Enjoy reading regional literature? Explore this book shop in Navi Mumbai
Updated On: 09 September, 2023 11:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
Started over 40 years ago in Mumbai by Dinesh Punjabi’s father, today the bookshop that once supplied reference books to colleges is catering to readers of all kinds, who are especially coming to look for regional literature and spiritual books after the Covid-19 pandemic
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Dinesh Punjabi took over Bombay Book Bureau in Vashi in Navi Mumbai from his father in 1998 and has been running the bookshop for 25 years. Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Punjabi
Nestled in Vashi`s Sector 17, Dinesh Punjabi runs Bombay Book Bureau, a bookshop started by his father around 40 years ago first in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar neighbourhood, before the family moved to Navi Mumbai.
They started the shop as a supplier of reference books on different subjects to colleges in the region but today it houses between 10,000 – 12,000 books in multiple genres that can be accessed by all kinds of readers in Vashi. "Previously, business was very different. We used to be a supplier of reference books for engineering, and there were also IT books for Java, Oracle, which used to sell like hot cakes, which has completely gone down. At that time, since there was no Internet, people needed to refer to them and learn," shares Punjabi, who took over the shop from his father in 1998. Before his father, it was his grandfather, who was in the book selling business in Mumbai.
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