Simon de Trey - White ~ Photographer

Show Navigation
back to search results
Info

Hardayal Municipal Public Library Delhi faces closure

7th September, 2012, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India. The Hardayal Municipal Public Library in Old Delhi, India

This Raj-era library, was instituted by the British in 1862, when it was called the Institute Library. Now housing some 8,000 rare books (of a total of 1,70,000) in a building nearly a century old it has close to 1,200 members and gets several hundred visitors a day. The rare books include a 1677 edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World and a Herodotus volume in the original Greek from 1826. But these books, like the library, are currently facing a threat. It has been four months since the library received salaries for its staff, let alone development funds and its feared it will be closed.

PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE

+ 91 98103 99809
+44 07966 405896
+44 1963 220 745
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi

Add to Lightbox Download
Filename
Hardayal_Library_070912_026.JPG
Copyright
Simon de Trey-White
Image Size
3000x1996 / 1.1MB
Contained in galleries
Singles
7th September, 2012, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India. The Hardayal Municipal Public Library in Old Delhi, India<br /> <br /> This Raj-era library, was instituted by the British in 1862, when it was called the Institute Library. Now housing some 8,000 rare books (of a total of 1,70,000) in a building nearly a century old it has close to 1,200 members and gets several hundred visitors a day. The rare books include a 1677 edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World and a Herodotus volume in the original Greek from 1826. But these books, like the library, are currently facing a threat. It has been four months since the library received salaries for its staff, let alone development funds and its feared it will be closed.<br /> <br /> PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br /> <br /> + 91 98103 99809<br /> +44 07966 405896<br /> +44 1963 220 745<br /> email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi