"Reading books is a dying Habbit in our Society that needs special attention/revival"
In this era of information storming when almost
you can get anything and everything with a finger touch (via internet), debate
on importance of books keeps itself alive. While the advent of Information
technology and social media has changed the face of our society, we need to
seriously think of what are our gains and losses in today’s world? The focus
should be on reviving those habits which were our trademark someday…
Keeping aside books during your bedtime is an
irreplaceable experience. Book reading just before going asleep keeps your
focus in- tact and allows you to develop
a high level of concentration. Especially in today’s fast moving world where
patience and depth among people are rare to find. We often see people disturbed
and complain of lacking focus. In my point of view these issues are a result of
materialism and over involving in technology rather than sparing some time for
nature/conventional ways. As one of remedies, I would highly recommend all to
get companionship of books.
Getting knowledge via books remains a main
element along with a great pastime which blossoms our lives in many ways. When
we see developed and cultured nations of the world, we found that they keep
books very dear to them. Even during excursion and outdoors where WE Desi’s are enjoy the party fulltime,
these people still finds out some time to read books. One of my friends
residing in Canada
told me that there is a culture to go countryside and enjoy the books in peace
and calmness. And many people specially plan this for their vacations. This
difference of attitude is greatly visible in our understanding levels within
other spares of life as well.
Reading books enriches your personality with calmness
and balance which helps you in the real life as well. These days, people are
more attracted towards visual things e.g. videos and documentaries available
Online on different topics because it seems to be much more attractive and
easygoing. Advent of different sort of electronic notebooks & smart-phones
has also paved a gap between books and people tend to read on these gadgets.
But I think that feel and impression
which is developed by reading paper books can not be achieved in any other way.
The reason is that when you read books, there is a much more powerful
connection between you and writer with a high conveyance level. Flipping on
pages and reading the message in solitude provide such enrichment that a reader
carries with him/her and which is reflected in his actions as well. Moreover,
the gains while physically reading paper books are long-lasting and durable as
compared to other ways of reading.
A very humorous joke comes in my mind at this
moment when the popularity of computers and internet were heading towards their
peak and online books were gaining fondness. It was largely the time of
desktops. “One man was proudly saying to the other that the era of books is
over as now everything is available on internet and computer. The other man laughed
and spontaneously replied; “you can not
just take computer to your bed for reading an online book, you have to take a
book for a real experience”… Still today, with multiple function
smart-phones, smaller size display gadgets and ease of use; that sense of
achievement of this classical habit of book
reading can never be achieved.
Difference between reading paper books and visual
study is like the difference between cooked
food in steel pots on electric stoves and conventionally cooked food in mud pots on real-time fire. Many
people prefer/regard the later as there is a very fine line of finishing/peptide
that is worth enjoying…
Note: This article was first published at the following address:
http://blogs.arynews.tv/role-of-books-in-era-of-information-technology/
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