[LIS-Forum] Insanity: Fire breaks out in Manipur's biggest library

Vyasamoorthy at icicikp.com Vyasamoorthy at icicikp.com
Thu Apr 14 09:54:19 IST 2005


Dear Friends

Please read the sad news below.

Should love for one script end up in destroying the other? THINK. 
Vyasamoorthy
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Regional The Hindu dated 13/4/2005

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200504131903.htm
Fire breaks out in Manipur's biggest library 
Imphal, April 13 (PTI): Valuable books and other materials were destroyed when unknown persons set fire to Manipur's biggest library, 'Central Library', here today, official source said. 

Sources said fire personnel took more than five hours to control the fire. 

Chief librarian H. Devendra Singh told media persons that books worth over Rs 10 crore were destroyed in the fire. 

Activist of social organisation, MEELAN, which has been demanding introduction of Manipuri script in schools had "earlier threatened to burn the library if their demand was not accepted by the government", sources said. 

At present Bengali script is in used in Manipur. 

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