Nilanjana S Roy: The reading life

Reading never died as a habit, despite the doomsayers, but it changed form

It’s been over 20 years since I first began writing this column. I’d never intended to build half a life on reading – you assume that at some point, the world will tap your shoulder and suggest you get on with something more useful – but to my surprise, that is what happened.  What does it mean to be a reader of books these days? It means being profitably, pleasurably, out of step with the majority, in the same way that a person who finds fulfilment in living on the edge of forests, or near wilderness, is out of step from the vast flow of humanity who ...

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Nilanjana S Roy: The reading life