Increasing distance from books  

Vijay Garg 

 

  The desire to learn something as soon as possible makes human beings different from other living beings. The things that play the most important role in this continuous journey of intellectual development are books on spirituality, science, music, literature, art etc. There have been times when it was believed that books will gradually disappear from this world. For example, when radio, television, internet came, it was said who will read books now? Now all the informationDespite being present on your screen, the demand for books remains the same but the availability of books may disappoint us all. Smartphones and internet are accessible to the masses in the country. The young generation is reaping the benefits of this revolution. During the corona epidemic, there was a rift between teachers and students, people were imprisoned in their homes, no social relations were taking place. Then people were connected to each other through smartphones but when this item of our need became our habit, it is not known that the younger generation started playing games., started wasting their time in watching videos, chatting etc. This is a concern for all of us. The important thing it took away from us is Patience As we progress along the path of development, our patience is waning. It usually takes a week to finish a single book. Due to waning patience, a large section has stopped reading books and In the early days when I started watching movies, Hindi movies used to be two and a half to three hours long. Then the filmmakers kept decreasing the audienceDue to tolerance, the films have been shortened further, now the films are completed in a maximum of two hours But people's patience is no longer witnessing watching a two-hour movie. A large section has started watching fifteen to twenty-minute videos on YouTube. is just a one-minute video A step ahead of entertainment reels in a minute, the 'meme' trend has emerged, an image created in such a way that it can make people laugh in just a few minutes.Entertainment in seconds It's better to spend a week reading a book than laughing at a meme in seconds. Who is responsible for this? We are always in a hurry. In this age of competition, we don't have time to read books. We are still running. For example, spending time with the elderly, gardening, going for morning walks, talking to the young children of the area, etc. are the most important aspects of today's era.In, far from reading a book, people don't even want to buy a book The condition of Hindi literature is even worse. English is the language of business, so people are forced to study Hindi, Punjabi is the language of love, so large population is ignoring it, popularity of Hindi Punjabi newspapers is also decreasing among the youth. People of the Hindi belt are also reading English newspapers in the process of getting out of the competition. Why is this happening? Why is the young generation turning away from Hindi books and newspapers? Decreasing patienceAlso, is there any other part that needs to be worked on? Readers are declining Need a discussion on how to bring them back The internet will trap people in its network even if they don't want to Your time on the internet will be wasted in such a way that you will start to enjoy instead of guilt What Is this pleasure possible through books and newspapers? Can't knowledge on the internet be made easily available through books and newspapers? It is not only the responsibility of the writers and editors, but more of themReaders too We should all take a vow that we will read at least two books in a month Knowledge takes time Patience is the key to knowledge Of course, one should be entertained by watching the dance in Reels. Can, but the knowledge that is obtained from books, it is impossible to get elsewhere, so it is important to love books .