THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre
BOMBAY BOOKED 9
Friday, 7th February 2025 at 5 p.m.

The Uncomfortable Question: Can Mumbai’s indie bookstores survive?

Giant online retailers, e-books and thinning reading habits have long thrown homegrown bookshops into existential crisis. Now, there’s a new corrival: the Podcast! Champions of the indie bookshop scene come clean on what it’s going to take to pull off a devilishly difficult mission.

Join Tinaz Nooshian, Amrita Somaiya and Ahalya Naidu in a straight-from-the-shoulder chat on the endurance of bookshops and libraries.

Friday, 7th February 2025
Tea at 4:30 P.M. and Talk at 5:00 P.M.
Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai

- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC