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Strand Book Stall, Mumbai’s iconic bookshop, down shutters after 70 years

The curtains came down a day after the ninth death anniversary of its founder T.N. Shanbagh, who started it as a kiosk at Colaba's Strand Cinema in 1948, and in 1953, moved it to south Mumbai's Fort area

1 min read28 Feb 2018
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A bookshop on Kashmir’s Dal Lake may be one of its kind in India

Gulshan Books in Srinagar recently made it to the 'Limca Book Of Records' as India's only bookshop-library on a lake

4 min read16 Feb 2018
Industry

Bhagat over Rushdie: what young Indians will read

A growing population of young Indians will read Chetan Bhagat, whose simple prose and crisp storytelling draws the newly educated

2 min read4 Feb 2017
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Juggernaut Books: Reviewing the app that can get people to read more

The app is now available for Android phones and tablets, with an iOS version yet to be released

2 min read22 Apr 2016
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Open for business

The Bookshop in Delhi's Jor Bagh, a window to the pre-Kindle world, makes a compelling case for book stores

12 min read16 Sep 2015
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LOUNGE LOVES: Sahitya Akademi Metro Bookshop, Delhi

The Kashmere Gate Metro station is turning out to be a book lover's paradise

2 min read21 Feb 2015
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Lounge loves | Trilogy, Mumbai

A quiet book store and reading space bang in the middle of central Mumbai's dining hub

3 min read7 Feb 2015
News

Now, France takes on Amazon

French culture minister says the US online retailer is destructive for bookshops

1 min read4 Jun 2013
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1844 Higginbotham’s | First edition

Booksellers to the ladies of the empire, the story of this little Chennai book store, now owned by an engineering firm, is also a history that traces the origins of Indian publishing

6 min read13 Aug 2012
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Kafka with kebabs

Kafka with kebabs

1 min read6 Jul 2011
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