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On World Book Day Tele-Celebs share importance of books in their lives!

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Pick any book, and it will take you on a journey to an imaginary world created by the author where you will feel each and every word mentioned. Reading books is a good habit which we have been asked to inculcate since we were little kids. #AniruddhDave, #SaahilUppal, #MeeraDeosthale, #PrateikChaudhary, #NitinKumarGupta, #HasanZaidi, #SharadMalhotra share how books helped them during the pandemic. 

Reading not only helps your brain to work-out a little, but also helps you in a ten other ways including refurbishing your vocabulary. So on World Book Day which is observed on April 23, we asked a few celebs how books helped them during the lockdown and is still keeping them creatively occupied amidst the ongoing pandemic, and here’s what they had to say.

Reading made me introspect opines Saahil Uppal : I was never a book reader. I only started reading during the lockdown announcement due to the pandemic as I had a lot of time. The kind of books I started with, gave me a lot of different perspectives, thoughts and endless and unrestricted imaginations. It obviously is a great benefit to my vocabulary and knowledge. No wonder trends come and go, but books have been around for a long time now and haven’t lost their importance throughout the years. I am glad I could adapt this habit and hence, I make sure to read a little something on a daily basis even though I am under time constraints. I love to read spiritual books and also autobiographies. During the pandemic books really helped me a lot. The uncertain time was filled with negativity, books led me to optimism and positivity. The kind of spiritual books I read during the pandemic gave me hope and faith that “this too shall pass”. Reading made me introspect and try to evolve spiritually.

Reading books is meditation, reveals Meera Deosthale: I love reading books. I get some sense of calm, and it’s like meditation for me. I read a lot of books during the lockdown. I read all genres. I enjoy fiction the most, though. But books made a huge impact on me and my lifestyle. I think for me being a well-read person comes before being highly educated. When we read books, we enter a whole new world created by the writers. We learn, our perception towards a lot of things change. Our vocabulary increases for sure. It only gets better for us.

Prateik Chaudhary enjoys a book with coffee : Being an actor, not only on pandemic or lockdown but on even usual days I do read books, just to know more about the cinema, life or art. But yes, definitely reading books is one of the best therapy one can find in this pandemic. I love to read books mostly related to cinema or art. Currently, I am reading this book called Game Of Thrones, so far it’s one of the best stories I have ever come across and it’s also one of my top favourite drama series. I also love to read books that keep you self-motivated and help in your personal and professional growth. Now a days, technology is too fast. We majorly prefer reading books online. But I prefer, books ko haath me lekar Padhne me jo feel hai with a mug of coffee in your balcony wo online padhne me Nahi hai. Try it you will also love it.

Nitin Kumar Gupta finds that Audiobooks are amazing : I discovered audiobooks during the pandemic on topics ranging from the role of artificial intelligence in the future world, new economic principles, minimum basic wages and happiness index. These sound boring, but give an expansive idea of what the world should be like instead of people just waking up, earning a living and going back to sleep everyday for 70% of their lives. All successful men and women are voracious book readers. Books are the shortest and most comprehensive way to learn anything quickly. YouTube videos help but generally, they are made by amateurs. Books on the other hand are written by experts on the topic after years of research who put together all their knowledge in a couple of hundred pages. Missing out on books concerning your profession is an unforgivable mistake! I am a big fan of early sci-fi and fantasy fiction like Discworld, Asimov’s Foundation, Lord of the Rings and some romantic authors like Erich Segal. Harry Potter was a guilty pleasure! These days I don’t have much time for fiction, though. Currently, I’m devouring books on filmmaking – screenplay, character arcs, edit, cinematography, directing actors. I want to polish my craft to as close to perfection as possible.

 
Hasan Zaidi Maintains that Books expand your mind : It was not just during the pandemic, books have always been a part of my life. My father was an avid reader, he was a professor and a prolific poet, and he always encouraged us to read and gifted us books. I have always enjoyed reading autobiographies and biographies of actors and filmmakers. Books provide a getaway to a lot of knowledge, they also provide you brilliant stories. Whenever we read a book, we form visuals in our head and those visuals come from my mind but they are someone else’s words, and I find that very interesting. Books help you expand your mind, your emotional and intelligence quotients and it is just wonderful to acquire knowledge and wisdom and sometimes just simple old storytelling. I am currently reading a book called Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey.

Reading makes you a conversation starter, says Sharad Malhotra : I love to read, it’s not just during the pandemic but I have always loved to read. I am into autobiographies and have read those on Adolf Hitler, Charlie Chaplin, Sachin Tendulkar, Karan Johar and Rajesh Khanna. I feel books make you forget where you are, what you are doing and engage your mind with those beautiful words. They take you on a journey where it’s the visuals are left to your imagination, and it’s only the words that play. My wife Ripci too is a bookaholic, and she is more into books than me. I feel reading makes you a conversation starter, it not only gives you knowledge but is also good for your mind. Especially in today’s world, I feel people should spend more time on books than on screens.
 
Books are friends, says Aniruddh Dave: : Book reading habit I got from my parents.  I love to read non-fiction. Books Gyaan ka Bhandar Hoti hai. One must-read books. I want my son also to read books when he grows up. During trying times books can be good friend. I read few books during the pandemic. One of the most interesting books I recommend is When Bad things happen to good people by Harold S. Kushner  I don’t like to borrow I prefer buying books. One must read a book per month.