The Reading Coach launches book on benefits of reading and perils of scrolling
It was a packed audience at NGMA, including eminent names like Dr Swati Popat Vats of President of Podar, Rajiv Mehta of the Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust, Silicon Valley leadership mentor Ravi Gundlapalli, Prerana Langa, CEO Aga Khan Agency for Habitat India, business owners, students and avid readers.
Nidhi Choudhari, director NGMA presided over the book launch as the very learned Dr Rati Godrej offered insights about how reading offers benefits, as potent as augmenting the longevity of human life itself. Author Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta, lovingly known as 'The Reading Coach' steered an exciting discussion that traversed the journey of the human brain, the acquisition of language and our ability to read, and how reading transformed us as a species. As it was time to unveil the cover of the book, Publisher Sohin Lakhani of Embassy Books did the honours, along with Dheeraj Gupta, founder Jumboking.
“This is an extremely important and relevant book for every student , parent and professional given the daily demands of digital technology in our lives," said Dr Rati Godrej, who had received an advance copy in preparation of the book launch.
"A reader is a leader, reading can connect us to places and to people. Reading makes a full man, not full of ego but full of awareness, full of understanding and full of surroundings, so do read, " said Nidhi Choudhari, Director, National Gallery of Modern Arts (NGMA), while addressing the audience.
"Loss of skills due to lack of reading and its long-term impact on humanity, bothers me. This is why I became a reading coach," said author Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta at the launch. The book launch was followed by an engaging Q&A by a very involved audience.
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