Bridgewater-Based Student-Run Publication Launches Book Drive

Finance Explained, a student-run financial education publication based in the Bridgewater-Raritan community, is continuing their efforts to spread literacy by having a book drive. This summer, founders Mahathi Karthik, Aayush Dhar, and Daksh Bansal collected and donated 300+ books, primarily to the various community book boxes, and are now expanding the effort to involve more members of the community. Their aim is to reach 1000+ books by September.

With support from section editors Avik Dutta, Pranay Chowdhary, Dhurva Hebbar, Keshav Chary, and Atharv Arora, the team is working to spread the word about the drive and encourage local students, families, and community members to donate books and help reach the 1,000+ book goal.

Finance Explained was started by Mahathi Karthik, Aayush Dhar, and Daksh Bansal to make financial literacy more accessible and understandable for students. They noticed that topics like investing, economics, careers, and personal finance can often feel complicated or aren't taught in a way that is easy for young people to understand. They created Finance Explained as a student-run platform where these topics could be broken down through free, easy-to-understand articles written by students for students. While it is currently being reconstructed and expanded, they continue to publish content and grow their team. They have over 20+ writers, 150+ articles, and have received over 2,000 views. Since then, their goal has grown beyond publishing articles to building a community of student writers and finding ways to give back to the Bridgewater-Raritan community.