Reading as a habit is seemed to have lost its sheen thanks to the rise of digital platforms. But with an exploding population and old-world charm associated with books number of books being published is increasing, and a fraction of people are still holding to the good old habit of reading. Many people reinvented their lost love in the current pandemic, maybe reading, painting or cooking.
I belong to the old world and still find solitude and self-realisation or a kind of meditation in reading. Going inside another person's creative process is sometimes like going into other people's lives, minds, and fantasies. Sometimes, it is their beliefs and struggles that I am interested in. Due to a busy mechanical daily life, I often keep my pleasure just by looking at books neatly kept in my Almirah. Many books are half-read, and many are yet to be opened.
Kindle was a thing I avoided over the years, just because I thought let me be in the old world. I saw the new generation comfortable with this reading, so I thought of giving it a try. I found it to be good in many senses -like lightweight, highlighting and taking notes, and keeping many books in your product. They may book has its disadvantage just like is with your book almirah.
No time to read in conjunction with to busy schedule and a forgetful mind. I thought it would be best to keep track of what you have read every year. I was noting it in my diary for the last two years, but as they also have the chance of being lost, I thought of noting them up in my blog.
Here is my reading list of the previous three years; it did not include the books which I collected and flipped only a few pages and kept for incubation; I wish I should have read more, but I can confidently say that the following books kept me engaged mentally and physically in my time with them.
2019
1. মিচিমি বিহৰ সন্ধানত :তপন কুমাৰ শৰ্মা
2. 1984 -George Orwel
3. Man’s Search for Meaning -Viktor Frenkel
4. Buddha -Graphic Novel by Osomu Tezka (2 nd time read)
2020
1. Screenplay -the foundation of screenwriting (incomplete ) Syd Field
2. Assam Accord and Discord -Sangita Borah Pichorty
3. The Real Munin Borkotoy -Sisir Basumatary
4. Palestine -Graphic Novel by Joe Sacco
5. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari (incomplete read as COVID pandemic started after I completed first few chapters)
6. IKIGAI Héctor García
2021
1. The Life at Play -Giris Karnard (Autobiography)- First literature book finished on Kindle
2. মোৰো এটা সপোন আছে -ৰুবুল মাউত
3. I, too, had a dream – Verges Kurien
