Department of History, University of Mumbai, India, Contact: Paradise Co-Operative Housing Society, 101, 1st Floor, Near St. Charles School, Vakola Village Road, Santacruz(E), Mumbai - 400 055, India, E-mail: jvnaik@hotmail.com.
*Lecture delivered at the 9th Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture Function on 1st June 2010 at Prof. D.N. Marshall Auditorium, Jawaharalal Nehru Library, Univercity of Mumbai, India.
Reading for the intellectual growth is as important as eating for the physical growth of a human being. The advantages of reading are narrated with numerous examples from great personalities. How reading helps to increase the value of education and why reading is all the more important for teachers are discussed.
Education, Reading, Values teachers
