P). I do agree that it was a bit too late to start working on cultivating the habit, but as they say, better late than never. I am so glad that this was the book that I started with, because this was such an enjoyable experience that it got me truly hooked onto reading.
After finishing my first book, I did keep at it quire regularly. After passing out of college I had to move out of home for work. Fortunately the house we lived in did not have a television and hence I could devote all my time after work to reading. I read books at the rate of one per fort night which I was very impressed with going by my standards. I also made a conscious effort to read books on subjects as diverse as possible, from classics to non-fiction to serious fiction to the Harry Potter series to humour, to autobiographies. Almost everything I could lay my hands on.
Some time last year, I did have to travel for a short duration out of my base office to our corporate head office on a project. I did not know that this trip would threaten this habit of reading which I had developed with so much dedication.
The reason, a television set in my apartment.
I watched test matches getting up at 5 am in the morning, watched movies until late even after long days at office. I just could not switch the dam television set off!!!
This phenomenon lasted for almost six months.
I was looking forward to returning back to my home office as I was sure that back there I did not have a television at home so I will be forced to resume reading.
Any guesses what happened just before I moved back in with my room-mates???
Yes! You are correct! My room-mates indeed bought a television set!
And here I am, back to watching test matches and movies all over again!
Sadly, the book that I had started reading before I had begun my travel is still as unread as it was back then.
Sigh!!!
