Sarojini Devi Memorial library opening ceremony

 A “public library with private initiative”, the Sarojini Devi Memorial Library is the brainchild of Amb. Dr Malay Mishra who, on his return to Puri after retirement from the Indian Foreign Service, thought of creating a library in his home, ‘Madhusmruti’, with his personal collection of books gathered from all over the world. The bulk of the 3000-plus books are in English while there are books in Odia (the native language of Odisha state to which Amb Mishra belongs), Hindi and a few other foreign languages.


Sarojini Devi Memorial library

The library is created as a memorial to his mother, Smt. Sarojini Devi, an eminent educationist who dedicated her entire career to promotion of teaching and education, and is meant to encourage book reading and gaining proficiency in English language and literature, and various disciplines of social and physical sciences, amassing knowledge from a diverse range of subjects, especially among the younger generation. There is a special section on children’s books for children who may like to visit the library with their peers and elders, and a special corner for senior citizens. Books are meant to be read in the library premises only and not to be issued out.

The library, housed on the 2nd floor of the building, is intended to grow into amultipurpose centre with occasional lectures, book readings, mentoring sessions and other academic activities intended to disseminate knowledge for the benefit of all. The library is open from 1pm to 8 pm on all days except Mondays and select national and state holidays.

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Day 1- This is my first day i thought I want  I want to do business and for this I should take some education on business. Yeha karan hetu mene online se sikhna prarambha kiya mujhe bahape keyi kitabe mila jo mujhe aage badhnemain mujhe sahayata karsake samil hai rich dad poor dad, think rich Grow rich  This book gives inspiration from how your business  from Experience to being a great entrepreneur . The youth must be read this book and inspiring to others
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About Sarojini Devi From the the Director Desk ||

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 On Mother’s trail The Sarojini Devi Memorial Library is over 10 days old to this day. Raised to the memory of my mother, a remarkable woman of grit and determination and one of the ablest educationists that I know of, she had been instrumental in embedding in me right from an early age, the virtues and strength of education. I had risen to the occasion, lived up to her expectations and finally found a career of my choice in the Foreign Service. That gave me an incredible exposure to around 75 countries, big and small that I visited, partly for professional reasons but mostly due to my wanderlust, of getting to know peoples, their cultures, languages, ways of life and philosophies, comparing them along the way with the immense diversities that are the toast of our land. Thus the idea of this library was born. To pay back to the society what I had accumulated over the years, an eclectic collection of books on a diverse array of subjects that I had bought from my personal savings, fr...
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