With technology influencing various aspects of life, the youth nowadays are increasingly opting for the internet and e-readers instead of books.
Vishal Gupta a teacher said that use of internet among youths is increasing due to wide range of material available on internet. Students find internet more interesting and more accessible as compared to books.
He also said that using internet is not bad but books have their own importance as the information found in books has much higher chance of being accurate than the information found on internet.
Another teacher, Subhash Rawat said that internet sometimes provide unreliable and inaccurate information as it contains judgement of different individuals but books are written by experienced authors.
Books consist of more concise and reliable information than internet, he added. Ashish Narayan Sharma of Narayan's Books n More, said that it is true that students these days are preferring internet to books but sales of books have not decreased as many people believe that books are easy to read and more enjoyable than reading on the internet.
He also said that for the last two years the trend of internet has increased among the students. Student Saumya Dobhal said that internet is more accessible and cheaper than books.
"We have to buy or borrow the books from the shop or library, but when we read books from internet we don’t need to borrow so it saves time and energy both."
Another student Deepika Belwal said that reading books on the internet is more interesting compared to books and one can search material conveniently.
She also said that internet gives answer to almost every question faster than books. These days’ most of parents are so busy that they themselves prefer kids to surf net rather than searching for books, she added.
Richa said that internet is more accessible and reasonable than books because for latest information we have to buy new edition of book. Internet gives latest details compared to books and it also gives images and visuals so one can see and learn more, she added.