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Discover Mumbai's reading clubs that keep the pages turning despite rains
Updated On: 27 July, 2024 09:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Kanisha Softa
How do Mumbai’s bookstores, libraries and reading clubs engage with its vast reading community in the rains? How do they ensure the ‘josh’ is intact? We read between the lines
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Readers at The White Crow Books & Coffee meet-up; a Pai’s friend’s library event; participants at a Bandra Reads session
At Bandra Reads, you’ll find a warm and welcoming community where people eagerly exchange books, ideas, fostering a love for community reading and developing hobbies together. This inclusive group founded by Abhimanyu Lodha and Amie Fazulbhoy, has meet-ups at Jogger’s Park on Carter Road. They meet at the same venue every Sunday between 8 am and 10 am since their first session on June 16, 2023, Lodha tells us. Despite considering shifting the meet-ups to a café or an indoor location during the monsoon, the founders realised this would leave members second-guessing the location each week. With the rains, the group can seek shelter under a canopied section at the park. For this Sunday’s meet-up at Joggers Park, members have been informed to carry a mat, umbrella, apart from a book.
The space is open to all readers. Besides, members are welcome to crochet, seek inspiration, or people-watch. Listen quietly to the waves breaking on the shore, or interact with people to learn about their interests. Post-reading, they head to a nearby café for coffee, breakfast, and chit-chat.
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