When i write something every time, i try to write something new and interesting. And accept it, for how long will you people visit my blog to read tips on relationships, pros and cons of love, my theory of living life and my mantra of being happy. So today i am writing on this particular thought which is being a topic of discussion among a lot of people on a coffee table or maybe even during those morning and evening jogging sessions. There are A LOT of people out there who LOVE reading- starting from the ones who own a personal library at their houses to those who still issue books from the library to read to those who borrow from their friends to those who read a book when its in the news.
I love reading and as i pick new ones every time when i have the urge to read, i visit online stores to buy books. For the past few weeks as I have been browsing through some books to order on flipkart, I came across these list of books by Indian authors (specifically 'cause i didn't find any except the indians and no, don't judge me, its not that i am not being a good citizen and criticizing my own fellow citizens. Just telling what i noticed.) and all had the same story line- love, relationship, sex, flings,college life and family issues. Its like suddenly everyone has started writing their autobiography on the basis of the little life that they have lived till date. No, there's nothing wrong in writing and in fact i encourage people to write 'cause its a very good habit. Just that if every college student starts writing about their college life and relationships, then its sad for us who love reading Paulo Coehlo, Sydney Sheldon, Robert Kiyosaki, Amitava Ghosh and so on!
Suddenly the publishing houses seem to care less about what are the ingredients and more about the dish. Like all they want is the green notes flowing into their bank accounts and their sales rising each day. But little do they realize that soon days will come when readers won't even bother looking at the cover, forget the summary. No offence to all those writers out there. I mean everyone has the same monotonous style and story line. I know its a very sensitive and controversial topic and i might be hated for this post but hey its a democratic country and freedom of speech is prevalent.
Every other person is just trying to be Chetan Bhagat. One of him is good but too many of them is just too much! If you wanna talk about your life and love and relationships, keep a blog or write a journal. Its a bitter truth but we have our own lives to deal with rather than reading about yours. The media anyway makes sure we know about the celebrity life in and out and there's that to deal with. And if you love writing why not write something more adventurous or creative. I am not giving you some free piece of advice here, just letting out the word of how the whole trend of the section of so called 'romance' in the bookshelf is slowly fading away and how we readers go back to the authors who made us got committed to reading. We don't want a bacon collection here.
keep reading and keep writing!
cheers :)
I love reading and as i pick new ones every time when i have the urge to read, i visit online stores to buy books. For the past few weeks as I have been browsing through some books to order on flipkart, I came across these list of books by Indian authors (specifically 'cause i didn't find any except the indians and no, don't judge me, its not that i am not being a good citizen and criticizing my own fellow citizens. Just telling what i noticed.) and all had the same story line- love, relationship, sex, flings,college life and family issues. Its like suddenly everyone has started writing their autobiography on the basis of the little life that they have lived till date. No, there's nothing wrong in writing and in fact i encourage people to write 'cause its a very good habit. Just that if every college student starts writing about their college life and relationships, then its sad for us who love reading Paulo Coehlo, Sydney Sheldon, Robert Kiyosaki, Amitava Ghosh and so on!Every other person is just trying to be Chetan Bhagat. One of him is good but too many of them is just too much! If you wanna talk about your life and love and relationships, keep a blog or write a journal. Its a bitter truth but we have our own lives to deal with rather than reading about yours. The media anyway makes sure we know about the celebrity life in and out and there's that to deal with. And if you love writing why not write something more adventurous or creative. I am not giving you some free piece of advice here, just letting out the word of how the whole trend of the section of so called 'romance' in the bookshelf is slowly fading away and how we readers go back to the authors who made us got committed to reading. We don't want a bacon collection here.
keep reading and keep writing!
cheers :)
