The beautiful story of the first 150 books collected
We met Krish at our guest house in Pokhara. It didn’t take long before the talkactive Indian asked us what brought us here to Nepal. After we described our intentions about an establishment of a sustainable community library, he was immediately hooked. He will fly back to India in a few days and then bring us some books on his next visit to Pokhara in two weeks.
In amazement, the open-minded Krish returned with more than 150 English books and told us this touching story: “My wife Bharti Patel passed away 3 years ago and I have been looking for a long time for a suitable opportunity to do something good on her behalf. I am so happy that I have this chance right now. Normally I would have flown back here to Pokhara from India, but that wasn’t possible with these three heavy boxes full of books, so I put up with the bumpy bus ride, which lasted more than twelve hours. Lovely and helpful people also helped me to carry the boxes and now they are there for the Sapana library!”
He donated all these books to us:
He did a really good choice with the books: a mixture of colorful children’s and picture books, exciting knowledge books, legendary novels and inspiring books for those who want to achieve great goals.
We were really touched by the effort he put into it and it is so nice to know that sometimes in life you just meet the right person at the right time and you are able to give each other something.
Thank you Krish!
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