With legendary bookstores closing down all over the country, causing deep anguish to booklovers, SheThePeople.TV thought it would be interesting to know the secret behind those who have not only survived the phase but created interactive cultural hubs out of their book spaces. The session saw Ramesh and Rasika Rathiwadekar of #Akshardhara Book Gallery and […]

Like the tangy, spicy Puneri misal, with its sharp flavours, its mixture of assorted ingredients cooked to perfection and its penchant to not just gratify your taste buds but leave you with to a lingering, delectable aftertaste, the SheThePeople.TV’s #WomenWritersFest, held at Kala Kollective was a scrumptious, mixed bag of wholesome interactions – intense, funny, […]

Pagdandi Bookstore Cafe and Akshardhara Book Gallery are two renowned havens for book lovers in Pune. What makes them popular among the masses? How did they come about it? At the Pune edition of the Women Writer’s Festival the panel on “Indie Bookstores: Building reader communities and creating cultural hubs” moderated by Archana Pai Kulkarni […]

Last year, after a little encouragement from my editor, I decided to attend the first edition of Women Writers’ Festival in Pune. I was unsure about what I was expecting from it. It was just that as a female writer, I felt isolated, clueless and devoid of any acquaintances who would just nod at me […]