The books were collected through an online campaign launched soon after Syed Ishaq’s collection of books was destroyed in an accidental fire in 2021.
The books were collected through an online campaign launched soon after Syed Ishaq’s collection of books was destroyed in an accidental fire in 2021.
The common man’s library started by Syed Ishaq, a daily wage laborer in Mysore’s Rajiv Nagar, received a fresh consignment of 6,500 books through an online campaign launched soon after the collection of books was destroyed in a sudden fire last year. was collected from.
The campaign, initiated by Professor Muzaffar Asadi, Professor of Political Science at the University of Mysore, received an overwhelming response with donors sending books to the library from different parts of India and abroad.
A total of 6,535 books were collected during the campaign. He was symbolically handed over to Mr. Ishaq at a felicitation ceremony held in his honor at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration Studies at Manasagangotri on 5 April. The entire collection of over 6,500 books will be sent in a van. Library in Rajiv Nagar on 6th April.
Pro. Asadi said a large number of people come from all parts of India, including Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Surat, Noida, Amritsar, Chandigarh and Kashmir, as well as places like the US, UK, Canada, Dubai and Kuwait. Responded to his call for donation of books.
While many donors had couriered the books, the donors in Mysore handed over the books to him personally. Several donors handed over books directly to Mr. Ishaq during the felicitation ceremony.
The library, which now functions from a temporary shelter on the same plot where it was destroyed in a fire in April 2021, already houses about 4,400 books, with about 2,100 donated by the Karnataka State Book Publishers Association and 750 donated by have been done. By Nava Karnataka Book House.
Although the land allotted by MUDA for the construction of a full-fledged library building is spread over 5,000 sq ft, Mr. Ishaq has built a temporary structure on around 400 sq ft as the library department and the Mysore Municipal Corporation (MCC) are yet to take over . Construction work.
“I may have to extend the temporary structure and arrange for additional racks to hold the fresh consignment of books,” said Mr. Ishaq, who had spent Rs 4 lakh on the temporary structure. While ₹3.5 lakh came as a donation after the fire accident, Mr. Ishaq claimed to have spent ₹50,000 from his own money.