RANDOM THOUGHTS


The HT Book Challenge is on......and I realize that I am way behind in my reading list,especially in reading the works of new authors.
There was a time when we used to buy a whole lot of books from various sources, mostly second hand markets. Dad would fetch books for us from Delhi, Calcutta,Madras or whatever place he would go on his business trips.
In fact I remember we sisters would get books as 'gifts' on almost all occasions, be it Christmas,new year,birthdays,etc. How excitedly we would wait for 'our' Santa Dad to leave us gifts of books.

This is how we got introduced to classics; Gone With the Wind,Little Women,Lolita,Twenty Thousand Leagues under the sea, Man in the Iron Mask, Persuasion and Lady Susan,Jane Eyre,Wuthering Heights,Pride and Prejudice and of course lots and lots of romances and who-dun-its and poetry.We moved quite quickly from those mandatory Enid Blytons and Nancy Drews onto adult stuff. We were helped and egged on much by our parents' impeccable taste in literature and their discussions around the dining table.

Sadly today's kids have been totally deprived of such pleasures; I am sure they do not even know what they are missing