The habit of reading for pleasure is rapidly disappearing among students worldwide. From the US and UK to India, digital distractions, early screen exposure, academic pressures, and eroded family reading routines are replacing books with phones and apps. Research from Stanford and Harvard highlights declining fluency, attention, and critical thinking, underscoring urgent cognitive, social, and educational consequences.source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/reading-for-pleasure-you-are-one-of-the-few-reports-warn-students-are-paying-high-price-by-skipping-books/articleshow/123590801.cms