Self-help is Amrut Dekhmukh's favourite genre, but reading fiction, he says, has made him more empathetic. Pic/ Sushil Dhanawde

Thane-based Amrut Deshmukh was out one evening to catch a movie with a friend. There were still 15 minutes to go for the show, so Deshmukh, an avid reader, decided to share what he loved about his latest read with the friend. "The book was Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and after I was done narrating, my friend told me that it felt like he had read the book himself," shares Deshmukh. "Why don't you do something with book summaries?" he suggested, as the two settled in their seats. The film was a haze, and by the time the interval was announced, Deshmukh was out of the theatre. He knew what he had to do, and it couldn't wait.