Six years ago, Ponmariappan started collecting books from stores and scrap dealers. At the end of every month, he would save some money from his income and purchase them. Today, the salon has a collection of 900 books, and Ponmariappan has ensured a varied selection—from autobiographies to fiction, and even self-help books—in both Tamil and English.

Another reason behind keeping the book rack was to help people move away from their smartphones

Ponmariappan has studied till 8 std & he understands the importance of education and knowledge hence, the library is created for

students to create awareness regarding education.

Normally for hair cutting, the charges are ₹80, if the customer  read books, the money reduces to ₹50. Every customer should learn how to read in this digital era. His salon is has become famous in the village and everyone come down and accept to read before cutting their hair.

An interesting way to know if the customers have read the book is to ask them for feedback. So, to receive a discount, the customer must write something about the material they read.

It need not be critical analysis, just writing a small paragraph

does the trick.

Further for odd customer who detests the idea of reading,

Ponmariappan plays audiotapes of orators like Nellai Kanna

and Bharati Bhaskar, so that no one leaves the salon without

learning something new.