THE READING ROOM

This blog is primarily for media aspirants as well as young journalists. My aim is to provide links to articles that will enhance their understanding of the media and help them to improve their writing skills, broaden their horizons, and expand their worldview. My hope is that The Reading Room will also help them to become good media professionals.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

"Words. A child needs a forest of words to wander through, a sea of words to splash in. A child needs to be read to, and a child needs to read."

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TWO EXCERPTS FROM A POWERFUL PIECE, "The Gift of Reading", by Frank Bruni, IN THE NEW YORK TIMES: Words. A child needs a forest...

Friday, December 20, 2013

Goodreads tells me I have read 107 books so far this year. Only 107?

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My Year in Books! What I Read in 2013 www.goodreads.com Ramesh Prabhu read 107 books in 2013. See the full list on Goodreads, th...

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Meet the Twitter exec who finds inspiration in the 200 books she reads every year

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Claire Diaz-Ortiz is, according to Wikipedia, an American blogger, author, and speaker who leads social innovation at Twitter. Diaz-Orti...

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Is there a book or two from your past that helped you see yourself and your world in a whole new way?

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Every Sunday morning, I receive Dr Mardy Grothe's e-newsletter: A WEEKLY CELEBRATION OF GREAT QUOTES IN HISTORY (AND ...

Sunday, June 16, 2013

When I want friendly and learned voices to give me advice...

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...on which book to read and why I should read it, I turn to my two prized possessions: and CLIFTON FADIMAN (May 15, 1904 – Jun...

Friday, December 7, 2012

The way you arrange your books says something about you, doesn't it?

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Of all our newspapers, o nly Mint Lounge has the gumption , as far as I know, to devote a whole issue to reading. And only Aakar Patel, one...

Thursday, November 1, 2012

"Cloud Atlas" and the pleasures of re-reading

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I can't remember the last time I enjoyed re-reading a book so much. Actually I can't remember the last time I re-read a book. Beca...

Monday, September 10, 2012

Here's how to make time to read

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I have lost count of the number of times I have urged my students to develop a reading habit only to be told, "We don't have time t...

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

One of my all-time favourite books...

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...reviewed by my all-time favourite blogger (who is a self-described interestingness hunter-gatherer and curious mind at large) : " Ho...

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

A novel you will want to finish reading in one sitting

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CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO READ MY FACEBOOK STATUS UPDATE AND THE COMMENTS. I first came upon The Devotion of Suspect X at the Crossword bo...

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Nine fine reasons to read

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In her 2008 bestselling memoir I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, Nora Ephron (pictured left) offered a tanta...

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Ramesh Prabhu: Bangalore, Karnataka; I have more than 20 years' experience (1981 to 2003) as a journalist in India and Dubai, specializing in selecting and editing news reports and features. From 2003 to 2019, I taught journalism and writing skills to master’s students at Commits, a media college in Bangalore. I joined Cactus Communications ("Serving Science Worldwide") as a copyediting freelancer on October 1, 2019. From the very beginning, I have enjoyed the challenge of working on a new assignment each day. I like to think of every article as a daily crossword puzzle that I need to solve by examining the clues closely. And, finally, when I submit the article that I have tended, I like to think, with love and care, I feel deeply satisfied.

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