Wednesday, July 2, 2014

DONATE BOOKS - Rotary India Literacy Mission Project


We generally keep books at home for the reason- either they have sentimental value or we re-read them often. Generally home libraries which we painstakingly acquire over a life time are simply sold off once we leave the world, with no respect shown to them at all. Also why we keep all these books at home? To prove our friends how cultivated we are?  To decorate the walls? Please remember books are of  far more use in public libraries than at home. 

We also keep books at home in case we ever want to look something up in them. But today it is bit simpler to find anything on your laptop – curtsey internet, the biggest library on the planet. By donating a book we not only save forests but also show our generosity towards  others and   to the book itself since every book has its own journey to make and we should not condemn it to being stuck on a shelf. 

Let’s leave our books free to travel, to be touched by other hands and enjoyed by other eyes. 

Jorge Luis Borges in one of his poem says:-

There is a line from Verlaine I’ll never now recall,
There is street nearby from which my footsteps are barred,
There is a mirror that has looked its last on my face,
There is a door I have closed for the final time,
Amongst the books in my library  (I can see them now)
There are some I will never open again.

There are books in our homes which we shall never open again because new, interesting books are constantly being published, and we love to read them. 

From 1st to 6th July 2014, Rotary India Literacy Mission has embarked upon a mega project :-

“A Million Books, A Million Smiles”

Donate a Book, Make a Library, Teach a Child

Let us together collect 1 million books and build 1500 libraries across India

Please    drop    off    your    books    at    the    nearest   Rotary Club




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