WHO READS ?

♠ Posted by Abhijit Bangal in chatting,computer,film-making,games,Harry Potter,Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,internet,travelling at 2:35 AM

Is the kid today going away from reading ?

The 21rst century has changed the habits of the man. He is now addicted to computer, games, Internet, chatting, travelling,..... The list is endless. He will do everything except reading. In short, he is all dependent on machine, technology etc.
And no one seems to be an exception to this. But the kids, do need to read. At least, as long as they are students. They need to. And even if, unwillingly, they do read it. And that's true.
But the idea of reading for fun, pleasure is quite a distant reality. Because, one may read for fun, when he needs relaxation, when mentally fatigued. But reading for fun, is not necessary now-a-days. The reason is that there are more means to relax. Like go out with friends, go for long drives, use your i-pod, your mobile for taking pictures, listen to online songs, play online games, chat --- . The list goes on. "Do everything, but don't read", seems to be the motto of the kid today.
But then came Harry Potter. The first of the Harry Potter series - "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" - made the young and the old read alike. They became voracious readers. 325 million copies worldwide. 700 pages finished in just a matter of days. Children were really reading. And yes, they were reading for fun and only fun and nothing else. The tension, the curiosity and the excitement made them read it on and on. Kids didn't then need chatting, computer, games, internet for passing their time. They just needed their hero. The spell was cast. It was cast worldwide. It was cast on one and all. It was cast on the young and the old alike. With the Potter series being translated in almost all the major languages of the world, it showed how popular it was. And not only popular, it also showed how all were glued to the books.
But believe it or not, the habit decreased a bit when the Harry Potter series was taken up for film-making. That surely lessoned the current crop of readers.
But whatever, and whoever tries it, it is now pretty difficult to make one read again. and read passionately.