Reading has always been a hobby. My parents often recount how even as a toddler i would sit with some book peering into it and trying to make sense of the scrawls.LOL

And as i commenced reading in school, i started lapping up all the text books and picture books which my parents often bought me. Slowly i graduated to more wholesome reading along with comic books and picture magazines.

Since I have to currently just list the 5 books which were my favourite in my childhood, i guess i will have to do a lot of contemplations. I had a lot of favourites. I still have a lot of these books in tip top condition and as and when time permits, i do re-read these books.

So here come my list......(hope we have a lot in common)

1: Amar Chitra Katha : these are my favourites even today. Right from Mythology to biographies to folk tales and stories.. everything in picture form.

2: Indrajal Comics : I still remember the good ol days of Phantom,Bahadur and Mandrake. Unfortunately, today Indrajal is no more. :-( I still wish i had stored all of my indrajals.(I had then traded them with my classmates for some other trivia.)

3: Richie Rich : Yup the ’’Poor Little Rich Boy’’. I just adored him. I loved his yellow hair and i loved his simplicity in that filthy richness. As a child i would often pretend that I was Richie Rich and would find diamonds and precious material. What a pity i do not own even one copy of these wonderful comics.(I used to read them in my local library then)

4: William Series: Heard of these? These were a series of books by Richmond Crompton. The main character was a British lad as naughty and funny as children are at that age between 9 - 12. I loved reading those books.(Shh.. dont tell anyone plzz. but i managed to flick one from my friend. But that she didnt miss it is another stroke of luck.)

5: Malory Tower Series : These famous series by the famous authoress Enid Blyton were a great hit with me. I loved the Boarding school and the characters in the series. At that time I was totally convinced that there did exist a real ’’Malory Towers’’ and pestered my mom a lot to send me there. Somehow the life in boarding school was so idealized and magnetic then. Today As i reflect back, I do realize that we do need schools like the one in those series.

Ahahaaaaaa. There i have managed to compress my list of favourites. Not a great literary attempt though.

Pals, dont be surprised if at a later date i do update my list!! :-)