Adopt A book

MUMBAI: Zahra Vakil is all of 17 and on a mission—to save the rare and crumbling books at Mani Bhavan. So enthused were the administrators of Mani Bhavan with Zahra's Adopt-a-Book idea, that the scheme will be officially launched on October 2. The teenager not only helped design the webpage for the book project but also roped in Air India to provide free hoarding space to advertise the scheme. "We have over 40,000 books in our library. Some of the books are over a century old and there are many rare books that are not available in other libraries or private collections," said Usha Thakkar, a Mani Bhavan trustee.