The silence of Coimbatore Reads — a bunch of people who assemble to read at Bharathi Park every Sunday between 9am and 11am — is near-meditative. Like still water revealing what lies beneath its surface, being in the quietness of the group helps one become aware of surrounding sounds: two quarrelling birds, a distant cough, […]
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that readers don’t like to be interrupted. “They like to read and lose themselves in a book in companionable silence,” says Rachana Malhotra of Juhu Reads, a chapter of a pan-India community of bibliophiles who have turned reading books in natural surroundings such as parks and beaches into a […]
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People reading books under the shade of trees at VMRDA Central Park as part of a quiet reading initiative called Vizag Reads in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: KR Deepak On a bright Sunday morning last week, a group of people armed with books and mats entered the pristine premises of VMRDA Central Park. Scattered across […]
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It is a few minutes past mid-day at Cubbon Park, where the 300-acre green space provides respite from the sun’s oppressive heat, offering shade and relief to its occupants. Next to a sprawling banyan tree within the park, a scattered group of over 300 people are seated on towels and mats. Most of them have […]
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A quiet reading session at KBR | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Ever thought of grabbing a mat or a bedspread and heading to a park in Hyderabad, just to read? No chatting, no discussion, just read your book and pack up. If you are a bookworm and love the idea of reading at a park […]
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