Vice President CP Radhakrishnan today inaugurated the Mahadev Desai Library Extension and released the book Age of Enlightenment: Mahatma Gandhi’s Vision in New Delhi. The Vice President released this book while visiting the Harijan Sevak Sangh at the Gandhi Ashram in the National Capital. Mr Radhakrishnan also visited the Kasturba Museum located within the Ashram, where Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi stayed during their visits to Delhi in the 1930s and 1940s.

In a social media post, Mr Radhakrishnan said libraries are instruments of social transformation. He added that knowledge shapes character, conscience and social responsibility. The Vice President also lauded the Harijan Sevak Sangh for its enduring service to society.