There is Magic in Reading Books

No other footprints are louder than those of the footprints of the characters in your book.

The book-lovers belong to a wonderful world of their own! Their affinity to the books takes them to places where an ordinary person does not dare to go! The reading makes the mind wander into the wonderlands of magnanimous mountains and the cool splashing oceans; into the highest offices of the land and into the different terrains and weathers of the nations. The reader travels through all these fantasies and some more, when he becomes one with his characters, while his body sits relaxed, happy and content, forgetting about the worries and troubles of the real life and living, at least temporarily!

The silky touch of the new book covers, the amazing trials and turbulences of the lives of the people within the colorful covers, the sheer volume of the books, the photos and the pictures, the life-long journey of the characters! There is magic in reading the books!

The sheer joy of reading a book under amiable circumstances shall probably be the best exorcist of one’s own demons of problems and prejudices!

Only a lover of books can understand the meaning of being alive in the rainy season…the light chill creeping through the windows and the parapet, the steaming cup of coffee within the reach of your hands, sitting slantingly on the bed with fluffy pillows cushioning your head, a light bed sheet carelessly wrapped around your knees, the torrential rain crafting the musical melody that perfects one’s mood for the reading at hand, the dark night blanketing the sky and the surroundings…rainy nights enchant the reader into reading well into the wee hours of the morning!

The spring gives you a different sort of an experience altogether! The fusion of the colors and fragrance of the grass, flowers and leaves, the dipping orange sun of the late evening, the dazzling night sky filled-in with spectacular vision of stars, people milling around late into the night…The spring demands something more than a cup of coffee to accompany the reading of any book! A light book, peppered with some hot snacks would make a wonderful accompanying combination for reading in the spring!

The winter is exclusively made for the reading! The cozy comfort of the happily crackling fire place, the complete and unconditional peace of the cold dark night, the heavy woolens draped around the body making one to snuggle well against the harsh chill, the silence, sharp and melancholy, uninterrupted and overpowering silence… no other footprints are louder than those of the footprints of the characters of your book, the footsteps roaming around the room, standing close to you, making you to feel whether it is you or them within the book and out of it!

The summer is the season of the pulsation of lights and of shining! The sharp rays of the Sun dazzle every little object it touches on! The raising mercury does not deter a serious reader from the absorption of his book! The summer months are for festivity and for bliss! The summer months are made for walking in and out of the numerous bookshops, both old and new, holding of multiple of bags, trying to collect the different kinds of books for reading now and for later too!

The habit of reading cannot be torn by the war; a dictator cannot confiscate the love of reading and the attitude for comprehension! The reading makes the mind wander into the wonderlands of magnanimous mountains and the cool splashing oceans; into the highest offices of the land and into the different terrains and weathers of the nations…the reader travels through all these fantasies, when he becomes one with his characters, while the body sits relaxed, happy and content, forgetting about the trials and turbulences of the real life and living, at least temporarily!

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3 Comments

  1. meena gopalan
    Posted February 28, 2008 at 5:07 am

    magic? absolutely true…

  2. sugali
    Posted April 16, 2008 at 10:21 pm

    You put it well. If only more people take to the books, the world will be a better place. Well done

  3. padmanabha
    Posted June 12, 2008 at 11:07 am

    very nice. well said!

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