Essay on Novel Reading
There were, and not so very long ago, some old fashioned and narrowly religious people who actually condemned novel reading as wrong.
There were, and not so very long ago, some old fashioned and narrowly religious people who actually condemned novel reading as wrong.
Most of us judge a novel in terms of our likes and dislikes. We judge it according to the impression it makes on our mind. Our judgement depends on our special bias. Some like a sweet romantic story,—the sweeter, and the better.
Of all the books that I have read, I like Bibhuti Bandopadhya’s novel "Pather Panchali", Saga of the Wayside. Today it has been filmed and its film version, done by renowned director Satyajit Ray, has won international recognition.