ENGLISH || I PLEAD THAT YOU READ ||

Added: 2026-06-10

[00:01:03]BVB second semi English next step like I plead that you read by Shashi Tharoor and I'm going to discuss about that.

[00:01:10]So now first Shashi Tharoor let's look at Shashi Tharoor is a renowned Indian author, politician, diplomat and public intellectual. He served for many years at the United Nations and later become member of parliament in India. Tharoor is known for his excellent command of English, insightful writing, strong advocacy of education, literature and democratic values. Through his books, essays and speeches he encourages readers to think critically and engage with the world around him.

[00:01:37]Introduction to chapter I plead that you read. I plead that you read is an essay in which Shashi Tharoor highlights the importance of cultivating the habit of serious reading especially among young people. He expresses concern over the decline of deep reading in the digital age where people spend more time on social media, text message and short online content that on books.

[00:01:56]The essay emphasizes that reading is not merely an academic activity, but also a source of knowledge.

[00:02:15]So, serious reading is declining among young people.

[00:02:25]digital format will be a learning short form content attention span referring to scholarly research and his own childhood experiences. He emphasizes that reading is essential for personal development and informed citizenship. In the era of fake news and misinformation, their ability to read critically and either fake informations and and then fake news is misinformation over the summit to is summit to in general reading and reading and reading and reading and reading critically reading by important other and other reading where literature matter and then education matter but survival of democracy and important so society and the active strong reading culture promote by the end and then reading and the main themes and then we can discuss them. First is decline of serious reading.

[00:03:21]I think young people are reading less serious and long form literature. less serious and the content I would like to see this content in there. long form literature content in there.

[00:03:33]Digital reading is often fast, superficial and lacks depth. fast and superficial and and then depth in there and then reading Books are increasingly viewed as only a study material rather than source of pleasure and learning.

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[00:05:36]Reading promotes freedom, awareness, responsible citizenship. Need for action. Action in the in the in the in the in the in the in the in the in the in the in the in the in the in the in Reading habits across society. That is cool.

[00:05:50]reading habits across society. That is school scholars advocate investment in reading education and research. Research new reading education invest in fortune with conducted. Government schools and community should encourage reading culture.

[00:06:05]Warning about the future. That you sites Margaret Atwood who wants if reading and writing declines literacy and democracy may So literacy democracy in the world random and all the music video on reading and all the video on the internet reading and all the video on the internet declined in the future of literature and democratic society depends on maintaining strong reading habits. The future of democratic society in the dependent in the internet strong reading habits in the dependent in the internet