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Selina Sheth
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How this children’s publisher defied the downtrend to boost sales during the pandemic
What’s behind the success story of Wonder House Books?
Selina Sheth
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Why Bareilly’s landmark Syndicate Book House may find it difficult to reopen after the second wave
After running the shop for over 40 years, co-founder Santosh Verma all but acknowledges it cannot survive now.
Selina Sheth
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With the deaths of its pillars Anil Dharker and Shashi Baliga, what lies ahead for Tata Litlive?
The brutal second wave of the pandemic makes Mumbai’s famous literary festival doubly difficult in the near future.
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Trending
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In Delhi, space for dissent shrinks as police pressure venues hosting civil society events
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Transformation of the goddess and clay: Naveen Kishore’s photos capture hues of conflict
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Watch: Beyoncé was joined by her daughter Blue Ivy on stage for a dance routine during UK concert
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Mob attacks Nagaland men for selling ‘non-vegetarian, northeastern food’ in Ahmedabad
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Kathmandu mayor installs map of ‘Greater Nepal’ after ‘Akhand Bharat’ controversy
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For this family-owned bookshop, the pandemic closed its three stores temporarily – but not its sales
How Rajat Book Corner of Amritsar and Jaipur kept the business going.
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For this bookseller of Kabul, the pandemic was a blip in a country afflicted by long-term war
Shah Muhammed Rais of Shah M Book Company fame was inadvertently prepared for the pandemic.
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Kitab Khana: Squeezed by the lockdown, gutted by a fire, the Mumbai bookshop is scripting a revival
Samir Somaiya and Amrita Somaiya aren’t letting their passion project crumble despite the blows.
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‘What The Hell Are We Dying For’: Shawn Mendes’s new song on New York skies after Canada wildfires
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Watch: Elephant gently shakes a tree to get a jackfruit from it
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Watch: Durg-Puri Express passengers evacuate train in panic after spotting fire under an AC coach
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Watch: Google Doodle video celebrates dancer-choreographer Willi Ninja’s 62nd birth anniversary
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Watch: Italian MP breastfeeds baby in Parliament, applauded for setting a precedent
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Walden, Hyderabad (1990-2020): The bookshop that, sadly, could not survive the pandemic
The lockdown only accelerated the decline that had already began.
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Mumbai’s elegantly curated Wayword & Wise bookshop refuses to go online despite the pandemic. Why?
Started as a passion project, it now faces an uncertain future because its founders wanted a physical bookshop, not online sales.
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International Yoga Day : Nine books to read to know what makes yoga so big
Some of the classic and popular texts of this 5,000-year-old practice.
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The Reel
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‘Bloody Daddy’ review: Plenty of cocaine but not enough speed
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‘Por Thozhil’ review: A gripping police procedural
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‘Dhoomam’ trailer: Fahadh Faasil headlines Pawan Kumar’s crime thriller
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Bring out the earplugs – ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ is back
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Pastel shades, tableau shots: Recreating the Wes Anderson aesthetic