Journeys can be monotonous. Picture a sterile hotel room with a long night to kill; or a 16-hour flight with no hint of sleep. The obvious solution: Video games, TV shows and movies. Sure, there’s that. But here’s a happy, nostalgic truth we discovered while speaking to several frequent flyers. They told ForbesLife India that they still rely on a longtime companion to keep the romance of travel alive: Books. Be it the recliner at an airport or the cramped train bunk, there’s no greater pleasure than snuggling under a blanket and reading away the miles. To paraphrase a popular ad tagline, “Journeys are often made by the books you travel with.”
(This story appears in the July-Aug 2014 issue of ForbesLife India. To visit our Archives, click here.)