Manappuram Geetha Ravy Public School

 A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only once. – George R.R Martin.  Is this really true? Is reading that important? Wondering why parents and teachers encourage us to read a lot? I always had these thoughts dancing through my mind whenever anyone spoke about reading.  Often, we kids think reading is boring, not attractive, it’s too long or we have an image of grandma sitting with books and that’s precisely a few reasons why we don’t even give reading a chance. Reading has a lot more to offer than any other hobby. Reading helps us practice imagination by letting the words describe a certain image while the reader manipulates the picture in mind. When we start reading in such a way each book takes us to a new height of imagination.  In the famous Harry Potter series, J K Rowling uses the famous spell ALOHOMORA (The one that Hermione uses to unlock doors in the first book) to the doors of our imaginative minds and takes us int...

  India is one of the leading contributors of international migrants with a whopping 32 million Indians settled in different parts of the world. The Indian diaspora is spread across all parts of the world. Ever wondered why Indians are in high demand globally??? The Indian education system is robust that delivers highly skilled individuals, hence they are in high demand, especially for highly skilled jobs. Some Indian universities are ranked among the top global universities. Indians are also believed to be hardworking and extremely reliable. But is this only the current scenario?   Throwback to the reigning period of  Kumaragupta I  of the Gupta dynasty in the 5th century CE. He, built Nalanda University to impart an excellent system of education to its students. Located in the primaeval Magadha region (modern  Rajgir ), which is about 90 kilometres from Patna towards the Southeast, it is the world’s oldest residential university i.e. the students and sch...