Now, browse Satyajit Ray's notes on National Digital Library app

Auteur Satyajit Ray's "Kheror Khata" (red books or manuscripts), where he jotted down minute details associated with his films, are now being made available by National Digital Library of India on your phones or tablets through an Android app. NDL is sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development and co-ordinated by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Unveiled in February, the Android app has clocked 56,000 downloads till last week, according to the library's chief technical officer Nand Gopal Chattopadhyay. "We are working on the iOS app for Apple devices. It will be launched in a month or so. Till date more than 70 lakhs items including books, research papers, videos, manuscripts etc were uploaded on NDL. The target for 2017 is at least two crore items," Chattopadhyay said. All these resources are easily accessible through the app as well, he said. Of the 70 lakh resources, Ray's manuscripts are one of the most important items hosted by the digital repository, said Chattopadhyay. "One can access as many as 37 of Ray's red books in the library. These manuscripts comprise handwritten notes, scripts, dialogues, scribbles, costume designs... all associated with his films," the official said.