Nothing has changed! & Everything has changed!

Nothing has changed! & Everything has changed!

They say that reading will change your life.

Where does it change?

Same summer, same cold, same rain.

And

Same boredom, same weariness.

Nothing has changed.

The only mode of reading has changed to books, PDFs, Kindles.

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They said that if you study, you can go to work.

I am going to work because I believe it.

I would have become a politician if I had not believed and studied.

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Ponni river must be seen

If you look at Tirupur, there is dye waste.

If you look at our town, there is a sewage system.

It is up to you to tell what your hometown looks like.

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They don't study Tamil. They say they study a lot in English.

Which is called cosmopolitan.

Those who have never been to school in villages read Rani Varandri over and over again.

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If you are seen reading with a newspaper in your hand, they say you are still reading the paper.

I will read until they stop publish.

What will the tea shopkeepers do if they stop publish?

I think paper factories will come up to wrap vada, bonda and samosas.

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