Mobile library

By Rafiqul Islam Rime, Agrabad, Chittagong
16 March 2006, 18:00 PM
The role that is being played by the Bishwa Shahittya Kendra (World Literature Centre) is great in ways manifold. Their "Mobile Library" that visits places with a good number of books in it for the young readers is simply pleasing. They're, to an extent, carrying & spreading wisdom to the people in society. People, namely the youths, can borrow books, read them and change them. Thus they can keep themselves in good touch with the precious life-blood-books.

It is a time when people at large are stumbling at every step of life, as it seems. And as such they are busy in their daily dives for meeting both ends in a way that reminds us of nothing of the past, as all these are damn new phenomena in society!

Importance of reading books is manifold, as the wise men assert. It is the "Precious life blood" that revives or brings forth the imaginative faculty of an individual. It's the determining force that instils the vitality in the line of thought of a young that culminates in shaping out the mindset. The spirit makes one responsive to the call of the conscience. It is, thus, the essence of a conscious human being.

Regrettably, youths of the present time hardly read books and that others concerned are not making any effort to enhance the urgency in them. A look around the society will help anyone see the dire straits that the future of the present generation is in.

And at such a time the service that the Bishwa Shahittya Kendra is rendering to the society is a highly welcome effort that earns them salutes from us. People behind the precious endeavour deserve praise that goes beyond any expression of words. We wish them a great success and march towards the never-ending journey! Congrats & cheers!