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`Inculcate reading habit'

By Our Special Correspondent

THURAIYUR, AUG. 1. Speakers at the library awareness day celebrations held at Vairichettipalayam near here recently have stressed the need to inculcate the reading habit among the younger generation to gain confidence and build their personality.

The District Library Officer, A.P. Sivakumar, spoke about the steps taken by his department to convert the library movement into a mass movement.

He said while schools taught youngsters only what is prescribed in their curriculum, libraries provided opportunities to gain experience and exposure to face future challenges with confidence and to build successful careers.

Mr. Sivakumar said that a new building was being constructed to house the Vairichettipalayam library at an outlay of Rs. 7 lakhs.

There is a plan to establish IAS and IPS study centres in this building shortly to coach aspiring candidates for UPSC and other competitive examinations.

He commended the Readers' Circle of the library for organising programmes to attract the people of the village to the library.

The president of the Lioness Club of Vairichettipalayam, Ramanikantham, said libraries played a vital role in the science of home management and housekeeping. She called upon parents to set an example to the young to ensure the success of the library movement.

The president of the Readers' Circle, C. Natarajan, and the vice-president, C. Bangarusamy, said the Vairichettipalayam library had over 1,700 members and is concentrating on increasing its strength to 5,000 soon.

Rajendran, Headmaster, Swami Vivekananda Higher Secondary School, urged the students to take full advantage of school and public libraries.

Earlier, an awareness rally was taken out from the local shandy to the library through the main streets of the village. Students of the local schools, members of Lions and Lioness Clubs, the Library Readers' Circle, and members of the local bodies participated in the rally, led by the village panchayat president, S. Jaganathan, and the president of the management committee of the Swami Vivekananda School, Arangarajan.

The librarian, P. Balasundaram, said that this was the first awareness rally taken out in the district.

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