Library

Coming in support of Mysuru librarian Syed Issaq, whose library was burnt to ashes, the netizens have raised Rs 13 lakh to reconstruct his library. Reportedly, the private-run library was allegedly burnt by anti-Kannada miscreants on April 9. However, now social media has become a silver lining for the 62-year-old librarian, who was determined to rebuild it even alone. Reportedly, the library consisted 11,000 books on different religions.

To instill the reading habit, a team of IT professionals and engineers have begun a mobile library in Maharashtra. With over 10 lakh majorly donated books, the 'Let's Read India' movement’s GPS-enabled vans can be tracked via its website and app. Moreover, with an aim to bring back people from social media to books, the mobile library mandates readers to submit a 300-word summary while returning the book issued.

Kolkata now has its first boat library cruising on the Hooghly river with about 500 English and Bengali books. The initiative was jointly launched by a heritage book store and the State Transport Corporation. The boat library named 'Young Readers' Boat Library' will carry bibliophiles for a three-hour round-trip between Millenium Park and Belur Math jetty. Schedule to run on all weekdays, the boat-library will also organize storytelling,… read-more

PM Modi has proposed creating a Buddhist library to help the research and dialogue process between India and Japan. Speaking at the sixth India-Japan Samvad Conference, PM Modi has recommended collecting traditional Buddhist literature and scriptures across the world and make it available for Monks and scholars.  He added that the translated documents and research would help to tackle modern problems through the principles of Buddhism.