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Reading – A Life Transforming Habit

Reading, more than any other activity, has the power to unlock your potential and, in the process, unleash the “ better angles of our nature ” was the favourite phrase of Abraham Lincoln, an avid reader who dramatically transformed himself from a poor boy from most disadvantaged sections of the society to perhaps one of the greatest president of the United States of America. You will be amazed to discover how black letters printed on a white piece of paper have the power to change the direction of your life, towards positivity, success and achievement. Daniel J. Boorstin, the Pulitzer Prize winning historian summed up the value of reading in one simple, yet profound, sentence: “ By reading we discover our world, our history, and ourselves .” This quote pretty much explains the awesome power of reading. More than any other mental activity, reading changes and improves us by forcing us to think… to imagine.. to examine… to grow… and in the process “to discover our world, our h...

Journalism: A growing market but a dying art.

With the expansion of electronic media, proliferation of e-content through various portals and website, the opportunities in the field of Journalism has proliferated manifold. This proliferation has opened up the floodgates of opportunities for young budding journalism aspirants. But with rising market and option the competition has also risen in equal proportion. The pace and speed of flux in the industry where 50 news in a minute, top 100 news in few minutes has become a fad being madly followed by electronic media. Where the need for breaking news has taken away the reliability and responsibility elements from the news, to a major extent. This waywardness has costed media its credibility. There was a time when a TV or Print news was considered as ultimate truth, when people used to refer the printed news with reverence and used to quote it saying “It has been published in the newspaper”. The same is not true. Today’s media in the rush for commercialism has bartered its credibility...