The Reading Isotope

There is a saying that goes thus, 'You are what you read.' Well, it is true to the extent that whenever one buys a book, he has a goal to achieve. This can be to increase knowledge in a certain area. Some buy to have a great collection of books and stick to their genre that enthuses them. Whatever the topic one wants to read, there forms a opinion because of the facts --that can change-- presented in the way the writer thinks.

Imagine, one reader who wants to know about a certain subject. Maybe he finds the answer to his questions in the book, but the way they are presented and some other facts overlooked bring a picture in his mind. A person reading a book with a left-leaning ideology develops his thinking in the same way. Another, with a right-leaning ideology develops his thoughts in the way portrayed.

The reader, later, becomes a product of this thinking and hence the above phrase.

I read biographies most of the time and these lead to many revelations about my life or what it takes for someone to be like them. Well, they say, history repeats itself and I have witnessed it. Many intellectuals felt their life resembled those of others in history, of a particular category.

Here is an article I penned down a while before. Hence, it is wise to read and revelations strike you at the right moment regarding the same. Fire away!

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