old is gold, new too..

Reading the books published latest is considered by many highbrows as the ultimate in scholarship and knowledge..

But a plain reading of Vedas, Mahabharatham, Illiad or Zend Avesta or  Koran or Bible.. 

or the works of Socrates or Russel or Radhakrishnan, Keats, Kumaran Ashaan or Kalidasa can really do a lot.. to add to our knowledge and aesthetic tastes..

Chembai or MS cannot be replaced by any avant gadre voice or noise..