Anika Alam Purba read O' level literature in 2010, she appeared the exam in private and later 'drifted' to medicine. She'll soon be a certified professional, but she still has good memory of what she did as a student of literature. Interestingly, she gave the O' level exam by the end of her ninth grade and received "A" in her first public exam.
Yesterday Purba met Logophiles literature students who are currently in class IX, just like Purba herself was more than half-a-decade ago. She happily prattled about how reading literature shaped up her opinion of things, how she became bold, or how she realized 'never' to judge anyone. She spoke in length how to write the answers in the exam hall - reminding us that she never prepared any answer for the exam and that all her responses to the questions in the exam hall was done 'extempore'! 
She has made a few points, a few of which strike so fundamental to reading literature. Some of her quips: 1) Literature should be made mandatory to every children; b) reading helps one to understand others; c) one should be prepared to empathize with a villain - this helps you understand human mind; d) in exams try to infuse a soft reference to other books and characters (of course do go astray); e) take a lot of notes, use these notes to help you express your mid; f) one must be able to express one's thoughts without feeling guilty. She spoke in length about her favourite books, and others joined in the discussion with raised eyebrows, approving smiles, little grunts of surprises, and happy acceptance at the fact that Purba comes for the same school they all currently study in.
Purba left us with a promise to come back again in a not so very long time.
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