Wednesday News: Floating Library in Kerala

[rhubarbjam]

Have you ever sat on public transport and wished you had a book to read? For many commuters in Kerala, this problem was solved back in 2022 when the State Water Transport Department (SWTD) in India set up a small library on one of their passenger transport boats, allowing them to rekindle their relationship with reading on their daily journey to work. The success of this library has now led to several more floating libraries (on passenger vessels) being proposed, with the director of SWTD stating they are "working on expanding the project across the State". 

Read more about the initiative here.

Comments

[zenigotchas]

Brb gonna move to India (c'mon America..... Do this for my countrymen.... It looks so nice....)

[rhubarbjam]

I think it would be really nice to have books on trains here in Britain! There is a space constraint but trains have a much smoother ride than something like a bus so people would be less likely to get motion sick, and would be more able to walk through the train while moving to grab a book. Unfortunately, most of our public transport is subcontracted to private companies who don't have any reason to engage in a project like this.