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Mridula Koshy (she/her)

@mridulakoshy.bsky.social

Anti-caste, Organiser, The Community Library Project @tclp.bsky.social‬ Member, Research and Action @freelibsnet.bsky.social Need allies for creating a free library movement in India. Reading is Thinking. Reading is Resistance.

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Mridula Koshy (she/her)@mridulakoshy.bsky.social · last yr.

My article: In the US, one oft-cited 1984 study conservatively estimated that typical middle school students read between 5,00,000 and 1 million words a year...The total number of words contained in NCERT textbooks... class VI students is roughly 2,00,000 frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/e...

Free Public Libraries in India: Defending the Right to Read

India’s missing libraries limit equality and democracy. Explore how access to books can challenge inequality and why the right to read must be defended.

frontline.thehindu.com

Rakesh Sharma@rakeshfilm.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’ve decided to indefinitely extend FREE online viewing of #FinalSolution, my film on #2002GujaratRiots, and the rise of Narendra Modi, now the Prime Minister of India. Real #GujaratFiles Do share and spread word, esp among the under-35 audiences (too young in 2002!). vimeo.com/329340055

Final Solution (2004)

by Rakesh Sharma; India; 2004 For Individual/ Home Viewing only (not for institutions); PG-rated Awards: Wolfgang Staudte award (now rechristened the Golden Bear…

vimeo.com

Mridula Koshy (she/her)@mridulakoshy.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our beautiful library in Khirki has seen too many evictions and too much displacement of members. Please support our campaign to build a permanent building.

The Community Library Project@tclp.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Community Library Project is intent on preserving the space we have created with the community without threat of eviction or external interference. Say YES to #PalacesForThePeople. DONATE bit.ly/3zkINeZ #PalacesForThePeople #10YearsOfTCLP #DuniyaSabki

Mridula Koshy (she/her)@mridulakoshy.bsky.social · 2y ago

OMG Yes! FLN is where you can find over 200 grassroots library organisation and Bansa in rural UP is where you find India reading and then there's TCLP where my heart -- well, it explodes -- every day.

Peter G@zigzackly.bsky.social · 2y ago

I know they only just got here, but @freelibsnet.bsky.social, @tclp.bsky.social, and @bansalibrary.bsky.social need far more visibility. They do crucial work, providing something you and I take for granted: access to books. Most of those they serve are first-gen readers. Follow them, repost them.

Mridula Koshy (she/her)@mridulakoshy.bsky.social · 2y ago

The grassroots librarians of India have united in the Free Libraries Network to argue for free, anti-caste, publicly funded and autonomous public library system. Read here: www.fln.org.in/library-refo...

Library Reform: Demanding the People’s National Library Policy

Public libraries matter.  A large majority of Indians are not truly included in the world’s largest democracy. Amid political polarisation, communal divisions and glaring inequality &#82…

fln.org.in

Free Libraries Network - India@freelibsnet.bsky.social · 2y ago

What is Free Libraries Network? We are a collective of grassroots library workers and activists, who respond to the hunger of millions of un-seen, un-reached and unacknowledged readers. We are peer-support, research and action group. This is our demand, our hope and our vision.

The People’s Library Manifesto The People’s National Public Library Policy-PNLP recognises: T h e R i g h t o f A l lP e o p l e s t o p r o g r e s s : progress of self, fraternity & society, through access to knowledge, education and information T h e R i g h t t o S e l f -D e t e r m i n a t i o n as a Reader, Learner, Thinker and Collaborator to gain freedom from oppression, inequality & exclusion T h e H u m a n P o t e n t i a l o f a l l , in building a peaceful, equitable & sustainable future, deeply rooted in our ties to the planet, its inhabitants and each other A l l P e o p l e’ s S t r u g g l e s to break the unnatural chains of caste, class, gender, sexual orientation and disability & the Fundamental Rights enshrined within the Indian Constitution according the Right To Life, Right To Equality, Right To Read, Right To Education, Right To Information & Freedom of Expression We shall build a Public Library System that upholds: ● F r e e , A n t i -C a s t e , F e m i n i s t &N o n-E x c l u s i o n a r y reading, learning & information spaces which work to remove all barriers for All Peoples ● E x c e l l e n c ei nL i b r a r yS t a n d a r d s&S e r v i c e sfor all members, in line with national & global guidelines ● P e o p l e’ sO w n e r s h i p&A u t o n o m yin determining their library’s policies, practices & programs ● T h eD u t yo ft h eS t a t eto build, support & maintain, for posterity, the Public Library of The People So that the Public Library system reaches All People with: Physical & digital books, knowledge & information resources, i na b u n d a n c e&d i v e r s i t y , w i t h o u tr e s t r i c t i o nand in line with the people’s needs & aspirations Reading Programs, Spaces, Policies & Practices that s e r v e a l l , b u t e s p e c i a l l y t h e m o s t v u l n e r a b l e a n d h i s t o r i c a l l y-e x c l u d e dp e o p l e sand to invite & include all in reading, education and information access E q u a l O p p o r t…
Free Libraries Network - India@freelibsnet.bsky.social · 2y ago

What is Free Libraries Network? We are a collective of grassroots library workers and activists, who respond to the hunger of millions of un-seen, un-reached and unacknowledged readers. We are peer-support, research and action group. This is our demand, our hope and our vision.

The People’s Library Manifesto The People’s National Public Library Policy-PNLP recognises: T h e R i g h t o f A l lP e o p l e s t o p r o g r e s s : progress of self, fraternity & society, through access to knowledge, education and information T h e R i g h t t o S e l f -D e t e r m i n a t i o n as a Reader, Learner, Thinker and Collaborator to gain freedom from oppression, inequality & exclusion T h e H u m a n P o t e n t i a l o f a l l , in building a peaceful, equitable & sustainable future, deeply rooted in our ties to the planet, its inhabitants and each other A l l P e o p l e’ s S t r u g g l e s to break the unnatural chains of caste, class, gender, sexual orientation and disability & the Fundamental Rights enshrined within the Indian Constitution according the Right To Life, Right To Equality, Right To Read, Right To Education, Right To Information & Freedom of Expression We shall build a Public Library System that upholds: ● F r e e , A n t i -C a s t e , F e m i n i s t &N o n-E x c l u s i o n a r y reading, learning & information spaces which work to remove all barriers for All Peoples ● E x c e l l e n c ei nL i b r a r yS t a n d a r d s&S e r v i c e sfor all members, in line with national & global guidelines ● P e o p l e’ sO w n e r s h i p&A u t o n o m yin determining their library’s policies, practices & programs ● T h eD u t yo ft h eS t a t eto build, support & maintain, for posterity, the Public Library of The People So that the Public Library system reaches All People with: Physical & digital books, knowledge & information resources, i na b u n d a n c e&d i v e r s i t y , w i t h o u tr e s t r i c t i o nand in line with the people’s needs & aspirations Reading Programs, Spaces, Policies & Practices that s e r v e a l l , b u t e s p e c i a l l y t h e m o s t v u l n e r a b l e a n d h i s t o r i c a l l y-e x c l u d e dp e o p l e sand to invite & include all in reading, education and information access E q u a l O p p o r t…