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Books to cinema and culture, a Bengaluru community library is changing kids' lives

Located in Roopena Agrahara, a small fringe neighbourhood of labourer communities, the library provides opportunities to children from underprivileged backgrounds. HAADIBADI FEATURES   EDUCATION   WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 - 12:16 Melvin Mathew   Follow @MELVINMATHEW12 As the city grew over time and apartment buildings began to pop up in  Roopena Agrahara,  a small fringe neighbourhood of labourer communities near Bommanahalli in Bengaluru, it left an absence of adequate safe spaces for children from the area. Haadibadi, a community library project, was established to provide an alternative space for the children of Roopena Agrahara. It also functions as a shelter from the violent realities around them. The towering skyscrapers overshadowing the deprived neighbourhoods became a symbol of the ever-widening the gaps in the society. ` Born and brought up in the neighbourhood, the founder and director of Haadibadi, who is also a teacher at St Joseph’s College, Rav...