Indian man spends 50 years compiling India's largest book collection
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72-year-old Anke Gowda has collected more than a million books over the past 50 years. He keeps his collection - India’s largest library of books and magazines - at a place in Mysuru city, in southwestern India’s Karnataka state.
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No matter how many books we get in our Kindle ... Holding and reading a real book is a different feeling.
@beautyandthesimp
3 жыл бұрын
Audiobooks gives different feelings!
@leolow2057
3 жыл бұрын
But consider the environment impacts in long run, I don't mind switching to ebook. 🌲
@ashierahmontas685
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah agree
@Indrakusuma_a
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not even an avid reader, but I agree, reading and holding a physical book gives different sensation compare to ebook.
@eduardochavacano
3 жыл бұрын
only very pretentious people like reading book on kindle. I am not even sure if Kindle is a gadget.
The real definition of Shelf Development
@trinaadpotluri
3 жыл бұрын
Why do I see you everywhere 😔
@andonokusumajatibiaenergi
3 жыл бұрын
Wow you again
@soham7510
3 жыл бұрын
Bro how tf are you everywhere? 🤨🙄
@Ultra_timelord
3 жыл бұрын
He is my son
@Ultra_timelord
3 жыл бұрын
He need 💊💊
Should open a library and name it after him would be cool
@mylovetowardsmothernature8635
3 жыл бұрын
Just like ur comment
@varadarana
3 жыл бұрын
True
@0rochimarusama
3 жыл бұрын
Nah the student will destroy the books .. not many people in india love books like him self
@dankok531
3 жыл бұрын
Knowledge is power,its shame he doesn't share the power power with the rest of the country.
@abdulharithibrahim4733
3 жыл бұрын
The name Pustaka is itself a Library...
I hope there is proper fire safety precaution.
@hamydunn9183
3 жыл бұрын
I doubt it. He don't even have enough thelves.
@rds7696
3 жыл бұрын
this gave me library of alexandria flashbacks
@fidelcatsro6948
3 жыл бұрын
naaah only cows get such safety and health benefits there...
@sangayghale9276
3 жыл бұрын
@Ajay why is he a idiot?did u got offended?
@fidelcatsro6948
3 жыл бұрын
@_Unknown _ no its true cows are treated better than people there..it was a factual statement...india has turned away from democracy into cowcracy in the past 5 yrs
He should hire a group of professional librarians who help in coding, classifications and arranging the collections. Must hv a massive library for this purpose. Hope India government will help.
@Surya-jz6te
3 жыл бұрын
Nope they won't.
@geyirapipotom9185
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I can vounteer
Wow those books brings back old memories.
@aryabha6236
3 жыл бұрын
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@duplocreations4788
3 жыл бұрын
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@virajpatil5963
3 жыл бұрын
@Patrick Posadas gold is old
This guy “where did I last leave the book I was reading a week ago-“ Him: looks at pile Forget it-
@memetime3959
3 жыл бұрын
L😂L
He is the one true, bookworm.
@emmanuel2333
3 жыл бұрын
If he read them
@Pokarface7
3 жыл бұрын
More like the book Tremor. Have you seen the movie, Tremors?
I wish people volunteer and help him sort these books so that they can be displayed properly in shelves and can be preserved properly since books are valuable and one day he can turn it into an library of sorts
Sweet! I would certainly enjoy a hobby like his. I have a small personal library of my own too, but after watching this video, I would certainly want to have a larger collection. 1.05 million books... isn't that a great library or what? It would be awesome to enter and look into this man's collection. Very, very sweet.
@Namchha1
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine how many trees would have been slaughtered to make all those books........ We humans are truly ruthless
@mksingh1636
3 жыл бұрын
@@Namchha1 dude elders still in India don't promote e-devices much for study purposes though the youth is still shifting to e-devices but our elders,they still refer these books....
@caiolopes5288
3 жыл бұрын
@@mksingh1636 printed books are timeless while e-books need an up-to-date reader model to be read.
@caiolopes5288
3 жыл бұрын
@@Namchha1 books are more than just paper. They have a charm that can hardly be matched.
@Namchha1
3 жыл бұрын
@@caiolopes5288 one device could hold millions of books while being as small as 6 or 7 inches while the other can barely contain any knowledge while sacrificing the existence of trees and occupying large spaces. You can read any book in the world just by tapping a finger a few times while you'd have to wait to get the book
I wish I lived near him. I would love to help build him bookshelves maybe build a second floor shelving with a rolling sliding ladder, this guy is a Hero, if I could afford to go there I totally would.
I thought he was 58 years old... then I read he's 72... daaangg!!
Has this guy read all these books, it's like a massive library, bookworm Museum.😂🤣
@naveenahsn
3 жыл бұрын
He read many. Not all of them. He knows every book and what it contains.
@birrysund3269
3 жыл бұрын
@@naveenahsn has somebody told him you can do all this on your mobile phone 😂🤣
@naveenahsn
3 жыл бұрын
@@birrysund3269 only if all the books digitalized. Not all the books digitalized. So nobody told you can do all those in phone. By the way Reading books holding in hand gives the thrill. Not everyone wants to loose eyesight.
@birrysund3269
3 жыл бұрын
@@naveenahsn you can most books even vintage books old magazines everything old newspaper's PDF format, it's all going PDF format, it's old age makes you lose your sight it's called human imperfection...
@birrysund3269
3 жыл бұрын
@@naveenahsn I didn't say watch TV all day and lose your eyesite ...
Hope there is insect and fire prevention for his library.
@vkvarman2422
3 жыл бұрын
Yeh sure, the fire prevents the insects
@aileent6932
3 жыл бұрын
@@vkvarman2422 ur creepy
@vkvarman2422
3 жыл бұрын
@@aileent6932 says a guy who has a lizards eye for a dp !
@aileent6932
3 жыл бұрын
@@vkvarman2422 at least lizards don't destroy books
@workinprogress6504
3 жыл бұрын
@@aileent6932 but you do. I know u lit the fire over there. 😅✌
I have that exact collection on my IPad 👍👍👍
@adamarzo559
3 жыл бұрын
Let's hope they never figure out how to scale up an EMP blast wave.
@alphalight1469
3 жыл бұрын
Let’s hope they figure out how to make that room fireproof.
@aryabha6236
3 жыл бұрын
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@eduardochavacano
3 жыл бұрын
How sad... your ipad is your soul. Apple owns your soul.
@qt5057
3 жыл бұрын
Eduardo Viajero I’ll change to Android for forgiveness 😂😂😂
He's got the world's history in one place.
Who saw this and thought of the Guinness World Record! 👇
And I thought I had a large book collection!
Termites: It's free real estate.
@RikyPerdana
3 жыл бұрын
Termites: This is Brazil
@eduardochavacano
3 жыл бұрын
Riky Perdana Lol
@fidelcatsro6948
3 жыл бұрын
termites cant survive there
@08ince08
3 жыл бұрын
Silver fish:p
His collection is powered, I would think, by his curiosity. Certainly, he is never bored.
What i learn from this is he seems to be a happy man doing thing he loves.
I wish I could volunteer to help- he has such a wonderful collection. It would be a crime against all books to not preserve this collection for future generations
All of those books could be read in one smartphone these days. Amazing.
@eduardochavacano
3 жыл бұрын
But its not the same. Smart phones are smart, the reader is a bird brain.
"An unread book is just a block of paper." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
If i went to india this is definitely one of the places i'd visit. Amazing. Would also love to contribute
Rick: best I can give you for the book collection is $200 and I’m taking a huge risk. Seller: okay deal
I wonder how long it would take to read them all?
@onepanman91
3 жыл бұрын
a couple lifetime
@aryabha6236
3 жыл бұрын
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@beautyandthesimp
3 жыл бұрын
@Prophet Muhamed u infidels!
@kingstonwong9023
3 жыл бұрын
Well assuming 1 book a day. A century has 36525 days. So roughly 30 centuries. I did it without a calculator so don't expect accuracy.
@arminiusdude6843
3 жыл бұрын
It will take till your 3rd generation if done sincerely😃
He must have a lot of gems in there!
Now that's what i want in my life
@diamondthrust2019
3 жыл бұрын
@privateplatiboi plati I prefer hardcover books.
@eduardochavacano
3 жыл бұрын
privateplatiboi plati Phones are for pretentious people.
Humble.
Just imagine if each person viewing this video could send him just 1 book from wherever they live. He would be beyond thrilled!!! Such a small gesture to enrich the life of one of our fellow humans :) I sure wish there was a way to do this....
Incredible! Truly incredible!!
How can you find the book tht you want to read???
😍😍😍 heaven for book lovers...❤
where's the hen tie section?
@Elyhhk
3 жыл бұрын
😳
@SwagsterPotatoGD
3 жыл бұрын
Uhhh
@SwagsterPotatoGD
3 жыл бұрын
@@Elyhhk your name.......
@arbaz79
3 жыл бұрын
Shut up weeb
@endeavourer1073
3 жыл бұрын
@@Elyhhk creepy name 🙄
*I have dream to collect all currencies, Newspapers of world, magazine & books of intrest but can't do so I'm seeing myself in this amazing person*
Sir,What is the size of your archive books room?.
All he has to do is put them in order so he can find the books of certain subjects certain authors...
Amazing!! 👏🏼👏🏼
Where's the manga section?
Strange to see south china morning post creating this type of video..
@darrenkhosasi1252
3 жыл бұрын
It's supposed to be great big story
@mksingh1636
3 жыл бұрын
@@darrenkhosasi1252 hmmm u got point...
@zeliang5101
3 жыл бұрын
Why not ? They always do
@zeliang5101
3 жыл бұрын
@Rajnikant Pattnaik Abe dikhe BHI tune videos?
Were this library is held
Its a Treasure worth more than a gold or diamond 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 Its also my hobby to collect books too Now.....Am inspired by him
I thought I'm going to book expo, but nope it's someone book collectors warehouse, yeah kinda surprised how many books he has, nice collection :)
most beautiful addiction one could have is book reading and having your own collection.
What a treasure
He can legit open a museum for that
So many book not living their best life, by not being read. :(
The poor will always want to learn while the rich geta it for free. Bless this man, hope he open a small library.
Truly a garden of knowledge.
When you have excessive amount of random items, it's hoarding but when it's the same type of item, it's a great collection.
Why does this look like heaven?
This is heaven
I can see from the amount of books he reads He is the indian guy that solves my math problems
Amazing collections ! 👏👏👏👏 Now all they to do is organize the books in order.
Respect Sir 🙏
So many books and not a single fire extinguisher in sight...
In the post apocalyptic time, this man is the King.
Even I didn't see him in Indian channels. They should have mentioned his address so that can arrange some voluntary support.
@fidelcatsro6948
3 жыл бұрын
indian channels too busy arranging bjp propaganda interviews
@alanmax8888
3 жыл бұрын
@@fidelcatsro6948 Instead I feel they're busy at mocking BJP ruling. Indian media channels are eagerly waiting for sensational news anything against Hindus.
I have exactly the same hobby. Book reading alongside with book collection. Right now my book collection is very small due to financial reason. But trying to be more financially strong so some day I can build a personal library like this in my house. From WB, India.
Hats off to him. But looking at his collections and the way the books are placed, I am already at loss.
TY 🙏
I have a collection of 100 books in my house... and then I saw this video.
Asombrossso!!!👏👏👏
Open out a library old man.many of us will be grateful to you if you do.
Wow this amazing wish i could read the books
Heaven 😍
I nearly said this man's of hoarder of books...
Does he sell any of his books? I saw two books I would like to read.
He is doing what he loves.
Wonder if there is really a global book collection of every literary publication including digital ones
digitize it and get proper royalty agreement with publisher/author to rent out the digitized version
that covers my entire syllabus
Dont smoke in this room
Mom: can you get me Time down stairs? Down stairs:
Its so weird that a Chinese news channel is showing an indian news while indian news channels are repeating the same depressing news again and again.
imagine looking for a certain book and forgots where he put it.
Salute h❤
What’s the one book title that he doesn’t have?
Now i want to meet him!!!
Salute you sir
Salute you sir.
I have 2 books in my house: Greek Mythology Collection and Romance of the Three Kingdoms
great work sir big salute to you
Can I buy a book in the middle of the centre
Precious than gold 🪙
That's roughly 33.8 terabytes in pdf format.
Bookworms: ha buffet! Fire: ha i love bbq
He has to share it by opening a library for people to impart in its magnificence.
Irodov milegi kya?
Question is...has he read all these books...?🤔
amazing!!
I have your respect man. this would be given a guiness world record
Imagine the number of silverfish there
@HunterShows
3 жыл бұрын
When silverfish die and go to heaven, they get sent to this room.
Babu,How many acres of your archive books room? .
This is less of a collection and more targeted hoarding.
I would love to help him , where’s this place
Knowledge is power
The last scene makes it seem like a big hoarders house. I dont think only 1 volunteer is enough!!
this is heaven