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Free Libraries Network - India
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Let’s reform Indian public libraries into FREE, ANTICASTE and FEMINIST libraries for all. #ReadingIsResistance
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Lending libraries. These weren’t the institutions that folx in more developed economies might expect: buildings in which one could go to read, and to borrow books to take home.

(Aside: a reason I am a fan of @freelibsnet.bsky.social is that they aim to make libraries available to all.)
July 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Additionally, please see this US-based fundraiser for our grassroots library collective, being organised by @gauravsabnis.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/gaur...
gauravsabnis.bsky.social Gaurav Sabnis @gauravsabnis.bsky.social · May 12
Doing a USA fundraiser for
@freelibsnet.bsky.social which does a great job running community libraries across India, with a focus on underprivileged kids.🧵

ONLY for donors in US. If you live in India, you can donate directly.

Goal is $4K. I'm giving $500 so $3500 remains. Please help! /1
May 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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In the talk we give a shoutout to the American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and reference former president @edrabinski.bsky.social - we may be halfway across the globe from each other, but our struggles and mission are the same. #SupportPublicLibraries #FreeLibraries4All
May 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Thank you ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
March 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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if you do one thing this weekend, check out the Free Libraries Network and the fantastic work they do. give them all your spare cash and then some more, they'll put it to good use *and* you can get cool art or books or workshops with authors and artists. what's not to love

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freelibsnet.bsky.social Free Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · Feb 22
Today & tomorrow, activists of the Free Libraries Network will represent grassroots libraries & their members from across India at the #IndianLibraryCongress in Delhi. They will talk about the power of libraries when they are made free & non-exclusionary for all.
4 children, 2 girls & 2 boys, ages 10-13yrs are huddled over an Alphabet Book. They are seated at a library table and are surrounded by colourful bookshelves. They are deeply engrossed in the book. A girl aged 8 yrs is in a red dress inside a mud hut, she is seated on the bare floor and is reading aloud a book called The New Sweater. A girl in pigtails aged 7-10 yrs is reading an accessible books for visually impaired readers. She is reading by feeling the book with her hands. The book is a large green object, with cut outs of a tree, monkeys, dogs etc. A library facilitator holds up the book to her. A smiling older lady watched the read aloud. A park scene. Children of all ages (6-14 yrs) are in a circle. There are books in the middle of the circle, on the grass. A bespectacled librarian does a read aloud. One of the children is pointing at the book excitedly. The grass is green and the sky is a dull blue. Two women (gardeners of the public park) are outside the circle but listening to the story.
February 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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for real, how could anyone resist these adorable mini paintings by the immensely talented Priya Kuriyan (originals! signed! for a good cause!)

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Free Libraries Network campaign to Empower grassroot libraries
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February 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM