The Living Archive • 49 Gatherings
One entry per gathering: what we read, who read it aloud, what the argument was about, and how late we stayed.
““Twenty years was yesterday, and yesterday was just earlier this morning, and morning seemed light-years away.” — Call Me By Your Name”
“‘Hair the color of lemons,’ Rudy read. His fingers touched the words. “You told him about me?” — The Book Thief”
“Sharvil began in his deep, therapeutic voice reading from Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore...”
“Ruchi & Mitesh swung by with a screwdriver and energy to put together the third bookshelf. Yogesh Ji was just looking like…”
“A momentous occasion lay before us, the 25th Edition! An extraordinary memory had to be conjured up, befitting of this jubilee.”
“Prashant read a small part of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy about this beautiful universe...”
“Winter warmth in Ahmedabad, holiday memories, and cozying up with classic novels on Christmas Eve.”
“Opening the new year with fresh resolutions, thick anthologies, and lively character readings.”
““...that relationships are not sustained by violence but by love. Love is a creative act. When you love someone, you create a…”
“30 gatherings of stories, arguments, and cherished company.”