The tale of Trilogy: How an indie Bandra bookstore builds its reader community

Updated On: 23 April, 2022 12:50 PM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto

In a relatively short period, Bandra-based Trilogy has managed to create a comfortable space where patrons – young and old – can bond while browsing and buying books. In part four of `Shelf Life`, Mid-day Online visits the Momayas, the couple behind this 8-year-old bookshop cum library

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Ahalya and Meethil Momaya, founders of Trilogy Bookstore in Bandra have been personally encouraging readers to explore different genres and have built a community over time. Photo: Nascimento Pinto/Mid-day file pic

“Two couples who met here got married,” reveals Ahalya Momaya, co-founder of Bandra-based Trilogy, an independently curated bookstore and library. “We know of this couple who were longing for a baby, and now their baby is a member here,” she adds, gleefully. That’s the kind of community and relationships the bookstore situated in Chimbai village near Jogger’s Park has managed to cultivate, ever since it was started by Bandra-based couple Meethil and Ahalya Momaya in 2014. While many came to read and buy books, they have now become lifelong friends.

Mumbai has a thriving reading culture that has been buoyed by bookstores in various areas of the city. Over the years, while some of the iconic ones have disappeared, a few smaller ones have encouragingly cropped up. In a relatively short time, these independent bookstores have managed to build a huge reader base, and Trilogy is among them.

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