Chandigarh 3 Feb -A Talk session"" BOOKS OR DRUGS- YOUTH THE CHALLENGE OF TODAY "" was held at Chandigarh Press Club , a team of authors raised concerns on indulgence of youth in drugs and there is no denying the fact that today's youth has lost touch with books . Reading among the youth has deteriorated in such a way that it raises concerns among the literature loving class of the society said Kailash Ahluwalia .
Students are under pressure for performance and the concept of intrinsic value addition is now a long lost idea. In an age, when browsing the Internet, playing with cell phones and sending SMS seem to be the order of the day, reading a book in a peaceful corner of a library has become an archaic idea for most of the people , said Ayushman Sinha, whose second fiction novel IDEE FIXE is available now.
But the culture of reading books is crucial for independent knowledge acquisition and lifelong learning. It builds in a person the essential attributes for self-advancement and national development, said Prem Vij .
But today, taking majority of the free time, Internet, mobile phones, social sites, TV and entertainment programmes occupy the minds of the modern youth and quite a lot of them are indulged in drugs added Ashok Nadir . Authors Present on the occasion were Deepak Sharma , Pragya Sharda , Varinder Sharma , Sushil hasrat, Nimmi Vashisht .