One wish, one dream and a realization:

By Manjit Nath

My late father was very much fond of reading books. He had around 400 books in his shelf. As a teacher, he always encouraged people to read books, even by lending from his collections. He had the wish of starting a library after his retirement.

 

The dream was dreamt by me, my brother and sister—to go to a library, read out all the books there and to know all the things in the world….

The realization came to my mind after father’s death one day. I thought--In real life, there should always be a moment when you have to stand up on your feet and declare—"Enough of dreaming, from now on my efforts will be focused to make every dream a reality".

The result of the above three—MAHESWAR NATH MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Mission:
To create an interest for reading, provide access to resources and help people realize their true potential.

Vision:
To expand the concept and to target
1. A readership base of 1000
2. Members read at least 5 books a year
3. 5000 resources in library

By June, 2011 through

1. Donations
2. Publicity
3. Associating with established institutions
4. Conducting awareness programs
5. Encouraging like-minded people to adopt the concept

Impact:
To start with I have considered the interested people residing in my locality-Agia and its surrounding area as the target audience. This has included all classes of people starting from children, adults, students and house wives. By statistics, there are 10 panchayats i.e. 100 revenue villages in this area, where around 27000 people used to reside. In another statistics, there are total 7 government high schools, 17 government lower primary schools and 4 private schools in this area, whose students will get benefited largely by this library. Above all, this library will enable one general common man from a diffident place to think – "How can I contribute something to the society within my limitations?"

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