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How Mumbai's silent reading community is coming together for the love of books

How Mumbai's silent reading community is coming together for the love of books

Being hosted at different gardens in Colaba, Bandra, Juhu and Borivali in Mumbai, the silent reading communities are inspired by Cubbon Reads in Bengaluru. At these meets, book lovers sit quietly and read with other like-minded people while enjoying the beauty of nature

10 August,2024 01:03 PM IST | Nascimento Pinto
IN PHOTOS: How Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal started the Gandhi Book Centre in Mumbai

IN PHOTOS: How Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal started the Gandhi Book Centre in Mumbai

Seeing a huge demand for the books on Mahatma Gandhi by film goers outside Regal Cinema in Colaba after the release of 'Gandhi' in 1982, president TK Somaiya and his co-workers set up the bookshop within the office of the Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal

10 August,2024 01:01 PM IST | Nascimento Pinto
IN PHOTOS: Starting at Rs 50, Vile Parle’s The Book Shop boasts 50,000+ books

IN PHOTOS: Starting at Rs 50, Vile Parle’s The Book Shop boasts 50,000+ books

From classics, fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, comic, spiritual and religious books to self-help and finance books, you can get yourself any book you wish to read at this bookshop 

22 April,2024 05:40 PM IST | Aakanksha Ahire
This Matunga bookseller caters to book lovers across India using social media

This Matunga bookseller caters to book lovers across India using social media

Bookstalls in Mumbai might just cease to exist a few years from now, believes Dharmesh Khandor, owner of the 45-year-old Sheetal Book Centre located in Matunga. To battle stiff competition from the internet, the bookseller has devised a way to stay in business and also earn profits 

23 March,2024 06:03 PM IST | Aakanksha Ahire

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