India, Sept. 4 -- A conventional library is filled with books. But there's another side to the libraries you are used to. It's the human library, and instead of books containing stories, it's people who share their real-life experiences. Dr Zirak Marker, child, adolescent, and family psychiatrist, and Chief Medical Advisor at Mpower, told HT Lifestyle in an interview that in a human library, readers and books merge to become one- a human book.

He said, "A human library is a social initiative in which people who share stories are called 'human books' (people, not physical). It is conversational, open and one-on-one. The true stories shared by the 'human books' often depict experiences of stigma, hardship, or being on the margins."

While ...