An Undocumented Wonder: The making of the great Indian elections

Elections in India generate both wonder and interest globally. Polls have been held at regular intervals in the country since Independence, and on an unprecedented scale, surmounting the massive challenges posed by the geography of the land and the mind-boggling diversity of the Indian populace.

How does the Election Commission of India overcome these challenges? What is the secret behind its uninterrupted success? What ideals and principles drive the people who are involved in accomplishing this mammoth task? And how did India emerge as the ‘Global Gold Standard' in conducting elections, as observed by Hillary Clinton?

An Undocumented Wonder: The Making of the Great Indian Elections answers these and many more questions about what has often been termed the 'biggest management event of the world’. A first-person account of the recent electoral history of India, this educative and perceptive book brings to the reader the author's experiences, knowledge and insights from the time when he served as an Election Commissioner and, later, as Chief Election Commissioner of India. An Undocumented Wonder is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how the world's largest democracy works.

DR S.Y. QURAISHI joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1971. After holding several key positions, he became the 17th Chief Election Commissioner of India, the world's largest democracy. An alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, he has a postgraduate degree in history and a doctorate in social marketing.

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World’s Greatest Short Stories

 

World’s Greatest Short Stories

This book is a compilation of 35 best short stories in the history of English literature, which were written during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This enchanting book contains various short stories by great writers such as Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, D.H. Lawrence, Mark Twain and many more. 

The diverse stories cover a broad range of topics and themes. The variety of writers with their own writing styles makes the book both unique and gripping. 'A Madman's Manuscript' by Charles Dickens, or 'The Disturber of Traffic' by Rudyard Kipling or 'Smile' by D.H. Lawrence and 'Three Deaths' by Leo Tolstoy are a few of the stories included in this book.

Though written a long time ago, the content of these stories makes them relevant and interesting even today and offers an opportunity to read and enjoy these classic tales.

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World Book Day_Talk_Reading in the Age of AI

 

Celebrating the joy of reading, ideas, and evolving perspectives 📚✨

On the occasion of World Book Day, Nehru Centre Library invites you to a special talk on “Reading in the Age of AI.”

🎤 In conversation with Liferarian Co-founders
Ms. Heeru Bhojwani & Ms. Kuntal Bhandare

Join us at 10.30 a.m. on 18 April 2026 as we explore how reading continues to shape minds in the digital era.

📍 Nehru Centre Library, Worli

📩 Register at: nehrucentrelibrary@gmail.com

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Moon collection

 

“One Moon, countless stories 🌙✨
From science to mythology and astrology, explore our curated collection that brings the Moon closer to you.
Visit Nehru Centre Library and discover the magic of the night sky 📚”

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'A Book I Wrote' 2025 - Book Launch and Felicitation of Winners

‘A Book I Wrote’ (ABIW) is a unique library initiative started in 2017 in collaboration with the fantastic children’s book publisher MomSays. The purpose of this initiative was to provide a platform to children to write creatively and give them a sense of accomplishment by printing it as a beautifully illustrated book with their poems and stories. These books are a testament to the fact that children have the ability to ‘author’ their ideas.

‘A Book I Wrote’ is a thematic poem and story writing competition for children in age group 6-8 and 9-11 years. Every year a unique theme is given and children are invited to contribute a poem or story based on it. Some of the themes were Nature, Fantasy, Festivals and Gratitude. After receiving the entries, our panel of judges review and select the 12 best entries, 6 in the category ‘Poems’ and 6 for ‘Stories’. These 12 best entries are then published as a beautifully illustrated book.  The theme for this year’s competition was ‘Happiness is…’. By choosing happiness as a theme, we wanted children to think about what makes them happy and draw their attention to the positive instances in their life.  Lavanya Karthik, an eminent illustrator and children’s author drew beautiful illustrations for the book.

The 7^th edition of ABIW was launched on 14^th November 2025 where we felicitated the 12 best entries of the competition. For the launch, we invited four special guests from the fields of literature, media and library science. They were writer Ms Meghna Pant, features editor of Mid-day newspaper and writer Ms Fiona Fernandez, Head of the Library Network at the Muktangan Education Trust Ms Mamta Paigankar and Librarian and Information Curator Ms Heeru Bhojwani who very graciously accepted our invitation to launch the book.  They spoke some words of encouragement and felicitated the winners with a copy of ABIW, a certificate and a cash prize.

In today’s world of gadgets, reading printed books has become a rarity. The purpose behind Nehru Centre Library’s initiative was to draw people back into libraries, reconnect them with the fascinating world of the printed word and the rich language that somewhere seems to be lost.

                        

                      

                                        

                                                                         

                  

                                         

            

                                       

         

       

                          

       

                                                      

       

                                         

      

     

Library field trip - Muktangan Education Trust

 

It’s always heartening to get a request to organise a curated field trip for fellow librarians.

So, we were happy to hear from the Muktangan Education Trust who visited us with 22 teacher-librarians for a half-day workshop on 28^th October, 2025.They wanted to gain an understanding of the library operations and learn about the Koha Library Management System in use.

It was a fulfilling day for the participants who expressed gratitude for the opportunity.

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