On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 09:33:23AM -0700, Smruti wrote: > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:43 AM, Anupam Jain <ajn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't know how many of you know about this but all NCERT books are now > > available online through the NCERT website > > http://www.ncert.nic.in/html/textbooks.htm. > > > > Great Initiative by GoI. > > But I am just curious, what is it's use??
These are frivolous reasons, but reasons all the same. For one, I can read it for pleasure (I have heard good things about the IX and X Hindi textbooks). But more importantly, you really needn't wait for the textbooks to be printed before the academic year. Having been a CBSE student in less-than-metro towns, I have experienced delays in NCERT textbooks being available in time before the start of school. At least now, I can print out the first chapter and/or get it photo copied (I hope that is legal). And, in any case, there isn't any _harm_ in making PDFs of the books available. Who knows, with e-book readers entering the market, we could envision people taking a single e-book reader to school, rather than having to carry a school bag with loads of books! Kumar _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
