In 1995, UNESCO decided that World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23rd April to celebrate prominent literary figures like William Shakespeare's whose birth and death anniversary fall on this day, along with Miguel de Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's death anniversary.
Presently reading has either become an extinct interest or literature and strong fiction has given way to an infantile obsession with vampires, mythological figures, and chic stories that are laced with mediocre language. This is because today, numerous alternate forms of entertainment are available which requires far less concentration and involvement than reading. World Book Day is a good chance to turn the pages of evergreen classics and bring back the reading habit.
Let us not let the flavour die!
Happy Reading! :)
