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cable TV came to India in early 1990s.

Until them  in my leisure time I used to read books deep into the night. I have been a voracious reader. I picked up books like Dracula, Love Story, To kill a mocking bird,  Arthur Hailey books, PG Wodehouse, Northcoote C Parkinson, most of Bertrand Russel, Dan Brown,  John Grisham, vintage  John Steinbeck  Agatha Christie, charles Dickens, Daphne Du married, Conon Doyle, Jim Corbet's Man-eater hunting novels and so many classics  like Gone with the wind.. It always refreshed  the mind and I enjoyed every moment of reading.

As I said, then we got cable TV. Initially it was giving interesting short serials (at the cost of books though) with hardly any ads. But as time rolled on ads kept interfering with viewing and then it became nauseating. I stopped watching TV except for a few live international events.

Smartphone came as a relief.  In the beginning there were no ads.But then ads started appearing and now they are killing the  internet too. Some popular social networking sites have lately become unbearable. Then there is issues like privacy breach.

Where do we go from here?

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Yogi Ramcharak

In 1904 , in his book "Fourteen lessons in yoga philosophy and Oriental occultism" Yogi RamCharak maintained that human body had an electromagnetic field. And 'infallible' scientists mocked him for this . In the fifties scientist discovered that human body has indeed an electromagnetic field.

Yogi RamCharak was none other than chicago based
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932).  He was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement.

This book is available for FREE online download. It will answer all your questions about the unknown -- thought reading, human aura and it's colours, life after death, the third eye and much more. A five star book in style, communication and content.

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Of books and knowledge

Lot of people love to read novels. Whether you turn pages, read a tablet, a good book can be a perfect relaxation aid and source of information. 

There are all sorts of story  books -- from DRACULA to JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL. Lately research based novels have gained popularity. These books, while telling a story, inform you about so many things. Arthur Hailey was perhaps amongst the first such writers. Take for example his HOTEL which gives you a good idea about how hotels industry runs..

One book of this genre is ROBIN COOK's  "TOXIN".  Try to get hold of it. It gives you a horrendous picture of the backstage activities of the fast food joints. It is an eye opener book which anybody who loves to live a healthy life must read.

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