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Books by bike: Sri Lankan man runs mobile library for kids

by Bharatha Mallawarachi
| November 26, 2020 9:36 PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — During his leisure time, Mahinda Dasanayaka packs his motorbike with books and rides his mobile library — across mostly muddy roads running through tea-growing mountain areas — to underprivileged children in backward rural parts of Sri Lanka.

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