Shelf Life With Mid-Day: A Community Library At Mumbai’s Govandi Is Encouraging Kids To Read

`Shelf Life` is a series that explores the reading culture in Mumbai. This week, we look we look at how the Next Page library, run by the Next Page Community Foundation at Govandi’s Shivaji Nagar is providing a space for children to develop a habit for reading and explore books of different genres. Managed by young members of the community, the library offers accessibility and exposure to literature from India and abroad to neighbourhood kids, often coming from non-privileged socio-economic backgrounds.