India, Nov. 19 -- A citizen in Ghaziabad tends to fondly recall her childhood in Allahabad town. Once a week, she would walk from her home to the mohalla market, stepping into a tiny room crammed with books. It was the neighbourhood's lending library. Now, she says, she lives in a city so big that it has no place for a space as homey as a lending library. But Delhi neighbourhoods did harbour lending libraries. Members would drop in regularly into those libraries to get new reading material. They would also chat with the library owner, sometimes gossiping about fellow members not seen for long. Many of these lending libraries have gone extinct. The one in Defence Colony Market is a fast food shack. The one in Prithviraj Market is a stationer...