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Reading is Fun as well as Tough

Here is what i wrote in December 1, 2015. "Today is December 1, 2015 and I am half way reading 'Work Hard Be Nice' by Jay Mathews. This book is about two young american teachers who thought outside the traditional education system and revolutionized the whole Education system in America. Now, I am into reading, i intend to read following in the year 2016, provided I live the next day: 1. Who will cry when you die? - Robin Sharma 2. The fifth mountain - Paulo Coelho 3. I am Malala - Malala Yousafzai 4. A Guide to the Bodhisattva way of life - Shantideva 5. Words of my Perfect Teacher - Patrul Rinpoche 6. Turning Confusion into Clarity - Yongey Mingyur 7. Brilliant Moon - Dilgo Khyentse 8. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 9. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khalid Hosseini 10. The Mystic Eye - Sadhguru 11. Taking the Leap - Pema Chodron" Today is 6th September 2016 and I m not even half on what i promised myself to read. This far, i read: 1. The Kite Runner - Khaled H...

Reading is FUN - Really!

Enough of arguing on Bhutan tourism policy, hydropower policy blah blah...Lets talk something else! Besides the prescribed text books, lecture notes and notes dictated by teachers and professors; i never had the enthusiasm or rather the passion to read. May be, reading wasn't emphasized during our time or at-least not encouraged as it is being done now a days. Reading is now becoming a fashion within the Bhutanese youths - which i believe is a GREAT fashion. Reading should be encouraged in whatsoever ways we can. The cohorts (those who were born) of 1970s and 80s, were exposed to some fairy tale books and comic books to read and I was no different. I read lots of tinkle comic books, jakarta tales, reader's digest and wisdom as a school going kid besides the prescribed text books to pass our exams. Since these books contained short stories with pictures, it was much fun to read than the novels. Thus, i never read novels until recently. And you could judge that from my not...