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This hidden library in Spiti is a book lover’s paradise

When Takpa Tanzin saw his daughter struggling to find reference books for her coursework during the Covid-19 lockdown, he built a library in Chicham, their remote village in Spiti valley.

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Bird feathers flocked together at this Gujarat library

Esha Munshi of Ahmedabad runs a rare online library that serves as a unique repository on birds and their feathers.

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Atheism library attempts to stoke curiosity in Bihar village

Apna Atheism United Library is a rare initiative that aims to promote the art of questioning and propagate scientific temperament.

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A new chapter begins for Rajasthan school libraries

Once abandoned as storerooms for old and broken stuff, school libraries are buzzing again—thanks to the Rajasthan Library Promotion Project that aims to develop the habit of reading among children.

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Brakes on boredom: Karnataka’s bus stop libraries

Commuters in Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka can read and even borrow books at 267 bus stops across the district, thanks to an initiative by the Zilla Panchayat.

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Asia’s ‘biggest’ underground library in Rajasthan has no readers

In the middle of and, more notably, underneath the Thar desert, Bhadariya Library in Jaisalmer houses row upon row of books that very few people come to read these days.