How this bookshop at Mumbai Central helps provide food to adivasis in Dahanu

Updated On: 07 May, 2023 01:43 PM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto

Bookstalls at railway stations may be a rarity today but there are still some who are keeping the tradition alive for travellers. Even after retirement, the manager at Sarvodaya Sat-Sahitya Book Stall enjoys the purpose of social service through the bookstall, that helps Adivasis in Dahanu

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Situated at the Mumbai Central railway station, the bookshop has over 5,000 books. Photo Courtesy: Nascimento Pinto

Amid the hustle and bustle of people waiting or running for their long-distance trains at Mumbai Central Railway station, time slows down for many travellers who stop by Sarvodaya Sat-Sahitya Book Stall, which has over 5,000 books. They are mostly adult travellers who are looking for specific books or teenagers with their parents, who come by skimming through the books before they hop on to the train. A younger reader comes looking for manga but is left with choices of Tinkle, highlighting how much the tastes have changed over the last two decades.

Ironically, people who come to the waiting hall don`t frequent A.H. Wheeler, which has over the years been frequented by many people but since being converted into a multi-purpose stalls, sees more people come to buy eatables than to buy books, which are less than 50, in a stall that boasted over thousands of them till a few months ago.

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