tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444152963261323131.post4002547330668644055..comments2010-03-22T22:04:52.587+05:30Comments on My Random Words: How I Taught My Grandmother To ReadRandom Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820791659060128667noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444152963261323131.post-12904315292655683042009-01-17T18:18:00.000+05:302009-01-17T18:18:00.000+05:30I agree with the Knife that blogging does eat in t...I agree with the Knife that blogging does eat in to the reading time. However both are equally addictive...Random Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820791659060128667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444152963261323131.post-38634635287987771252009-01-16T15:03:00.000+05:302009-01-16T15:03:00.000+05:30How would you reconcile reading with blogging? Ass...How would you reconcile reading with blogging? Assuming one has finite free hours. I now tend to blog which has cut down reading time.<BR/><BR/>I learnt a lot from my grandfathers. My paternal grandfather used to tell me stories of ramayan/ mahabharat before I began reading Amar Chitra Katha<BR/><BR/>My maternal grandfather really encouraged me to read. He would tell me stories of WW2 and concentration camps when I was 8 and then said that I could find out more if I read. I was a voracious reader till I began to workKalyan Karmakarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14552556294198718249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444152963261323131.post-15279933200338242932009-01-15T21:11:00.000+05:302009-01-15T21:11:00.000+05:30How i taught my grandmother to read... i loved thi...How i taught my grandmother to read... i loved this book!!! Totally enjoyed it..actually these are not really stories if you see!! Just some random incident narrated in an extremely simple, in an everyday language way!!! My sister had recommended this book to me!!!<BR/><BR/>Try Ruskin Bond - Book of nature... extremely simple... where he talks about nature.. about lizards in the garden, butterflies.. trees.. bats etc... very evry delicious yet smple to read.. he can actually transport you into that world..Moonshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01112996795287324549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444152963261323131.post-68578671739233372652009-01-14T12:56:00.000+05:302009-01-14T12:56:00.000+05:30I found The White Tiger too be pretty good too. No...I found The White Tiger too be pretty good too. Not the story per se, but the writing style was definitely very engaging. I was racing through the book. Though I felt it was an extreme story & depicted India in very poor light.Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08909702073286784203noreply@blogger.com