All Day I Dream About Books: How I Became a Book-Hoarder

All Day I Dream About Books: How I Became a Book-Hoarder

In times of pandemic, people stockpile essentials in case they can’t get out of their homes. I have been stockpiling books for as long as I can remember. If I am asked why I need to buy more books when I have 30 unread ones in my bookshelf, I am speechless.

In Defence of Chetan Bhagat’s ‘Books’

For years I followed the dictum that rejecting Bhagat’s work was some sort of qualifier for a better, more intellectual palate. It is perhaps ‘woke’ to trash his books. But it took me years to realise that he may have done more for reading in this country, than any other author writing in his time.