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Responses to Sticklish Issues dated July 23

From the day the release of the book was announced, the most talked about topic around the world was the fate of Harry.

Even as boys and girls are now more attracted to browsing, chatting and SMS’, the Potter novels have definitely encouraged the reading habit among them. The coming generation will hesitate to believe that millions of copies of the novels were bought by the young and old alike. While we admire everything that is Western, the Harry Potter series is not an exception to our craze for anything foreign. It will be in the interest of the younger generation if schools, parents and grandparents tell them about Indian parables that inculcate moral values.

S. Nallasivan, Tirunelveli

On the positive side, the Pottermania has rekindled the reading habit among students, which would help them improve their language skills.

T.S. Sundareswaran, New Delhi

Over the years, Harry Potter sequels have not only managed to pull in more fans but also the art of media management seems to have been perfected. The super-publicity and coverage have led to the frenzy. Like any other mania, this too has its flip-side. One cannot forget the accidents that happened during the Superman movies.

Pulkit Soni, Indore

Though the Harry Potter series is gripping, the publicity it has received is exaggerated. There are many other good books and authors that are crying for attention.

K.V. Rao, Bangalore

More than the story and characters, Ms Rowling has succeeded in creating a Pottermania. The media has been carrying stories about children and parents queuing up to buy the book, and so on. It was perhaps one of the greatest successful advertisement strategies of the century. But many schools and parents are discouraging their children from reading Harry Potter books as they feel that the books would leave an undesirable impact on the minds of children.

A. Jacob Sahayam, Thiruvananthapuram

Newspapers are agog with reports about the frenzy over the latest and last Harry Potter novel. The rather mysterious factor about the unprecedented craze is that the majority of them are adults. Fiction as such appeals to both the young and the old .

The Pottermania seems to have got children back into reading, but it seems to have become some sort of addiction. On the whole, the book would not create any lasting effect — good or bad.

T.R. Anandan, Coimbatore

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