My sporadic blogging from India continues.  While the focus of the research remains public and community libraries, concepts such as the public sphere, public good, civic rights, and infrastructure have crept into my thinking about the topic.  I have had a number of interesting conversations with various people on this research trip so far – [...]

I am currently in India and will be here during much of my winter research term, doing field research for a project on public libraries, the public sphere, and community information services.  Most of my work is based in the southern Indian city of Bangalore (India’s major information technology hub), in the state of Karnataka. [...]

Welcome to the new and improved ajitpyati.ca website!  With the great efforts of my site designer, Erik Stackelberg, blogging functionalities have been added to the website.  I will periodically post comments in this area on various topics, as well as provide links that I find noteworthy or interesting.  This upgrading of the site will make [...]