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Namitha Varma is a writer and content marketer based in Bengaluru, India. She is a voracious reader, a music enthusiast and an opinionated social observer.

She has publishing credits in over 35 literary journals: Sahitya Akademi’s journal Indian Literature (May/June 2014), eFiction India, Hackwriters, MadSwirl, Spark The Magazine, Gone Lawn, Kritya, The Bombay Review, The Literary Herald, The Contour, Café Dissensus Everyday, 13th Floor Magazine, FIVE Poetry, Visual Verse, Writers Asylum, Indus Woman Writing, Flash Fiction Magazine, Every Writer's Resource, The Voices Project, Manushi, Postcard Poems and Prose, A Story in 100 Words, Microfiction Monday Magazine, 101 Words, Postcard Shorts, Cuento Magazine, Coffee Shop Poems, and A Little Po
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5 Reasons to Read Fiction

I started a new blog, and the first post on it was my pet topic – reading. I am – well, was, to be honest – a voracious reader (as I told you in my first post). I like fiction more than non-fiction, and I believe that all of us should read novels, plays, and poetry once in a while. And why, you ask?

Here are 5 reasons why I think we all should read fiction.

1. You Improve Your Language

2. You Learn Read more of this blog post »
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Namitha Varma Namitha Varma said: " I loved the imagery, the imagination, the language, the humour - what is there not to like in Terry Pratchett?! A must-read for anyone who likes tickling their brain beyond the normal dimensions of thought! "

 
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