Ruskin Bond calls books, “KINGS TREASURIES”, treasuries filled , not with gold, silver and precious stones, but with riches more valuable than these – “knowledge”, noble thoughts and high ideals. Literature is immortal. Ages may change, customs may vary, but still literature hold the same unchanging attraction. The flower that bloom in the morning will sure fade away before the day ends; monuments and mansions that stand in all majesty and grandeur will soon lose their lustures but literature will never change.
June 19 is celebrated as “Reader’s Day” in memory of P N Panicker (Puthuvagil Nanaryana Panicker). Amrita Vidyalayam celebrated June 19 to 25 as Reader’s Week. As a part of the celebration, Sreelekshmi P Kumar of XI gave an effective message to increase reading habits and the importance of reading.
As a part of Reader’s Day celebration Pathanamthitta Muncipality organized a debate on the topic “Importance Of Reading” for all Muncipal area schools on 21st June at Town Hall Pathanamthitta. A well known children story writer Prof. S Shivadas was the chief guest. He gave valuable messages to the students to “Read , Think and dream”. He also gave advice on how to select good books and also told many stories of great writers and many religious books(epics). Many students from our school participated in the debate and were very much inspired from the talk. Sreelekshmi P Kumar,Vaishanv R of class XI, Sruthy Pradeep, Chinmayi, Prageetha, Gopika and Akshaya Anil of class X, Adwaith H Shivam , Aravind S Mudavanal, Aparna S Panicker of class IX Participated in the event.
