READING : There is nothing better to do in this world than reading. Reading is one of the few important habits which determines your attitude and behaviour towards life on the whole.  And by reading I don't just mean some fiction novels, i used to be a fiction freak a few years back, but luckily for me, I soon realised that just reading fiction is not gonna help (except for improving your reading speed, i guess - & that's the only benefit, believe me). So, slowly I started reading non - fiction books, books which spoke about how to keep your head right, about how to change your life by changing the way you think (attitude is everything - as i might add). Soon, i found that it was making a big difference in the way I reacted to situations and to other people, as someone  has once said " If you want to lead, you're gonna have to READ".
It started helping me, so then those are the type of books I started reading. And I since then always have a good book in progress of reading as I have made it a habit to read a few minutes each day. It's great !!! Here are a few I would suggest to start off with, ones which I have thoroughly enjoyed reading. Each one is worth it's weight in gold. Click here to review some of my favourite books.

LISTENING : Quite strange, you might think, to list listening as one of my interests. Let me tell you what I mean. Listening implies to a lot of things. It could be listening to music, to educational tapes or simply listening to a person. You know why GOD has blessed us with 2 ears and only 1 tongue. Get a clue. I say this because so often do I come across people who would rather spend their lives talking than stopping and giving someone a ear (not in the literal sense of the word...of course), anyway rather not get into details of that, but it is necessary to learn to listen to other people.
I also like to listen to music. Until some years back as a teenager, I was only listening to hard rock, heavy & trash metal category. But now gradually, I like all kinds of good music, be it English or Hindi. For me yet, it is not an absolute compulsion to listen to music everyday.
And then there are Educational Tapes, which I prefer listening to rather than music, cause they are really fun & you can gain a lot out of them. I'm not talking about school or college education types. But there are tapes available on a lot of subjects which are helpful for personal development, like tapes on attitude development. Try to get the tape on 'The Magic Of Thinking Big' which is based on the book & is done by the author himself. Great Motivational Stuff. There are many other tapes now-a-days available which are based on famous books. I personally feel they are a must for everyone.

MEETING NEW PEOPLE : This is interesting, isn't it ? The world is so full of all different types of people, so much variety in styles, habits, clothing.etc. The best way to understand humans (which are the most complicated species on the face of this earth) is by meeting & interacting with many types of them. Believe me, it is interesting. And when you finally start understanding people on the whole & understand why they behave the way they behave, you have better chances of staying happily with everyone. The best thing that can happen is that you will really start loving your family once you know & understand them. And slowly the world starts to become a better place to live in.
Try it. Next time instead of arguing with someone you don't like, avoid it & try to understand things from the opposite person's view, maybe you will find something you have overlooked. Most important, it is very difficult to get people to our way of thinking, so don't try to force people to think the way you do. And the more number of people you meet, the easier it will be to talk to people & to understand them. Now, I'm not saying that you ought to make everyone a good friend, but to find a few good friends, you will have to go through a lot of people - never stuck you, did it ?

Hey ! This is just what I think. If you like it - Good. If you don't like it - simply skip this page & go to the next one.

There are quiet a few more of my hobbies & interests, but the list would be too long, so I'll keep it to this much.