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 |  | Are people losing the habit of reading?
No. The pleasure of reading can not be substituted by any other hobby. Books are so special to many. Even in today''s world, reading habit will survive. The press and the hard copy media may give way ...
Raveendranathan January 12, 2009 22:35
| | | Number has increased
we can see a large number to people started to read book, thanks to the media which popularize famous authors and best selling books. more Indians shining at international literature space has made ne...
SRRajesh January 1, 2009 14:52
| | | Number has increased
we can see a large number to people started to read book, thanks to the media which popularize famous authors and best selling books. more Indians shining at international literature space has made ne...
SRRajesh January 1, 2009 14:49
| | | Competitive world
People are busy chasing money, money, and more money. Hence, they prefer to be doing what will bring in the moolah. Reading is not priority now....
ksmurillokrishnan October 12, 2008 06:28
| | | HABIT OF READING STILL PERSISTS
People do read books. But it''s true that the percentage of book lovers has come down in comparison to what it used to be. Whether it''s reading a book or reading an article on a website - this amou...
pbuveja September 19, 2008 23:10
| | | ARE PEOPLE LOSING THE HABIT OF READING?
EDUCATION HAS PROVED A VAST KNOWLEDGE BUT DOESN''T KNOW WHAT IS WORTH READING.
PEOPLE ARE MORE INTERESTED IN MATERIAL ASPECT AND THIS MAKES THEM TO LEARN THE ART OF MAKING MONEY IN SHORT TIME AND A...
SUNDARARARAMA(COIMBATORE) September 11, 2008 12:51
| |  | | Re: ARE PEOPLE LOSING THE HABIT OF READING?
Price are to be learned but values are to be judged by concious not by the intelectually dead once..and so the ones who read are learning or striving to learn.....
Thyneighbour October 19, 2008 10:07
| | | yes...they are losing
humans life has become more n more busy..and no one has sufficient time for their own family. in these conditions how can a person allot certain time for reading books? he''ll be obviously prefering t...
harpipi August 29, 2008 10:46
| | | | Re: yes...they are losing
But this "short and simple" effort has created a limited vision in people. The young generation who are just finding ways to stay away from books can only see what is being shown to them. This is beca...
nehasinha27 September 30, 2008 22:26
| | | Reading
I love reading!!!!!!!! But i feel sad when I see my friends ignoring their books and not bothering to read them!!!!...
aquarianbrains(Mumbai, Delhi) January 17, 2008 17:07
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I dont think so. At all times, there have been all kinds of people and thus also people who wud read and people who wud not. The same applies for today too. I bet all of those who said YES !NO ONE REA...
shabdapriya(Mumbai, India) November 20, 2007 11:04
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I agree. People are losing the reading habit..mainly school & early-college going younsters. The main reason being multiple forms of entertainment besides books, focus on materialistic success and lac...
ak_ameet(Mumbai, India) November 20, 2007 06:05
| | | Lack of public library facilities
Any ardent reader who wants to read the best available looks for library facilities. Nobody can afford to buy all the books they want to read.
All local administrations should provide for a full-fl...
smritichhabra(gurgaon) November 16, 2007 06:43
| | | | Re: Lack of public library facilities
no,i'm not satisfy to ur complement...
james143(sonipat) November 27, 2007 16:44
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yes, most people do not have the patience to sit with a book .. harry potter might be an exception ..
like all the others have mentioned media has a role to play too..but i believe nothing like sitti...
peaceonearth(chennai) November 2, 2007 11:16
| | | People losing the habit of reading
Yes,people nowdays are spending more time with the gadgets,PC and Game Console.Time constraint is also an another factor.But those interested like me found themselves in dilemma that which book to pic...
harsimransahni(Bangalore) October 12, 2007 13:21
| | | are people losing the habit of reading
yes now a days more no of people not read books, they read news papers thats all.
book are very good friend when ur alone in home u want to read some books, these books help u in long term basis.
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mallasarji(belgaum india) September 6, 2007 17:49
| | | | Re: are people losing the habit of reading
No,
I do not agree with the thought that people are losing habit of reading.If we notice these days we are having pirated books and novels more as people are more interested in reading.And people a...
ankur27985(Delhi) September 9, 2007 23:32
| | | The You Tube challenge
The biggest challenge yet to the reading habit may come from You Tube. When we can select the subject we want to hear, with the bonus of seeing the speaker or the background being described, the book,...
venu10(Mumbai) July 24, 2007 15:15
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reading books,newspaper,journals etc hav bcom old fashioned.ya people do read.only thing is that it has transformed itself to suit the computer era.more people read blogs and other stuffs than those w...
hiccup(Kerala,India) June 26, 2007 18:38
| | | Nooooo..
I dont think thats happening in case of people who'grew up' with this habit..
One who has grown up in the company of books would find out time from any busy schedule to read his stuff..But Less free-...
socialanimal_786 June 21, 2007 13:44
| | | Yes-with other options available
Yes, people are becoming less interested in reading. I believe this will become more apparent as the school going children grow up. When we were kids since we did not have computer games etc. Enid Bly...
shamamohan(Delhi) June 19, 2007 13:07
| | | Try reading this ...
Try a google search on the Prophet & his teachinngs...
giri223(delhi) May 23, 2007 18:09
| | | | Re: Try reading this ...
YES, NOW A DAY NO ONE IS CONCETRATING OM READING THAT IS RIGHT,...
RAPATIL(BANGALORE) June 6, 2007 12:00
| | | On the contrary..
On the contrary, people are reading meaning into everyday actions , wedding guest lists , laundry bills, moods and weather to draw important conclusions about economy , share market , relationships an...
giri223(delhi) May 23, 2007 10:37
| | | READING habit ......
I definately agree that lesser people are interested in reading these days, hwever apart from the fact - INTEREST , its also the change in technology & matter of time as well !!
i'll like to gv my ow...
hejab(new Delhi) May 6, 2007 05:35
| | | | Re: READING habit ......
The Readin habit is not something technology or TIME can take from you .If you love reading and are an avid reader then no schedule,no laptop can stop you from reading.
Agreed we are living in the "H...
eyeshoe(Secunderabad,India) May 19, 2007 14:11
| | | Sadly Yes!
Reading has been on a decline,undoubtedly.The advent of technology is one definite contributor to the decline of the reading habit.Bacon eloquently stated that reading maketh a full man.Valid for this...
pulakeshin(ex london) April 16, 2007 04:36
| | | People are loosing interest in reading
Yes i strongly agree to the fact that the people are loosing grip on their reading habit. This is mainly because of the hectic schedules, let it be at work or with studies. Whatever Time they get in h...
Power2Xpress(USA) April 11, 2007 21:12
| | | Seek to understand before to be understood..
About an year back, I attended a class namely
"7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
The very first and foremost habit, it pressed for, was to encourage Listening. It happens most of the time t...
LalitJha(India) February 27, 2007 07:21
| | | Harry potter!!!
If that was indeed the case explain to me the popularity of the Harry potter series. I have already pre booked the last edition and it still has months before it's release....
mans_cee(Bangalore) February 20, 2007 18:03
| | | reading!!
busy life,lack of time,arisal of 24 hour news channels,internet technology has decreased reading books......
navaneethkrishnan(india) January 23, 2007 11:34
| | | A different Perspective
Are people losing the habit of reading? Yes of course,provided they have been reading before.Some spot light has to be shed on people who do not take reading seriously at all.They have many other work...
jaipraveen(Chennai) January 19, 2007 14:39
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I can’t say people are virtually losing the habit of reading. Of course they are losing the habit of reading from the printed text on the hardcopies. On the other hand, I would say, they are devouring...
SeshuChamarty(Hyderabad, India) November 5, 2006 12:08
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I agree with you.. with the advent of technology, people tend to look for information online than go to the library/bookshop to find a book..and its more economical.....
justcurious(Pune,INDIA) January 8, 2007 17:33
| | | Cycle - A mode of transport & Fun
I wonder why in India we dont emphasis on cycling as a mode of transport.Developed countries like UK, Germany , France are putting lot of stress these days in asking there people to pick on cycling. C...
VivekGandhi(Delhi, India) October 28, 2006 23:11
| | | | Re: Cycle - A mode of transport & Fun
I feel that this is a topic not to be discussed in this board.Perhaps it may be discussed in HEALTH&FITNESS....
mogan16 November 19, 2006 12:06
| | | | Re: Cycle - A mode of transport & Fun
Very informative & interesting...
VivekGandhi(Delhi, India) November 18, 2006 15:43
| | | are people loosing the habit of reading
YES PEOPLE R SURELY LACKING THE HOBBY OF READING IN THEMSELVES.INSTEAD OF PILES OF READING BOOKS ON THE RACKS, DVD AND VCD ARE FOUND.V SHOULD MAKE THE MOST OF THE TECHNOLOGIES BUT NOT IN A WAY THAT HA...
ishika_130419(india) October 25, 2006 14:10
| | | | Re: are people loosing the habit of reading
Earlier, reading books were the major source of knowledge, news, entertainment etc. Now people have lot of options for this. As human nature new things always attracts...so as television, internet a...
Shashank4u March 27, 2007 13:25
| | | | Re: are people loosing the habit of reading
Good Comment...
shahidwani(Srinagar, India) October 26, 2006 12:51
| | | Yes, Reading Habit is lagging
Now a days Reading habit is decreasing just because of Media. But almost all the children and elder peoples are having this habit. Our main thing is with Youngsters......The are not reading that much...
balahcl(Coonoor) October 24, 2006 09:28
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although both my children have the reading habit they read only novels not any current affairs or classics.so iam confused is the habit good or bad?
bye...
deepakvarma(kochi kerala) October 7, 2006 15:32
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definately
next generation is losing reading habit ....
infact im also on of them ....we new gen guys waste a lot of time in gossiping and somehow we extract time for reading we use to read some ru...
donji(mumbai,india) October 4, 2006 00:51
| | | Knowledge acquisition through reading
I find substantial growth in reading habbits especially the younger generation - but the remarkable difference is that the print media being replaced by digitial media....
joeinfotech(Kuwait) October 2, 2006 15:05
| | | READING HABIT
ya i say yes to the issue.bcoz now-a-days most of the people are not interested in reading books.bcoz lot of tv shows have come up,which rocks everyone in and around.so all the guys and gals are inter...
krishnan4u September 22, 2006 13:43
| | | | Re: READING HABIT
People read books for gaining information.Now a days this information they are getting from other medias also.So naturally book reading habbits will come down .Everything aroud us are undergoing some ...
sureshcd10(Bangalore) September 29, 2006 15:36
| | | Reading habit? All hobbies
The popularisation of TV and the advent of computer have put an end to all the creative learning. Why only reading habit, we have forgotten all good habits. People seek shortcuts always. In olden days...
adismitha(Chennai, India) September 19, 2006 10:55
| | | | Re: Reading habit? All hobbies
YOU HAVE PAINTED A VERY GRIM PICTURE OF THE PRESENT DAY WORLD AND I BEG TO DIFFER WITH YOU ON THIS SCORE.TRUE, THE OLDEN TIMES ALWAYS SEEM TO BE THE BEST IN ONE'S LIFE BUT LIFE IS NOT STATIC. IT HAS ...
mkbajaj(GURGAON) September 19, 2006 15:45
| | | Are people losing .......reading?
It is quite true The visual media is weaning away people from the reading habit The high cost of books is another amongst many other reasons. In this context, I am reminded of the famous words of Sir...
Suryanarayana(Hyderabad, India) September 18, 2006 18:36
| | | Reading a good habit
I believe we still have many people who are interested in reading. But the new generation tend to enjoy video games, computer games, TV, movies more than the books. Parents should inculcate the habit ...
Being_Human(Bangalore, India) September 13, 2006 13:54
| | | | Re: Reading a good habit
Your message proves that RSS fascist thugs are following exactly the same tacticts that of NAZI Hitler....
agniputra(kota,India) September 17, 2006 08:16
| | | r people tired of Sex? what a dumb question ,of asking how people can
be tired of reading....
shrutidas(kolkota) September 8, 2006 16:11
| | | reading habbit gone down
hi ya people in current society are busy and spend less time for reading... we are just reading gossips,novels and other unnecessary stuff but not good things which helps for our future.. this need t...
kkk26(hyd,India) September 8, 2006 10:07
| | | | Re: reading habbit gone down
Not true. I see the younger generation browsing for information ver the net - not for fun but for valuable information...
joeinfotech(Kuwait) October 2, 2006 15:10
| | | Reading Habit
I dont think that people are losing their habit of reading, those who are really have the habit do it , the circumstance does not change their habits, even now u can see a good crowd in all the major ...
toughguy1112(Delhi,India) August 25, 2006 15:07
| | | | Re: Reading Habit
agres.. people arent lossiong the habit of reading...its just tht people are so busy n wound up wid there work hours it gets hard for 1 to stay up and read a book. Espically after a tough day at work....
sin_serene(mumbai) August 25, 2006 23:06
| | | book reading
Yes, I think people are losing interest in book reading. But on the other hand age group does matter a lot. New parents... I mean people who have kinds in the age group of 1 to 6/7 years old still f...
deepshri(haryana) August 23, 2006 08:51
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I think it depends on the atmosphere athome.. if parents are good readers then good chances that their children would also be.... i personally donot think reading is dead...wonderful book stores all o...
bintymehta August 23, 2006 08:29
| | | Lacks of good books refrain the people
Lacks of good books refrain the people from reading....
vinodkalpaka August 22, 2006 11:43
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It would be wrong to say that youngster are moving away from reading. Rather I believe they are being pulled away from it. They are too over-burdened with course books to give a thought to recreationa...
wiz_manas August 20, 2006 10:20
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READING HABIT :
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IT is very clear and known to everyone that the reading habit has miserably gone down due to several factors. the main cause for this is the invasion
of electronic m...
beegeeaar August 16, 2006 20:20
| | | declining reading habbit.
declining reading habbit.
yes. the habbit of reading is definitely on the decline ..the fact cannot be denied that this is largely due to the electronic media which being a visual media has more po...
beegeeaar August 16, 2006 10:07
| | | Reading habits
I think yes, people are losing the habit, just because, media and entertainment world.when movies available of the story then people prefer to watch movie than reading. some hactic life also affect th...
damini25(usa) August 16, 2006 04:39
| | | Reading habit
The habit of reading has to be inculcated right from the childhood. It is out of my personal experience that I have realised the importance of reading and its impact on our hearts and intellect. The s...
geetha24(Chennai) August 6, 2006 02:18
| | | | Re: Reading habit
I second what Geetha just said but today life moves very fast. Sometimes it just overwhelms the common man..what used to be a 9-5 job is now changing into 24*7 because of increasing competition...as a...
vicksvapourub420(Chennai) August 9, 2006 18:24
| | | | | Re: Re: Reading habit
yes people are losing interest in reading books. Except the material required for the professional competence, other literary works are not touched. people do not find time. even if one finds time, th...
gmrao(Nizamabad) August 11, 2006 17:10
| | | | Re: Reading habit
True. But do parents themselves read? First you have to wean away adults from TV, as well as children. Schools do play a major role? But they show an interest in organising cultural programmes, compri...
taurie(chennai, india) August 7, 2006 17:14
| | | Public Reading Habit
Due to Heavy Load of TV Channel public loose their reading habit.to make the people more read there should to control of air in TV time.
The TV for each channel to be reduce to 16 Hrs per day And for...
deepak_jogi(mumbai) August 5, 2006 15:55
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