Gen Y looking for books on religion, meditation

[cbayer]

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/gen-y-looking-for-books-on-religion-meditation/article4279303.ece


A visitor browses through pages of a religous book at a stall in Vijayawada Book Festival in Vijayawada. Photo: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar

They are exploring ways to overcome stress

The exploration of spirituality is attracting readers. Despite a tough climate for book sales, religious titles are steadily growing in popularity. Most of the stalls of Telugu publishers have prominently displayed the spiritual books in the 24th Vijayawada Book Fair in the city.

The buyers are mostly high school and college students, young professionals and homemakers - in the age-group of 17 to 35. The visitors are, generally, looking for self-help guides, meditation techniques, Indian philosophies, mythologies and puranas.

Bhagawadgita, Ramcharitmanas, complete works of Swami Vivekananda, Valmiki Ramayanam, Suondarya Lahari, Saibaba Charitra, Vrata Kalpa, numerology, palmistry are a few books to mention.

Gorakhpur-based Gita Press is one of the oldest publishers of religious books in India, substantiates the trend. The publishers have stacked a wide range of titles, including Bhagavad Gita, Ramcharitmanas and Bhakt Charit, the three most popular titles.

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[trotsky]

1. You didn't include a link. n/t

[BlueStreak]

2. Starting to realize they can't remain 21 forever, are they?

That is the scam offered by almost every religion: some form of eternal life.

But you must act now. Call this number today and we'll throw in an EXTRA LONG ETERNITY. That's right, 2 eternities for the price of one. You pay only the extra processing and handling charge. After all, delivering an extra eternity ain't cheap.

[cbayer]

3. Sorry, forgot the link. Actually they are looking for something quite different than that.