What’s a piece of media (book, movie, song) that changed how you see the world?
I am always fascinated by books. They carry so much wisdom and experience, and, amazingly, you get to read that compressed work in hours, days, or months. The movie is a great medium, too, but I always feel that reading a book is superior to watching its adaptation. The reason is that a book allows you to imagine the story from your own view, while a movie gives you someone else’s views, which has its own limitations.
Books taught me a lot, and I am still learning. I am grateful to have this habit of reading. There is a famous quote by Frank Zappa: “So many books, so little time.” I totally feel it. There are so many books that changed my perception of the world.
I used to read when I was in India, and then I got busy with life. When I came to the USA, my elder sister encouraged me to start reading again; she herself is a bookworm. Thanks to her, I started reading again, and the USA has a very powerful public library system. I wish we also had something similar in India. I am a frequent library member; other than that, I use the Libby app for digital checkouts, Kindle Unlimited, and Prime Reading.
A few books that I want to mention here that changed my perspective on the world:-
- The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
- Somnath by Acharya Chatursen
- Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
- The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
- E=mc2: a biography of the World’s most famous equation by David Bodanis
- Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
There are so many books like these that are shaping my life every day. Right now I am reading “The Gut by Payal Kothari”.
What are you reading? Have you read any of the listed books?
Happy reading! Keep traveling!!!
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