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Magic of books in the age of screens
Financial Express Chandigarh
|August 11, 2025
A QUARTER OF a century ago, I visited the central library in the JNU, hoping to find a rare book.
Back then, locating a book wasn't a click away, but an adventure — opening the right drawer, fishing out the right card, going to the right floor, till you found the book.
Reading vs reels Today, when over 900 million Indians have internet access, finding a book is no longer a quest. Yet, paradoxically, we are reading less.
This story is from the August 11, 2025 edition of Financial Express Chandigarh.
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