I was honoured to a Resource Person for Book Reviewing Workshop by Podar Intl School ......

I was honoured to a Resource Person for Book Reviewing Workshop by Podar Intl School ......

How original I am when I write and express ........ LbnRaj

How original I am when I write

Whenever I start writing I tend to think that there is nothing new to write about. I realise that whatever I am going to write is either written or expressed by some one already. Then I decided not to read any more so as to avoid duplicating what others write and say. It helped me to some extent. Later I realise that even when I don’t read …. disregard my past readings …. I again and again realise that I am unable to write some thing totally new …. totally of mine. Wow I tend to be write and wrong very often about my habit of writing and publishing. The thought of plagiarism haunts me through out.

To me now, human consciousness is only one ….. across individuals and societies. There can never be  a writing  by some one totally new and unheard of. It is just not possible. Every one thinks, every one forms a stand and every one comes to lifes understandings and learning outcomes. Very few try to express or write. They don’t write and express does not mean that they don’t have ideas, original ideas. It is immaterial whether one writes / expresses or not.

So now I realise, come what may, I will continue to write the way I feel like writing, the way my thoughts and experiences push me to write. If the same is said and expressed by some one, I will acknowledge the same thankfully. When I start writing, I now don’t push myself to verify if the same is being written or expressed by some one some times. Let me continue to be spontaneous come what may. Let me continue to be proud of myself when my thoughts are found to be similar to the great thinkers. Let me continue to be exploring … let me continue to evolve the way I do and think. I am what I am and I should continue to be what I am. Let me arrive at what I am by thinking and writing about what I am.

Lbn Rajashekhar Devarai

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Read and be among-st those who thought and expressed for you. LbnRaj.

Reading provides one an exciting space to get connected with the other individual in an unique way. It assists one to relate, reflect and review ones own ideas, thoughts and feelings. Do Read and connect to the ideas, thoughts and feelings of the living and the gone by. Read and be amongst those who thought and expressed for you. LbnRaj.

https://moorunaaku.blogspot.in/ , Rajashekhar Devarai, 13^th Nov 2017

"Unlike the book, the Internet and digitalised reading, at least as they are today, seem more likely to lead to demagogy than to democracy" - Tabish Kair

"Unlike the book, the Internet and digitalised reading, at least as they are today, seem more likely to lead to demagogy than to democracy" - Tabish Kair
"At the moment, with the U.S. election over, it seems clear to me that the book was to democracy what the Internet is to demagogy. Perhaps, looking back at the end of this century, if we still retain the ability to look back then, we will realise that the religious fanatics who actually burned books in the 20th century were by far the lesser threat — and not unrelated, in their refusal to engage with the other and to contemplate themselves in the universe, to the larger threat, to the threat that finally emptied our world of depth, colour, significance, and books." - Tabish Khair .... Read further at : http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/No-space-to-contemplate/article16723421.ece

“With the advent of computers, communications and hand held devices, the idea of Library as a silent Place of Reading is under constant threat.

“A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life”. Norman Cousins

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/library.html

“With the advent of computers, communications and hand held devices, the idea  of Library as a silent Place of Reading is under constant threat. How can Place of library as a venue of silent reading, as a venue where books are shelved the way the knowledge flows in highways and byways, as a venue where you silently meet like minded and unlike minded readers, as a venue where you feel the past and present writers and thinkers live together for the current and future readers. As Norman says it is a venue where history comes to life, present becomes more lively and future comes in  so handy a way.” – LbnRaj ; https://www.facebook.com/LbnRaj

When nothing seems to b happening ...

When nothing seems to b working and every thing seems to b dull and boring, I tend to get into silence or get to read a book." - LbnRaj, https://m.facebook.com/LbnRaj?ref=bookmarks

Know more about speed reading ....

know more about speed reading at : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfHnm8FrPro&list=TLcVyYl_pEGvEwNTA3MjAxNg know more about speed reading .....

On Writing and Reading ......

• Society since times immemorial has continued to place high status and regard to all those who are engaged in Reading and writing and publishing. Un necessarily I (there could be lots of others as well who think this way) keep thinking that I know a lot about reading and writing. After attending Bindu Agrawals workshop (organized by Shishuvan School for Teachers) I once again realize how little I know about reading and writing. She advised participants to get engaged and immersed while reading. I we want kids to get interested in reading we need to engage them sincerely by setting an example. In this regard, what elsewhere matters a lot to the school. 
• Other take homes of the workshop  : : vocabulary has to do a lot with listening, speaking, reading and writing.
• At the age of 2 a child is familiar with 200 words and when the child is 12 years, it knows 50000 words.
• Shakespeare introduced 1700 new words.

Online Event on Reading Beyond Reading

Online Event on Reading Beyond Reading ...... read further at : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-beyond-reading-tickets-24620392256?aff=efbnreghttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-beyond-reading-tickets-24620392256?aff=efbnreg

Good News ! Doctors, Librarians, Teachers, Parents and Educationists !

Good News ! Doctors, Librarians, Teachers, Parents and Educationists !

Event on Bibliotherapy on 26^th May 2016 at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai

Thank you for your interest in our event "Bibliotherapy: Restorative Power of Reading". Bond over booklists and discover the joys of reading with Literary Agent, Sherna Khambatta, Author & Storycoach, Anupa Mehta and Bibliotherapist, Sonia Mackwani along with Anchor Chintan Girish Modi as they guide lapsed readers back toward a good book and prescribe novels for common ailments.  

Day & Date: Thursday, 26th May, 2016 : Time:  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm :  Venue: Essar House - Podium, 11 K.K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400034 ; For any further details,

contact us on 9769937710.

Thank you,

The Avid Learning Team, Avid Learning |  | Essar Group Foundation |Essar House, 11, K.K.Marg, Mahalaxmi,Mumbai-400034 | Maharashtra | India |E avid@avidlearning.in | www.essar.com |

just like that ....

WHILE RETURNING FROM office I resolved to read atleast a couple of pages before I go to bed. ... Ya... finished my dinner... n remembered... that I should read atleast a couple of pages before I retire to sleep.... I felt so much tired to read ... but not to blog, I dont know why n how.

When I got down at Kanjur...I could find processions marking 125 th birth anniversary of the savior of the downtrodden n helpess, Dr BR Ambedkar. Dr Ambedkar is a legend.... a living personification and testimonial of d power of Reading, knowledge and wisdom. What a tremendous personality....n what an example of courage and determination. Worthy of emulation indeed. 

For hundreds n thousands of years he will continue to b in d hearts of d helpless, downtrodden n d weaker sections. Hats off doctor!!!!!

Deciding what to read next?

Would you like to take a READING CHALLENGE? ..... FOLLOW THE LINK : Would you like to take a Reading Challenge?
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Here is a parent who continues to read with her children ..... Mala Balamurugan

"As a generation we are struggling with getting our children to hold a book in their hand, read, explore, think and walk on less traveled paths. We have been looking at ways to get them to leave that notepad, the mobile, the TV aside; even if it was for a little while. Many of us don’t know how to keep them gainfully occupied with something that does not harm them." Mala Balamurugan ...... read further at
http://www.shishuvan.com/wp/?p=7440#comment-20038
Here is a parent who continues to read with her children ..... Mala Balamurugan
REPRODUCED WITH DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE SOURCE. 

Why I read a book a day (and why you should too): the law of 33% | Tai L...

A Non-Reader Turns a Reader! ..... New mile stones in Parenting

A Non-Reader Turns a Reader!

Mala Balamurugan is a former Corporate Banker and currently a mother of two  and a homemaker. Mala realized that the field of education is where she wanted to be and so she recently completed her B.ed and M.com. She is a Parent Representative and active  member of  the Discipline Committee. Her daughter Anaghaa Balamurugan is currently studying in class 3 Karma.  ...... Read further by clicking on the link to know her involvement in Reading Activities and Challenges of Shishuvan School where her daughter studies ..... Worth Reading indeed .....
A Non-Reader Turns a Reader!

(I acknowledge the source of information ie : Shishuvan English Medium School, Mumbai)

"A library takes the gift of reading one step further ....

"A library takes the gift of reading one step further by offering personalized learning opportunities second to none, a powerful antidote to the isolation of the Web." Julie Andrews, actress and Honorary Chair of National Library Week 2008

http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/kidscampaign/kidsquotes

JANANI BALAJI A GRADE 5 STUDENT OF SHISHUVAN ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL MUMBAI BAGGED 3RD PLACE IN BOOK REVIEW COMPETITION

JANANI BALAJI A GRADE 5 STUDENT OF SHISHUVAN ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL MUMBAI BAGGED 3RD PLACE IN BOOK REVIEW COMPETITION CONDUCTED BY YOUNG INDIA BOOKS. SHE REVIEWED THE BOOK TITLED, " Apoorva's Fat Diary". Janani congratulations and best wishes. 

This is how she started her review, "Is Apoorva’s Fat Diary an Indian retort to the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series? A fat girl struggling to survive in a malicious, non-forgiving school world? These were my initial thoughts as I picked this book.

Written by Nandini Nayar and published by Mango Books, this book is indeed a delightful diary of a plump Indian school girl." .......... 

Full text is at http://youngindiabooks.com/article/janani-balaji

http://www.shishuvan.com/

Review of Apoorvas Fat Diary by janani-balaji

A House Without Books

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up children without surrounding them with books.... Children learn to read being in the presence of books. 

— Heinrich MANN (1871-1950)

http://archive.ifla.org/I/humour/subj.htm