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Reading Culture Spreading In Noida, Thanks To LibrariesBy ugesh sarkar, Section Education
A group of educated senior citizens has taken upon itself to help the younger generation cultivate the habit of reading. They are also trying to spread the reading culture even in Noida villages.
Till some years back, there was just one library in Noida--the Noida Public Library (NPL)-in Sector-15. Today there are over 10 libraries in the city. The culture is slowly spreading. Most of the libraries have opened in community centres in residential sectors. There is one in Barola village too. It is the only village in the entire Noida to have a library of its own. Significantly, these senior citizens are behind the opening of each library. They are concerned about the tendency of the children spending more time in front of the TV and computer. The residents have contributed liberally towards the cause, in cash and kind--investing their time in manning the library and even by donating books. Each library has a large collection of books on various subjects such as literature, science, social science, engineering, management, health and fitness, etc. Most libraries have a separate section for children with books on Indian mythology and comic books. Source: The Tribune Reading culture spreading in Noida, thanks to libraries Click On "Full Story" For More...
The Kendriya Vihar library has an added facility. Book reading sessions are held here every month. This library is also turned into a conference hall once a month as an eminent personality comes here and speaks on the issues of social and national importance.
"Books are important for everyone," says B.N. Chopra, an office-bearer of the sector 55 RWA. "We have two libraries, one in the community centre and another one in the E Block temple. The one in the temple complex has religious and spiritual books," he adds. "It is important that children are exposed to a variety of books and that each child has access to good books. A good book can transform a personality," says Sanjay Sehgal, the man behind the Shakuntala Devi Public Library in Barola. "I just love coming here. My father works as a guard and cannot afford to buy comics for me," says Rajni Kumari, a student of Class V in the Government Primary School, Barola. "I love books and am very happy we have a library here," says Anushka Sachdeva of sector-14. However, there are still several residential sectors where there is no library. "I wish our RWA would also plan to open a library here," says Upasana Kaura of sector-27. Obviously, the Noida Authority has not done much on this front. While the promised sports library in Noida Stadium is yet to come up, a plot in H Block, sector-41, earmarked for the library, has been encroached upon by villagers.
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