Senior Tamil writer Paavannan used to describe his life experience as to how a library changed the course of his life. “I used to go to my grandfather’s house during holidays. There was a library near his house. That librarian was very affectionate to me. I read Bible stories, Esop stories, Arabian Nights stories, Vikramadhithan stories from the books given by him. I travelled in the path shown to me incidentally. When we talk about stories, we get reminded of the incident that we witness in our lives. We used to wonder that such a thing happened in the lives of the story characters too.
That was when I got introduced to Russian Literature. Those books made us feel as if the Steppe grasslands, wheat fields and post offices surrounded by snow were very close to our neighborhood. They expanded our perspectives and mental world. Incessant reading and discussions helped us develop a unique taste for ourselves. When we got the opportunity to earn, save and buy books, based on these reading tastes we started buying and reading books…”
Actually, library books give dreams to children. They make the goals clear that are harmonious to their nature. They give them the basic vision about history and the earth they live in. Books create a monumental learning that all are equal. We have to consider these efforts as the righteous duty that we have to perform for our future. More specifically, a library becomes more essential in a tribal village school where the light of society doesn’t reach normally.
Cuckoo Children Movement entered the field of social activity by establishing a library for such tribal village children in their living place. It is a good destiny that this activity continues till date in establishing library for children in different Government schools of Tamil Nadu.
“Those books that make to think more than usual, help you to redeem yourself the most. A book coming from a great thinker as a good creation, will contain simple and truthful thoughts. That is the boat that will take us to light from the waves of infinite struggles. ~ Theodore Parker”
