In a day, filled with online meetings, presentations and never-ending instagram reels, choosing yet another screen to catch up on your reading might not seem like a smart idea. But what if it actually was? What if your experience of getting through your favourite books were so much better because you chose to hear them out and not actually read them? And why spend days trying to read long and heavy books when there are apps that summarise them to just 30 minutes? 

Are you one of those who might be hesitant about mixing technology and reading habits?  In this episode, we speak to to Arpita & Shoumik who join us from Bangalore and have been using tech to make time for their daily reading amidst their very busy schedules. Arpita is a Chief Marketing Officer for a large enterprise software firm who has been talking to me about her love for audio books for a while now. Her husband Shoumik is the CEO & Co-founder of a startup called Lightmetrics and happens to be a big fan of the Kindle. We talk about their transition to the new way of reading and how that's helped them read more books and in fact also appreciate physical books a lot more.

An interesting read recommended by Soumik: When Listening to a Book Is Better Than Reading It

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