- Title: Indian barber offers discount for no phones, only books policy
- Date: 30th December 2019
- Summary: THOOTHUKUDI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (DECEMBER 30, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) BOOKS AT BARBER SHOP BOOKS ON DISPLAY BARBER AND LIBRARY OWNER PON MARIAPPAN CUTTING HAIR OF A CUSTOMER AS ANOTHER MAN IS SEEN READING A BOOK IN THE BACKGROUND CLOSE OF BOOK IN THE MAN'S HAND CUSTOMERS SEATED AS ONE READS BOOK CUSTOMERS READING BOOKS BARBER PREPARING TO GIVE A SHAVE TROPHY PLACED NEAR BOOKS BOOKS ON DISPLAY AS A MAN IS SEEN READING IN A MIRROR MAN READING BOOK BOOKS ON DISPLAY (SOUNDBITE) (Approximate Tamil Translation) BARBER AND LIBRARY OWNER, PON MARIAPPAN, SAYING: "Reading skills have come down gradually these days and dominance of mobile phones usage and technology play a significant role in this decline. From 2020 January 1st charges for hair-styling in my 'Shop Library' will be increased but at the same time charges will be reduced for my clients if they read books here. We should learn the art of reading books because books are the soul of History." CHILD SELECTING A BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY TO READ
- Embargoed: 13th January 2020 15:15
- Keywords: India Tamil Nadu Thoothukudi barber books reading social service
- Location: THOOTHUKUDI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
- City: THOOTHUKUDI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Human Interest / Brights / Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001BC62V67
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A barber in India's southern Thoothukudi town has come out with a new discount offer for his customers and the only condition is to read books while sitting there.
Thoothukudi barber Pon Mariappan has always been very enthusiastic about books, especially those related to History but to his disappointment, people don't discuss books these days as often as they used to.
This motivated Mariappan to this unique initiative where anyone who comes to his barber shop and reads books from his free library instead of looking at their mobile phones or other electronic devices, he gives those customers a 40 percent discount.
Most books in Mariappan's over-1000-books collection are in Tamil language, however, he does have some books in English as well.
Impressed by his efforts, a local parliamentarian, Kanimozhi and another popular novelist Ramakrishna, have also donated significant number of books there. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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