Books that have been read should not be left on the rack to gather dust and decay. The distribution was taken up to mark World Book Day on April 23. She was pleasantly surprised to see the 6,000-odd books kept for free distribution, disappearing from the tables in a short time. HundiBesides distribution, she placed ‘book hundis’ at small distances with the words “Let’s Share Books, Let’s Enhance our Knowledge” written on them. The trick worked and many visitors, young and old, brought their used books and put them in the hundis, which would again form part of the circulation.

Source: The Hindu April 21, 2019 20:03 UTC