Is literature readership depleting in India?

Fast food, erratic life style, heavy competition, life has become too fast nowadays, leaving us with little time for having a cup of coffee in our balcony and reading a book.

But is it a fact that there is a decline in readership in the country? If you believe me it is not. Yes, it may sound strange but on the contrary I feel that readership is increasing day by day.

This I believe it due to the advent of online bookstores and online books. The more easier it is to find, buy and read a book, the more will be its readership and same is happening nowadays.

I remember my school days, hardly there were few students who were interested in books and took literature books from the school library but now I see lot more students talking about books.

There has been an increase in exposure, initially literature was confined to a selected few, who used to visit libraries and participate in discussions and were a part of that ‘covert’ literary circles, now I feel this circle has become more democratic.

We have a fast life, so don’t have time to visit a library or a bookstore and browse books, that too during official hours because bookstores remain open during official hours. But with an online bookstore we could browse it even at 2 am!

Moreover, it would take hours to find the books we are looking for in a library or a bookstore, in an online bookstore it is available at the click of a mouse. We can not only browse through millions of titles but can also read and buy books online within minutes.

So despite the fact that there are so many critics of online books, I still believe that they are beneficial for the book lover community.

Happy Reading!