Chennai’s Easwari Lending Library preserves its storied legacy while evolving with technology
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Chennai’s Easwari Lending Library preserves its storied legacy while evolving with technology

The Hindu  

On the penultimate day of National Library Week, a visit to Easwari Lending Library in Gopalapuram, feels like a portkey to a wistful past. “You’ve already picked up your books for the week,” says his mother K Tasneem. Book by book, this library got built,” says Palani’s son and Mukundan’s father P Satish Kumar. “I used to help Palani sir move the books to the warehouse across Avvai Shanmugam Road when it used to rain as the library would flood. Tasneem, a relatively new member, says that she and her children have been coming every week to the library because her children have been consuming books at a rapid pace recently.

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Neighbourhood libraries in Chennai open for business, but wouldn’t let customers in
4 years, 6 months ago

Neighbourhood libraries in Chennai open for business, but wouldn’t let customers in

The Hindu  

Private lending libraries may have pulled their shutters up, but book lovers have to have their enthusiasm reined in for some more time, as a majority of them don’t want their customers setting foot in their shops. Karthik Sekhar, who runs the centre, says he is yet to count the votes but he knows people would prefer to visit the …

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