Reading was my favourite pastime since childhood. If I was not dancing, I was reading. Both my parents, GRANDPARENTS are voracious readers and encouraged me to develop reading habit. At home there was already a huge LIBRARY to pick books from. I have many pleasant memories of visiting BOOK shops and exhibitions with my father and buying loads of books, all non-academic of course.

If there was a book club in my city, I was a MEMBER in it. In school also, my favorite subject was English literature. My reading habit almost borders on obsession, my family tells me, ha-ha! In childhood, I started writing poems and subsequently, articles. My mother also writes poems in Odia language and she has been a major motivation behind my writing. Law School and preparation for CIVIL service examinations only enhanced my interest and skills in writing articles.

Reading was my favourite pastime since childhood. If I was not dancing, I was reading. Both my parents, grandparents are voracious readers and encouraged me to develop reading habit. At home there was already a huge library to pick books from. I have many pleasant memories of visiting book shops and exhibitions with my father and buying loads of books, all non-academic of course.

If there was a book club in my city, I was a member in it. In school also, my favorite subject was English literature. My reading habit almost borders on obsession, my family tells me, ha-ha! In childhood, I started writing poems and subsequently, articles. My mother also writes poems in Odia language and she has been a major motivation behind my writing. Law School and preparation for civil service examinations only enhanced my interest and skills in writing articles.