How books are breaking new ground in NCR´s housing societies
(WorldNews India)

There´s little room for libraries in NCR´s urban spaces. But bibliophiles have found their spots in housing societies, carving out spaces that have become the centrepiece of small literary ecosystems that boast everything from book clubs to author readings and mini-litfests, finds Joeanna Rebello Fernandes. Years after apartment complexes in NCR have been comfortably settled, a new `facility´ is becoming more and more noticeable in the modern gated conveniences. Unlike the swimming pool and the bridge room, this late bloomer did not exist on builders´ sales brochures. The society library. Deprived of the breadth of book shops and libraries to which Delhi has access, several housing societies...