‘Knowledge is not only on paper, a lot still in people’s memory’

Chandigarh | Monday | 14th January, 2019

Summary:

Knowledge is not only on paper, a lot is still in people’s memory. Last time, knowledge migrated when humans developed writing tools, some 2,500 years ago, when it migrated from brain to paper. Davinder Pal Singh, Co-founder & Executive Director of Panjab Digital Library, talks to Chandigarh Newsline about preserving Punjab’s heritage for future generations. All our memory is on paper and it is terrible to lose one’s memory. Making people agree to get their documents digitised was the second challenge..