Meet The 75-Year-Old Bus Conductor Who Built A 20 Lakh Book Library, Won Padma Shri
Anke Gowda, a 75-year-old former bus conductor has been conferred the Padma Shri Award, not for glamour or valor or power, but for turning his life’s savings into a sanctuary of stories. He founded Pustaka Mane, the “House of Books” in Haralahalli Village, Pandavapura taluk, Mandya district. Reportedly, it is among the biggest library in…