Comments on: State of libraries in India http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/ A daily doze of random thoughts, jokes and forwards Fri, 18 May 2012 05:27:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ankur Aggarwal http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-38820 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:12:48 +0000 http://shocking.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-38820 @dolphin
thanks for the comments and welcome to E-Nagar.
i agree the second hand book stores and lending of books by some traditional book stores does solve some of the need gap because of the lack of library.. however they are not proper substitutes.

]]> By: dolphin http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-38818 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:32:46 +0000 http://shocking.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-38818 you made a valid point but i don’t agree with you completely. I’m from hyderabad and currently stay in us. students do understand the value of library and books. our group of friends always considered reading books as the prime passtime activity. the old city is generous enough to accommodate bookshops that lend us the books!

]]> By: Prax http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-38795 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:21:53 +0000 http://shocking.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-38795 Exactly – students are bright but seats in colleges are very short in supply then again we have reserved quotas

librarys are used here but for leasure books
college students dont study for knowledge here unlike in us or europe
but to pass exams – that too the mug and spit ones- didnt u have a post on that
so the notes are most coveted

]]> By: Ankur Aggarwal http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-38794 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:09:35 +0000 http://shocking.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-38794 sandip….
ok u both co-hosted me there.. but except calcutta, there are not many cities that have a popular library culture…

]]> By: Sandip Chaudhuri http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-38793 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:05:06 +0000 http://shocking.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-38793 wait ur host was Suri or me :D

]]> By: Sandip Chaudhuri http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-38792 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:48:30 +0000 http://shocking.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-38792 On the other hand the National Library in Calcutta used to be awesome.
Also the British Council library.

]]> By: Sandip Chaudhuri http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-38791 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:44:39 +0000 http://shocking.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-38791 You are so dead. You don’t consider me as a bookwork. :)

]]> By: Ankur Aggarwal http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-38790 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:01:48 +0000 http://shocking.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-38790 @prax…
we send a record number of students because the students are inherently bright.. just that they were not trained properly.

@Jennifer…
exactly.. I am not able to understand that libraries are underdeveloped because students don’t attach much value to it or students don’t attach much value to it because good libraries don’t exist….
It seems that I am getting lost in the circle.

]]> By: Jennifer http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-38787 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:08:57 +0000 http://shocking.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-38787 HI Ankur,
Nice to read this short posting. I am an American who earned an undergraduate degree in US and a graduate (Master’s) in India. My experience is limited and of course 10 years dated, but the two things that struck me was- The books in the college (Madras Christian College) library were dusty, stuck together with cobwebs and most of them never opened. Secondly, books were not so favored in any case, students went for the tried, true and cheaper xerox copies passed down from the seniors. I was the only ‘bloak’ there who bought any books, but then again I was an American :)

]]> By: Prax http://enagar.com/2008/11/17/state-of-libraries-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-38784 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:19:47 +0000 http://shocking.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-38784 True
i was just readg atanus blog and he has been time and again focussing on the worsening education scenario in india
remember times says we still send a record no of studnets to the us

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