A former bus conductor, Anke Gowda, established the largest free-access library in the world. Gowda, along with a renowned ...

From a bus conductor with a love for books to the guardian of one of India’s greatest free libraries, Anke Gowda’s life is a ...

For over fifty years, Gowda channelled his passion into Pustak Mane, a vast, free-access library built on the foundation of ...

Anke Gowda, a 75-year-old former bus conductor from Karnataka, has been awarded the Padma Shri 2026 for creating Pustak Mane, Indias largest free-access library. Housing over two million books in 20 ...

India honors 45 unsung heroes with the Padma Shri award this Republic Day. These individuals include a former bus conductor ...

Anke Gowda, a 75-year-old Padma Shri awardee from Karnataka, has spent over five decades building one of India's largest free ...

Republic Day 2026: 45 people including an ex-bus conductor and musician from across India have been selected for the Padma ...

A former bus conductor is among the 131 people who has been conferred Padma Awards 2026. Anke Gowda has been recognised by ...

Kota: A private bus driver and conductor were questioned on Tuesday night after a bus left without taking three passengers, ...

The police in Cu Bao ward (Dak Lak) are investigating an incident where a group of strangers blocked a passenger bus, ...

Once a bus conductor, Gowda built one of India’s largest free-access libraries, Pustaka Mane, entirely through sacrifice and ...