Carl Sagan wasn’t just an astronomer; he was our greatest ambassador to the cosmos. He believed that science and wonder belong to everyone, not just academics. Today, on #CarlSaganDay, we’re bringing his universe directly to you. Carl Sagan’s original university notebook.
tinyurl.com/ykcdzxbf - Deewar by Prithviraj Kapoor. One of his most vital works. A powerful theatrical allegory staged as a direct warning against the looming Partition. To mark his birth anniversary today, bypass the historical summaries and experience the primary source.
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tinyurl.com/42xtf875 - Select Essays of Sister Nivedita
Most accounts remember Margaret Noble—Sister Nivedita—through her spiritual devotion to Swami Vivekananda
Stuck on a problem at 11 pm, with no one to ask?
Meet the NDLI-FERMI AI Tutor. Snap your question and it won’t hand you the answer. It nudges you one step at a time until you solve it yourself.
Learn. Solve. Grow.
Try it free on NDLI: ndl.gov.in
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Every Learner, One Tutor Away.
The NDLI-FERMI AI Tutor, launched by @DrSukantaBJP Majumdar, Hon’ble MoS for Education. Free on NDLI for over one crore learners. @fermi_ai @IITKgp
Learn. Solve. Grow. → ndl.gov.in
When AI solves a problem for a student, the student learns nothing.
Prof. Plaban Kumar Bhowmick, Department of Artificial Intelligence, @IITKgp , and Principal Investigator of the NDLI, calls this cognitive offloading. Watch the video. Try Fermi AI on ndl.gov.in
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tinyurl.com/ysfbr6vd - D. G. Tendulkar’s Mahatma
On #GandhiJayanti, revisit the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi through D. G. Tendulkar’s monumental eight-volume biography, Mahatma: Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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"Ability in Disability: Every Ability Has a Possibility" looks at how challenges are overcome, how stakeholders are brought on board, and what it really takes to scale. Join us!
📅 Friday, 25th September | 🕔 5:00 – 6:00 PM (IST)
▶️ Live on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=n8rVaIbR…
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tinyurl.com/yv97c52k - M. Visvesvaraya - Life and Achievements (Video)
Engineers have always had the slightly unreasonable habit of thinking that is curious, practical, persistent, and forever asking:
“There must be a better way to do this.”
Happy Engineer’s Day from NDLI.
tinyurl.com/2m46zfhb - Sunil Gangopadhyay Interview: Sahitya Akademi’s Meet the Author series
On his birthday, we return not only to Sunil Gangopadhyay’s words, but to his voice.
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tinyurl.com/2fmpp5xe - The Philosophy of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Before he was the second President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was, at his core, an educator who believed that democracy without accessible education was an empty promise.
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tinyurl.com/3tym3ub2 - Speeches and Writings of Swami Vivekananda
On September 2, 1970, President V. V. Giri formally dedicated the Vivekananda Rock Memorial to the nation at Kanyakumari. The monument stands as both a spiritual marker and a masterwork of engineering.
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tinyurl.com/5bkmvujy - Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook (free ebook)
On August 31, 1870, Dr. Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle, Italy. Her greatest insights were formed during her decade of exile in India.
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Impact is not charity waiting to happen. It is an enterprise waiting to be built.
📅 Friday, 28th August | 🕔 5:00 – 6:00 PM (IST)
▶️ Live on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=tJ_SuCDg…
From transporting sounding rocket nose-cones on bicycles in Thumba to planting the tricolour at Shiv Shakti Point near the Lunar South Pole- India’s space journey is a masterclass in indigenization, scientific resilience, and vision.
#NationalSpaceDay #Chandrayaan3 #ISRO
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75 years ago today, IIT Kharagpur rose from the walls of the Hijli Detention Camp to become India's first IIT.
"Dedicated to the service of the nation" isn't just a line for us. 75 years on. One shared vow, still being kept.
#IITKharagpur75 #PlatinumJubilee #NDLI
15th August, 1947.
Read it as it was read then.
NDLI's archives hold the actual pages of Jugantar & Amrita Bazaar Patrika from the morning India woke up free — ink, layout, and all the uncertainty and joy that came with it ndl.gov.in/ndl_nw - NDLI Newspaper Archive









































