Travelling Miles for Books || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: The Life Journey of Acharya Prashant || Acharya Prashant, in conversation (2024)

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00:00So, how you were as a child, were you more into reading books of others?

00:04Yes, I was reading a lot. I was reading upon all things possible.

00:10In fact, my father would specifically plan visits to bigger cities where we had more prominent bookstores,

00:18just so that we could purchase books for me. He was an officer in government service,

00:23so sometimes he would be posted in places that were not quite big and established.

00:29And when we would visit a bookstore, I would never be satisfied with the number of books purchased that particular visit.

00:37So, to get well-stocked bookstores, we needed to travel, and we did.

00:42So, that was a bit remarkable, to travel just so that you can visit a bookstore.