Kala Ghoda Association has given Rs 28 lakh to the library for undertaking repair works
David Sassoon Library, the iconic Library and Grade I Gothic heritage structure at Kala Ghoda, where Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar gave finishing touches to the final draft of the Indian Constitution, is all set to observe its 150th foundation day on February 21.
Celebrations kicked off on February 15 with a foundation memorial week at this favourite destination for city book lovers which has successfully steered careers of generations pursuing diverse academic and technical courses.
This landmark library still has over 3,000 members, (2,500, life members and 500 plus ordinary members) who still access to its rare collection of 70,000 books will witness several programmes, skits, talks and plays featuring public and social issues of importance. From a play highlighting the devastating effects of narcotics by Dr Rajesh Sakhare to the evolution of forensics in crime investigation by Rashmi Oza - Head of Law Department Mumbai University, importance of stress management, musical concert, flute recital programme, poetry narrations in Gujarati and Marathi, form the highlights of the itinerary of the memorial week. The week shall also see a lecture on yoga and pranayam by Shrikant Barve following which medicinal plant saplings will be distributed to participants. In a historic first, the week-long celebrations are being live-streamed on the Facebook homepage of David Sassoon Library.
“Fully digitised, our books have been catalogued on our website which makes it easy for readers to search and register for their preferred literary works online. We will also be setting up a kiosk for easing procedure of seeking books by providing for a brief description of the book and summarizing the contents of the front and back page. Our immediate priority is to undertake repairs on an urgent basis to this structure for which we have received around Rs 28 lakh from the Kala Ghoda Association. Since the edifice is a heritage structure, we shall have to secure special permissions from the heritage department, the process for which has been initiated,” said Hemant Bhalekar, the president of the library’s managing committee.
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