Young female teacher named Ngurang Meena from a small town Nirujli near Arunachal Pradesh capital Tripura started a street library to nurture the habit of Reading among Youngs and adults of her area . All the books she kept in her single rack library is free of cost for people . All the books are her own collection.
She has named her library as a Ngurang learning institute.
The library is set up on a road side with a rack loaded with books and a couple of wooden benches for the readers by the road. This library is funded by her own .
Ngurang tells that due to lockdown students opting for online classes always stuck to their smartphones for reading also, which is causing health hazards including sleeping disorders. Habit of reading improves grammar and improve the power of imagination which younger generation is forgetting. She has books collection in her library such as , many autobiography books, knowledge, scientific and other books for all age group. Books are kept open on street even night hours and when asked about the fear of stealing Meena explained that people are very honest and so far no books have been stolen from the open rack and she is not worried because even if it gets stolen, I will be glad as it will be of some purpose to the thief. What can a person do with a book other than reading And said that she believe
Thieves don't read & readers don't steal.
Children under ten and working women are most frequent visitors to the one of its kind library in the state.Meena also permit students to lend books from this library for Maximum fifteen days freeof cost.


Ngurang Meena's father, the late Ngurang Pinch, thrived despite his poverty. He was always reading, learning, inquiring. His resilient attitude made him an excellent orator and social worker. I admired his spirit and his passion, I wanted to be just like him. He introduced me to non-fiction books during my school days as he was travelling for his political work then – he was an MLA from the Doimukh constituency of the state – and that had exposed him to books.

Meena want to extend this street library into every village and town of Arunachal Pradesh, which has more wine shops than bookstores.Considering the positive effect of this street library on people, many volunteers have come ahead to donate books for the rack. Some have helped with cash to buy more books for the library.We hope our humble initiative will encourage other youth leaders in every district to start one in their own villages to infuse a taste for reading in the people of Arunachal Pradesh.