“The libraries here are for education only, most of them are part of the universities.”

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“Because I enjoy books written in France’s French, yes. We have no problem having English books available in our town, mostly because of us being legally bilingual & English peeps having LOTS more advantages VS us French speakers.. But as I said our French section is not even half of the English section.”

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“It’s actually more difficult to find books published in African languages than it is to find English, French or Portuguese books. There are writing clubs that support African language authors but they are not as readily available to the public.”

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“My libraries have quite some books, but they don’t get new ones very often. Since most of the libraries are Dutch and have mostly Dutch books, I’d have to wait till a book is translated, published here, and then after a year or so, its available in the library.”

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“Meerut has been known for its education and culture for reading and writing and has even given many learned writers to India. So, I feel there is a culture of reading here and at least the coming generation is much more learned and fond of reading here.”

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