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Local initiatives are spreading the magic of public libraries across rural Karnataka -Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta

-The Hindu With children out of school, rural Karnataka is reviving free libraries and creating new ones — with book racks, furniture, posters, work tables and computers I love libraries. I love everything about them — the hush, the slowly spinning blades of the ceiling fan, the sunlight spilling in from tall windows, the magazines lying open on polished wooden tables, the readers slumped over books, taking notes, the rows and endless rows of books on shelves. Half my childhood was spent in libraries. Living in the different places where my father was posted, my mother would take us along after kindergarten — my sister, three years younger, and me — to the nearest library. She would sink into an armchair with a novel by Somerset Maugham or Nevil Shute, and we would settle down to play quietly on the floor. I think we started reading by sheer osmosis, somewhere during those peaceful, sunlit afternoons. Whether it was the library at the club, the city public library, or the circulating library down the road, my sister and I grew up surrounded by the conviction that books were for devouring and sharing. “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library,” said Borges. I knew exactly what Paradise felt like. *** Karnataka has over 5,600 rural public libraries in its gram panchayats. By late 2020, the pandemic had forced schools to close for months on end. Rural children needed a way to stay connected to reading. ‘Oduva Belaku’ — the light of reading — began as a programme across Karnataka to revive rural public libraries, help children stay connected to reading, and build a library culture within communities.  Please click here to read more.