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I borrowed my first books in Mumbai. Now, Sydney’s libraries are home

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By Roanna Gonsalves
| UNSW Newsroom
The long arm of the library has made a writer of me. This long arm, a composite of many libraries, created the conditions through which a shy reader could continue to live in her head. I was born and raised in India. It is a country of daily wage earners in makeshift dwellings trying to survive alongside the world’s richest individuals ensconced in immovable towers. It is also a country where the practice of circulating knowledge through libraries has a long history.
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I borrowed my first books in Mumbai. Now, Sydney’s libraries are home

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By Roanna Gonsalves, UNSW Sydney
| Tolerance Canada
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I borrowed my first books in Mumbai. Now, Sydney’s libraries are home

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By Roanna Gonsalves
| The Conversation Verified
The long arm of the library has made a writer of me. This long arm, a composite of many libraries, created the conditions through which a shy reader could continue to live in her head. I was born and raised in India. It is a country of daily wage earners in makeshift dwellings trying to survive alongside the world’s richest individuals ensconced in immovable towers. It is also a country where the practice of circulating knowledge through libraries has a long history.
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