personal diaries: View: The Importance of being a diarist
Type in the word 'diarist' on an internet search engine and an extensive list of well-known people will pop up. Did they have premonitions of fame, leading them to put down their private thoughts for posterity? Or were they simply noting their day's activities and observations as a meticulous exercise of memory? In her book, the latter is what Sharmistha surmises to be the probable reason her father never failed to fit in a late-night date with his diary after his long workday
Source: indiatimes.com
