Long back, a Roman philosopher Cicero had accepted and proclaimed this immortal concept that in the soul and the heart of every home there resides the books with its enticing and alluring aroma spread all over the apartment.
Years after this historic event, Roald Dahl one of the most prolific of modern writers in English vehemently echoed the aforesaid judgement with a different declaration. He recommended to uninstall the television set and opined to install a bookshelf in the drawing room or Living room, even though it welcomes the anger of ‘children’s association’.
“Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books,
Ignoring all the dirty looks,” ……Television (1960)
Technological and social advancement has given birth to stylised apartments in the posh societies. Rooms are bedecked with various paints, curtains, designs, furniture as well as glittering combinations of expensive electronic gadgets. Every item of luxury gives a particular identity to specific corner of a room which parallelly promotes ones social and economic status besides boasting the standard of life.
Presence of a bookshelf in the room adds a different glamour in its very beauty. Decent book sets of short stories, novel, drama, fiction and non-fiction together flaunt a distinguished admirable presence in the rack. They all are the true store house of treasure. They are our best friends in all thick and thin of life.
Someone has rightly said, “A person, who is in habit of reading, never feels lonely.”
In the vast ocean of books, there are different waves or topics on which every person can find books that suits one’s test. The living room if accommodates books of one’s own choice, not only works very strongly against all negativity but also ensures a life time insurance against multiple threatening forces.
Milton has rightly said, “A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit treasured and embalmed in its pages for ages and ages.”
Books are our holy guide in all circumstances and they are very constant in forwarding their intimation and sweet commands in our life management system years after years.
They never fight or answer back ruthlessly to give us mental pain and emotional agony but work like silent companion with enlightened, soothing and motivating ideas. They carry this tradition from one generation to another and leave their deep imprint on the minds of even our younger ones.
Writers, essayists, and philosophers of modern era are not excited by the so-called progress and development of the human race. They are saddened to see that today’s children do not any longer read books as ardently as they used to. Books in all cases help in the tremendous growth of the brain of a child and boost their creativity by booming their knowledge store.
The actual development of children’s emotional, psychological, fictional and pedagogical development depends on reading of books and this is only possible if the room houses a bookshelf full of books from all the different subjects’ background.
Reading books soothes our nerves, formats our fluctuating mood, saves us from frequent depressive waves, guards us from sucking insomnia, bestows love and compassion towards one and all and opens many doors of opportunities by congregating and counselling our true potential towards the higher goals of life. It saves us from unnecessary quarrel and turmoil of day-to-day life, eventually adds humanity within ourselves.
The way when soul moves away from the body, our body surrenders and become non-living; absence of books takes away the essence of life from a living room and leaves it with the label of “The Haunted” one. The house without books stands there like a lifeless, powerless and non-energetic four walls of bricks.
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