Perumkulam - Kerala’s village of books

Perumkulam - Kerala’s village of books

With contribution from local residents, an initiative by a library in Kerala’s Perumkulam has added public book shelves, earning it the title of India’s second ‘village of books’

Way back in 2017 when Bhilar, a village in Maharashtra’s Satara district, was declared a ‘village of books’ (Pustakanch Gaav) by the State government, it sparked an idea in Kerala. The office bearers of Bapuji Smaraka Vayanasala, a library in Perumkulam, near Kollam, in Kerala were determined to replicate it, and they have finally achieved their goal.

Link | https://www.thehindu.com/society/a-library-in-keralas-perumkulam-has-added-public-book-shelves-and-becoming-a-village-of-books/article31933423.ece

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Pralhad Jadhav

Senior Manager – Library

Khaitan & Co