Bhopal, Apr 12: "A hobby is hard work you wouldn't do for a living". A hobby is that activity which is carried on in leisure time. Hobby in the modern sense is recreation. It is a means of recreation and not to earn money. It is a pastime. Hobbies differ from person to person. There are many, as many hobbies as there are men and women are in the world. Tastes differ and so do hobbies. Hobbies are practiced for interest and enjoyment, rather than financial reward. Some one may have stamp collecting as his hobby while another may find pleasure in reading book, painting, collecting coins, photography, swimming, gardening and kite flying. A hobby gives delight and helps in passing the leisure time. In the Middle Ages, falconry was a very popular pastime (what today might be called a hobby) was perhaps the most popular. A hobby on the other hand is an activity, which is carried on entirely for the sake of pleasure, which it gives.

Swaplesh, a student of B.A final year, says gardening is my hobby. 'I derive great pleasure from this hobby. At the back of my house, there is a small plot of land and I grow flowers and some season vegetables on this plot. "I do not allow my hobby to come in the way of my studies". I carry on gardening only in my spare time.

Cooking is the hobby of Kamini Solanki. 'I like very much to cook different types of food. It encompasses a vast range of methods, tools and combination of ingredients to improve the flavour of food. I also like reading books and novels.

Smirti is working woman; her hobby is reading books. She reads novels and current affairs related books. According to her, it is useful in many ways. It gives me pleasure apart from enhancing my knowledge. It refreshes me when I am tried after the day's hard work.

Niraj Haksar who works in computer field, said that my hobby is play game in computer, when I get time then I like to spend my time with computer game.