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Actually, it seems like most my reading is only a byproduct of the urge to understand the world.
I started out reading at an early age, garnering a respectable collection of classical English literature, that i read again and again. I had zoomed...more »

Industrial Designer
Entrepreneur
Exploratory Artist
History buff
Writer

Actually, it seems like most my reading is only a byproduct of the urge to understand the world.
I started out reading at an early age, garnering a respectable collection of classical English literature, that i read again and again. I had zoomed in on a particular publisher of English literature, and in my bookshelf, I had most of the classics printed by this publisher, stacked in neat rows. I used to read all of these in great detail, resulting in my becoming a highly introverted bookworm. I recall a time when my mother was so frustrated with my reading that she threatened to set fire to my collection, unless I started acknowledging the existence of other humans on the planet. I started taking an interest in the external world only around junior college.

As a child, my fantasy was to own a huge bookshop, where I would only sit at the counter and read all the new books. (Sadly, somewhere down the line, the fantasy died without me even noticing it's demise).
My parents taught me to read in my mother-tongue at home, and I also grew up reading Marathi and and Hindi at the same age that I learnt to read English. I used to devour sacred lore, fairy tales, folk tales - anything I could lay my hands on, including medical books of my father (who is a doctor) as well as the vernac pulp fiction read by my mother. (I wish I could catalogue books in Marathi/Hindi on Shelfari, too - there are such marvelous classics to be mentioned there)
As I grew older, my tastes shifted from fiction to non-fiction (though I occasionally read some fiction, and I am certainly very glad that my introduction to books was through some absolutely classic english literature).

Typically, I love reading things connected with ancient history, or technology, or ancient philosophies. Something that gives a perspective on different cultures is always enjoyable, too. - whether those cultures exist in your own city, or in places that you have never heard of.

A book is only a window. You must have the eyesight to see far through that window.

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Some of my writings on Sulekha -
http://pankaj-sapkal.sulekha.com/
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