We the members of readers and quiz club conducted a survey based on the topic reading habit among students.We interviewed Mr. Hari, Manager of the H&C Stores, Palakkad. We conducted our survey in Malayalam.The transcript in English given below-
Surya: Good Morning Sir, we are KV Kanjikode Readers Club
members and we are here to do a survey on reading habit.
Mr. Hari: Ok
We introduced ourselves and started the interview.
Nirupam: Sir, how many have you been in this business?
Mr. Hari: So many years. I am in this branch for about 12
years
Vishnu: Sir do you take book selling as a profitable
business?
Mr. Hari: It is not run as only a profitable business. We
help in improving the reading habit. We are playing our part in it.
Nirupam: In the past years, whether the sale of books
increased or decreased?
Mr. Hari: There are differences in the sale every year. We
have not taken an exact statistics yet.
Vishnu: Generally it is said that the reading habit is on
the decline. What is your opinion?
Mr. Hari: It is a fact that the reading habit is decreased.
It is other medias like Television etc now all are interested in. When we
consider that reading habit has decreased.
Nirupam: Do you read the books available in your shop?
Mr. Hari: We are not... in fact, we do not have the time to
read.
Vishnu: Which books you sell most?
Mr. Hari: We mainly deal educational books here. Other books
also we sell here. That also sold well.
Nirupam: You also publish books, do you think it as
profitable?
Mr. Hari: It is not only about profit. As I mentioned
earlier it is mainly for creating the reading habit among the people. All the
books we publish are low cost books of Rs. 10 or 20 only that too stories,
poems etc that children like to read.
Vishnu: Almost all the books you publish are aimed at
children. Why is it so?
Mr. Hari: That right. We publish books that are required by
the children.
Nirupam: We are saying that the reading habit is declining.
At the same time, more and more new publishers are coming. What is the motive?
Mr. Hari: There are so many children who are interested in
reading. Majority of the children are 90% interested in games and all. But
still there is demand.
Vishnu: Through your store, can you do something to
inculcate reading habit among the students?
Mr. Hari: We are trying to do that. If the students also
cooperate with us, we can do it without much difficulty.
Nirupam and Vishnu: Thank you sir.
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