The Indic languages collections in Bengali, Hindi and Gujarati and a new Urdu collection are held at Mt Albert Community Library. The Tamil collection is at Mt Roskill Community Library and the Panjabi collection is at Otahuhu Library. The Indic languages collection contains almost 1000 books and mainly includes fiction, and children's books but there are also some non-fiction books.
Click on the following links for books in these languages:
Examples of books in the collection:
- Jhara bakulera gandha - a Bengali novel by Chandika
- Kursi kare kamaal - selected humorous and satirical writings in Panjabi edited by K. A. Garaga
- Sarahada para se - a Hindi novel by Mahendra Mittala
- Gulara Begama - a Gujarati novel by S. K. Pagare
- Chanda and the mirror of moonlight - A children's book in Hindi by Margaret Bateson Hill
Donations of recently published books that are in good condition that could be added to the Indic collection would be most appreciated. Please contact the Mt Albert Community Library if you would like to donate books: Phone (09) 374 1316 or email us.
Community language collections
A number of our other community language collections have also been moved from the Central City Library to the Auckland City community libraries. See these links for further information:
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