New Delhi, August 06: Want to read ‘Asha Ka Savera’ by US President Barack Obama or ‘Bache Hamara Bhavishya’ by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? Then walk into American Center’s library in the national capital.
Aimed at “reaching out to a larger audience”, a new Hindi section was inaugurated today at the library which has a collection of books in the language written on and by Americans.
‘Asha Ka Savera’ is the translation of Obama’s ‘The Audacity of Hope’ while ‘Bache Hamara Bhavishya’ is Clinton’s ‘It takes a Village’.
Besides these, the library also has ‘Bahadur Tom’ (Tom Sawyer) and ‘Antariksh Pari’ written by NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who is of Indian origin.
Inaugurating the new section, US Embassy Minister Counselor for Public Affairs Michael Pelletier said, “the introduction of Hindi books allows us to reach out to a larger audience.
–Agencies