Picture by Sudeshna BanerjeeA wall opposite the library done up with a wall paper with a timeline tracing the development of communication and printing through text and pictographs. Picture by Sudeshna BanerjeeThe wash room door in the adults’ reading room is camouflaged in a mosaic of alphabets. Picture by Sudeshna BanerjeeThe entrance to the room with prints of books on the glass wall Picture by Sudeshna BanerjeeThe drop box where readers can return books. Picture by Sudeshna BanerjeeA vacuum in New Town’s cultural landscape was filled with the New Town Library opening on Tuesday. For two years, we have worked to put together this library under an advisory committee headed by former National Library director general Arun Chakraborty,” said Debashis Sen, chairman of the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation, which runs New Town.

Source: The Telegraph November 17, 2019 23:02 UTC