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First ever Human Library will be held in City of Palaces on Dec 8

First ever Human Library will be held in City of Palaces on Dec 8

Mysuru, Dec 7(UNI) Human Library, a concept which seeks to replace books with humans, will be held in the City of Palaces on December 8.
The first event of Human Library aims to break past long-standing prejudices and stereotypes by creating a safe framework for conservation by using a Library analogy of lending people rather than books. 'It intends to generate greater human cohesion across various social, religious and ethnic diversities,' Ms K Pavithra, founder of Human Library, Mysuru Chapter said in a statement here on Saturday.
Copenhagen, Den mark, headquartered Human Library is a registered international non-profit organisation. 'The notion of Human Library was initially launched in the year 2000 and currently exists in more than 85 countries, known as ‘The Human Library Organisation", she added.

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