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Under the shade of a tree, inside an ageing bus, or a room deep inside a narrow alley — no place is unbecoming for a library. Community initiatives unfolding in unlikely places around the country are taking stories to its most ardent listeners
Deepalaya, a library in a corner of Delhi, is quietly transforming lives of children by giving them access to books
One man with a backpack is determined to introduce the children of Kalagachia, West Bengal, to the joys of reading
Katha Nilayam, with its 88,000-strong collection, is the first stop for any queries on Telugu short stories
Silambattam among the bookshelves
The Cuckoo Movement in Tamil Nadu has set up seven libraries where children, especially from rural and tribal communities, are taught folk and martial arts endemic to their region
The rural mobile service’s modest collection is the only library Delhi’s urban fringes have
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