It wasn’t just English but also Tamil and French stories that sparked Kalki Koechlin 's love for reading. On Book Lover’s Day, Kalki shares having a “nice mixture” in her early years developed her taste for reading. Talking about her growing up years, Kalki says, “My love for books began when I was exposed to multilingual books.
I would read in English but also in French. My mother loved to read and I remember, my grandmother used to send us books. Like for example, I have read the famous book The Little Prince, first in French.
There was also an oral culture of storytelling in our home as I had a nanny, who was Tamilian who would tell me many Indian stories including the Ramayan.” A post shared by Kalki Koechlin (@kalkikanmani) Reading in French, led to her English not being up to the mark in her early school years, shares the actor. “In my boarding school, when I was about 7 or 9, I don’t recall exactly, I was behind in English.
But I had a lovely English teacher, who gave me a huge homework for the summer holiday which included reading some massive books, including Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and a bunch of others. They were difficult for me and my mum had to help me. It was a really challenging but after that, I came back and was on top of the class in English.
I think, reading changed me and I realized the power of reading. I got involved and even very interested in French poetry.” A voracious reader, over the years, she says she “kinda quit read.
