Born in the pandemic, these libraries in Bengal run with meagre resources but get people reading

One of them is in Kolkata, and the other, in a village. Both were set up to keep schoolchildren amidst books.

Rohan Datta

· Apr 11, 2021 · 08:30 am

How schoolchildren built a library network for students without access to books during the lockdown

In and around Nanakmatta in Uttarakhand, these children continue to run their libraries with determination.

Fathima Nizaruddin

· Mar 14, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Nine locations and one pandemic later, this independent bookstore still woos Patna’s booklovers

The story of Atmanand Das and Books-En-Amee, which he founded in 1979.

Harsh Aditya

· Mar 06, 2021 · 08:30 am

How the pandemic shut down business for this bookseller on local trains in Bengal

Dipankar Kundu would make Rs 15,000 a month selling books to suburban rail passengers.

Joydip Mishra

· Feb 27, 2021 · 08:30 am

How a library run by kids came to the rescue of children of migrant workers during the pandemic

The Chagaletti Children’s Library proved to be a lifeline during the lockdown and afterwards.

Maitreyee Boruah

· Feb 14, 2021 · 08:30 am

How a school is being built during the pandemic with the library as its fulcrum

A veterinary surgeon, an educator, and an entrepreneur have come together to set up the first English-medium school in Enayetpur, West Bengal.

Khorshed Deboo

· Feb 07, 2021 · 05:30 pm

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

Love and lockdowns: What kind of tragic romances will be written after the pandemic?

Lovers needed to escape each other to be able to stay together during the Covid-19 lockdowns.

Ipshita Nath

· Jan 24, 2021 · 08:30 am

How a people’s library sprang up during the pandemic in the town of Roing in Arunachal Pradesh

Call it the brainchild or the dream of one woman, Ushimi Linggi.

Narayani Basu

· Jan 23, 2021 · 12:30 pm

How this storytelling festival for schoolchildren switched gears to cope with the pandemic

The stories of Ghummakad Narain and Kathakar, the travelling lifests.

Shaguna Gahilote

· Jan 21, 2021 · 08:30 am

A writer’s pain: My grandmother helped me through grief. The pandemic may not let me see her again

‘In a way, it was my grandmother who taught me how to see the world through a writer’s eyes.’

Naheed Patel

· Jan 17, 2021 · 08:30 am

How this bookshop in Srinagar used discounts and delivery innovations to survive Covid-19

Despite being faced with two consecutive lockdowns, Sani Yasnain Chiloo’s Bestseller bookstore in Kashmir continues to serve its customers.

Majid Maqbool

· Jan 16, 2021 · 05:30 pm