Human beings in today’s world are worried about the scarcity of living air without being able to pay attention to anything else. But even at this stage, there are good reasons to be sure that reading is relevant. Readers who have seen other worlds, which they do not tilt , They see more worlds than those who have traveled a lot in one place. It accepts the suffering of many nations and peoples. Thus pained and seen, they become the greatest pure hearts in the world - Readers are the greatest writers, they are the revolutionaries who changed the world, and they have a beating heart against injustice and exploitation.
The roots of the Kerala model that the world is paying attention to lies deep in the soil plowed by the libraries of Kerala , Our libraries are taking on the legacy of Renaissance values, giving priority to knowledge and reading. The Library Movement in Kerala tops the list of movements for organized socio-cultural development through organized efforts - In short, they are the lifeblood of the social life of Our State .
Libraries have become centers of knowledge that transcend the boundaries of all forms of noise also Libraries were the banner bearers of propaganda against slavery, superstition, immorality, and gender inequality - Much research has been done on the impact of libraries on the socio-cultural spheres of Kerala. Libraries, also known as rural universities, provide public awareness of team strength to the community. The doors of one hundred libraries were opened together today. The birth of libraries that shed light on new ideas can only be called "a hundred springs". It's a dream come true to have hundreds of popular libraries in one country. Perhaps this is unthinkable even for light-developed developed capitalist countries. We believe that development is only about sky-scraping structures, huge bridges and modern roads. The 100 libraries that emerge together are a thousand times more beautiful than that. These activities are spearheaded by the People's Mission for Social Development, which specializes in cultural and employment fields. The emphasis is on starting libraries as part of the mission in tribal and coastal areas where there were no libraries. When the mission started, there were no libraries in 777 local wards in the district. The mission does not end with the new 100 libraries. The mission aims to have libraries in all wards within five years.
Kerala is a model for the world in the density of libraries (the highest number of affiliated libraries in the state are 1010 in Kannur district) Take Kannur district as an example. Kannur has a panchayat with the rare achievement of having 1 library per 1000 people . but we can not go ahead without seeing the limitations and shortcomings of that glorious advancement - Despite the increase in the number, the service of libraries is not available in all the areas of the district, which shows uneven growth. The Network Mission was started with the realization that the lack of public space was an impediment to cultural activities. The mission aims to start new libraries, make them available to libraries that do not have their own building or land, to expand libraries with less land, and to make libraries Hi tech. Only five panchayats in the district have affiliated libraries in all the wards. Karivellur - Peralam, Ezhom, Mayil, Kuttur and Malappattam. There are 1554 Panchayath – Muncipal Wards , in that 777 don’t have libraries. The absence of libraries is more prevalent in tribal and backward minority areas - The network is a project designed with the holistic development of these areas in mind , The decentralized master plan for recreational and development centers is being implemented extensively with the objective of setting up village centers with diverse facilities in different locations & to transform libraries into the most active public spaces throughout the district.
Funds are raised by CSR Funds of State Government Departments, MP-MLA Local Development Funds, Local Body Funds, Financial Institutions and Voluntary Organizations, Individuals, and Sponsors Library Council also An extended committee has been formed with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as Chairman, Local Government Minister MV Govindan as Patron, Story Writer T Padmanabhan as Advisory Committee Chairman and TK Govindan as Convener. District Panchayat President PP Divya, District Library Council Secretary PK Vijayan and others are in charge of the committee.
Libraries are the beacons of the Nation And the beacons of humanity's flag bearers who tried to teach man the letter and illuminate his sense of entitlement. There should be the most active libraries in every country. Libraries can play the role of local universities in freeing people from the confinement of narrow-mindedness and leading society to a wider field of knowledge, progressive consciousness and humanity. The saying that “ when the door of a library is opened anywhere in the world, the door of a prison is closed in another” is best suited for Kerala. Libraries have the opportunity to communicate, exchange information and read to modernize the social life of Kerala to such an extent.
Kannur has quite a few specialties, Dr V Sivadasan told once . "While Kerala has around 8,000 libraries, more than 1,000 of them are in Kannur itself. There are a number of reasons behind it and it is majorly linked to the farmers' movements and their involvement in the Independence struggle," he says proudly, about his home district. So, in June, when he got elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha, he knew that libraries are the way to go about uplifting the most underprivileged people in the district.
A library has the potential to usher in a revolution, in thought and action. It was Bertolt Brecht who told us that the book taken up by the hungry forms a weapon. And libraries are not mere storehouse of books. They constitute spaces for people to come together and be together- secular and democratic spaces to realize the oneness of humanity within all of us, spaces which teach you to smile and hold hands, to be ‘we’.
Libraries intend to create a public sphere informed by values of equality,fraternity and a desire for a constant expansion of knowledge.
Let hundred springs arrive!
