The whole project was a nice experience. I Vishnu v Kumar, Pranesh, Nirupam, Surya, Vineeth and Mujib sir, our librarian went together to the book shops and the pubic library. We first went to A.A book Center and Lending Library to interview the manager, Mr. S .Khaja Maidheen. Surya, Nirupam and I took the role of interviewers and Pranesh agreed to take note of the proceedings. Vineeth was ready with the digital camera to take photographs and record the interview.
We were a bit nervous when we went to interview him. He informed us that now-a-days children are
not having the habit of reading. We asked him many questions, and he replied to
these questions calmly and softly. They have a very good collection of books
and used to conduct book surveys in many schools. He told us that they are
organizing a book fair in a near by school that day. Here it was quiet noisy as
the shop was nearby to the National Highway. Still we managed to conduct the
interview, better than we expected.
Next we went to the H&C Stores. This time we were a
little more confident about the interview but if we asked the questions too
fast it would be difficult for Pranesh to note it down. We introduced ourselves
and the manager welcomed us. His name was Mr. Sree Hari. He also told us that
reading habits of students are declining but those who likes to read regularly
comes to his shop and there is not much decrease in the book sales.
We visited Current Books, a branch of DC Books. As usual Surya introduced the group, I and
Nirupam asked questions & Pranesh wrote down the answers. Mr. Ramachandran, Manager, was the first person to tell that reading
habit among children have not declined
and that the reading habit will never die. We spend more time here as the
manager was very enthusiastic talking about the shop. When we finished the
interview, he thanked us for taking such a socially relevant issue and showing
interest in the topic and making the effort to conduct the survey.
The final destination public Library of Palakkad, and here
comes the second person to tell that reading habit among children have not
declined. Her name was Latha. L,
Librarian of Public Library Palakkad. The library was full of readers,
including some college students and some grown-ups. Now we were very confident,
we could speak with the librarian without much inhibition. She replied to all
the questions. We were surprised to hear that there are more than one lakh
books in the library and daily more than 200 members visit the library to read
books and magazines.
The experience was not only informative, but interesting
too. This was the first time I participated in such an activity and I could
learn many things. I am confident that I could do much better in days to come.
The confidence I gained from speaking to all these people was much more than I
expected. Earlier we have done some survey of students in my area. But I loved
the interview part most.
I really thank librarian sir for taking me in to this
project and I would also like to thank our principal madam for allowing us to
visit the bookshops and conduct the interviews.
Vishnu V Kumar
V111-C
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