On Ellen DeGeneres Show, Indian-American boy, 9, who runs free library and wants to be President

“Tell everybody about the ‘Loving Library’ and how you came up with this idea. You’re amazing,” Ellen DeGeneres asked Anaik Sachdev.

Shylaja Varma

December 03, 2021 / 13:48 IST

Anaik Sachdev,9, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneresShow.

A nine-year-old Indian-American boy, who founded a library to help those in need, was the latest guest on Ellen DeGeneres’s show. His statements won not just the talk show host’s heart but also a large number of people who watched his interview.

Anaik Sachdev, who lives in Phoenix in Arizona, US, founded “Anaik's Loving Library” during the pandemic last year after grandmother tested positive for the virus was hospitalised for weeks in isolation.

The library is meant for COVID-19 patients in underserved communities and homeless patients.

“Tell everybody about the ‘Loving Library’ and how you came up with this idea. You’re amazing,” Ellen DeGeneres asked him.

“My mom got Covid and we were isolated for about three weeks. Then my grandmother got Covid and she was in the hospital. She was very lonely and I would FaceTime her. I could see that she couild not interact with any other people,” Anaik said. “So then, my family read books to pass time. So I thought she could read books to pass time too. And she did.”

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