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The event happens every year around International Literacy Day, with an aim to spread the joy of books to underprivileged children.

To share the joy of reading with children in an adopted government school, SAI International School students created a library and reading space.

Pragat Shikshan Sanstha is using openly licensed e-books to take stories to children in Phaltan, Maharashtra.

From making indoor rainbows to creating tornadoes in a bottle, even adults won't be able to resist joining in on these projects!

Mahabalipuram is speckled with gems, from the rock-cut monuments dating back to the Pallava dynasty to its sunny beaches. Apollo bookstore is one of the town’s more modern wonders.

Nonprofit tech company Benetech’s Bookshare project is the world’s largest online library of accessible ebooks for people with print disabilities.

Katha, an NGO based in Delhi, has been educating kids in slums and publishing books for them since 1988.

How Delhi-based author Mridula Koshy and her partner, Michael Creighton's efforts to reconnect with the city they once called home, led to the birth of the Deepalaya Community Library, that is now helping hundreds of children become readers and, more importantly, thinkers.

While there are many schools for educating blind people, very few equip them with the skills that would enable them to contribute to the economy of the country. Mitra Jyothi, a 26-year-old organisation based in Bangalore, works exclusively on this issue.

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