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BEWARE OF JUNK LITERATURE!



The world has caught up with a new trend. Today, people all over the world consume large amounts of junk literature. Just as people are fond of junk food, people are fond of junk literature. Mostly junk food is consumed by people for convenience and taste. But its high calorie content, high fat content and in most cases high spice content open avenues to enter a large number of diseases into our body. Many deficiency diseases, cardio-vascular diseases, obesity and ulcers are common with those people who consume large amounts of junk food.
Similarly, those who consume large accounts of junk literature are likely to suffer many diseases. Hopelessness, depression, violence and emotional outbreaks can be taken as the results of consuming large amounts of junk literature. Unfortunately, many of the best sellers today come under the category of junk literature. The authors and their publishers promote them mindlessly for mere economic gains.
Though it is very difficult to identify junk literature in the public domain, the following features can be used to recognize them: 1) works displaying unusual fantasy, 2) works stimulating erotic desires, 3) works lacking purpose other than entertainment, and 4) works denying human reason and moral existence.
            Beware of junk literature! It cannot nourish our mind. It cannot uplift our moral existence. It cannot lift our spirit and vigil our conscience. It is often for convenience that people choose junk literature for reading. They come in attractive packages and easy composition. They are easy to read and can be completed in one sitting. But the after effects of reading them are as dangerous and as numerous as the after effects of consuming junk food.
            Most of these bestselling junk literature works come in ‘use and throw’ module. The authors and their publishers know very well that the value of them will come to an end after the first reading. After that these books will end up in dust bins. Hence, they limit the quality of such books to ‘use and throw’ module.

            Beware of junk literature. Man is the most precious creation in the universe. He is a spiritual, moral and conscientious being. He needs nourishment for his mind on an everyday basis. He needs more than junk literature to achieve this task.

Comments

  1. Anonymous16 June 2015 at 19:20

    Yaa, this is a big concern.

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  2. TAACHAL16 June 2015 at 19:21

    Yes, this is absolutely true. The junk literature is as harmful as junk food.

    ReplyDelete

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