By: Aakriti Mandhwani [Aakriti Mandhwani is an Associate Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University. She is the author of *Everyday Reading: Middlebrow Magazines and Book Publishing in Post-Independence India.]* Published in: *Scroll* Date: May 17, 2026 Source: https://scroll.in/article/1092790/how-lovingly-curated-independent-bookstores-are-helping-reading-culture-grow-in-india *Note: *Please access the source to read the entire article.
"Writer Aakriti Mandhwani writes about her trysts with India’s various independent bookstores. In beautiful Margao, Goa, Dogears <https://thedogearsbookshop.com/?v=13b5bfe96f3e> has curated shelves on, among other things: marginalised voices in literature, on books about books, and books on cities. The bookshop assistants draw attention to how the shelves have been stacked. Shoes have to be left outside. The location of a bookstore sometimes dictates the existence of specific stacks. Dogears has a section dedicated to the history, literature, and the being of Goa. There is also an entire floor dedicated to pre-owned books and children’s books."
