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

· Aug 22, 2021 · 08:30 am

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

· May 31, 2021 · 08:30 am

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.

Selina Sheth

· May 17, 2021 · 08:30 am

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.

Selina Sheth

· Jan 31, 2021 · 12:30 pm

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.

Selina Sheth

· Jan 12, 2021 · 05:30 pm

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.

Selina Sheth

· Dec 26, 2020 · 12:30 pm

Walden, Hyderabad (1990-2020): The bookshop that, sadly, could not survive the pandemic

The lockdown only accelerated the decline that had already began.

Selina Sheth

· Dec 06, 2020 · 08:30 am

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.

Selina Sheth

· Nov 15, 2020 · 09:35 am

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.

Selina Sheth

· Jun 21, 2015 · 12:00 pm