![]() ![]() They guide students who have volunteered to type and upload the books. The founders of the site have set a target of 1,000 books over the next five years. For many, this is a dream come true as they feel that they would now be able to read books they could not easily land their hands on. “But they failed to understand why anyone would read Marathi literature on the internet when people did not read printed books,” said Sahastrabuddhe.īut the duo has been receiving emails from students of Marathi language and literature. The duo spoke to many professors asking them if their students could be engaged in the project. “The project has shaped up well,” they said. What is interesting is that Suvarna and Sahastrabuddhe have not spent a rupee on the project. We also got people to proof read and edit the books,” said Suvarna. But they recreated it and have committed to run and maintain the site for the next five years. However, after its creation, the site got hacked. “The first response was from two youths who said they would create the site for us. Students and Marathi literature lovers from Australia, the United States and other parts of the world have now come forward to help in typing, uploading and sending books. ![]() “We asked people to lend books, which we would photocopy and return,” said Suvarna. They approached a Marathi daily that published an article on their project,, and asked people to lend their books ![]() Even if we got 1,000 books uploaded, it would be a big achievement,” said Sahastrabuddhe. We felt we too could have something similar for Marathi literature. ![]() All its books are easy for anyone to access. “We would regularly track the Gutenberg site. They too wanted to set up a site where they can upload books of Marathi literature. Surfing a site that uploaded 25,000 books for readers gave Rahul Suvarna, 24, and Pramod Sahastrabuddhe, 50, the idea. ![]()
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