That sounds wonderful...not sure if something similar exists in India too..

That's true. Completely agree.. It's just the optimist/idealist in me imagining how fun it would have been to have nicely stocked libraries in towns and a nice community reading culture. Sigh.
PS: re digital resources, I do know about project Gutenberg and I am a fan!

Clearly tech/internet hasn't been able to eradicate books as it was being projected earlier. If anything, ease of publishing has made books even more talked about. It's a fact that majority of people prefer physical copies over digital.
Then why are libraries becoming obsolete?