In the Times of India Madhavi Rajadhyaksha reports that in Bombay (Mumbai) It's raining publications but there's a literary drought, looking at the disappointing data from the recent World Cities Culture Report 2012.
All the usual depressing observations -- "Novelist Kiran Nagarkar's gut feeling is that literary culture is a thing of the past", etc. -- but you have to like some of the turns of phrase:
All the usual depressing observations -- "Novelist Kiran Nagarkar's gut feeling is that literary culture is a thing of the past", etc. -- but you have to like some of the turns of phrase:
"The city lacks a browsing serendipity," believes Ahalya Naidu Momaya of Literary Angels, a group that promotes a book culture. "The lack of bookstores and libraries does not allow citizens to chance upon good books.Ah, yes, browsing seredipity ... that's something every city needs.