The Indian Coffee House sits on the top floor of Mohan Singh Place, a building known for its numerous small tailoring shops. It occupies a space that has felt like a time capsule since the late nineteen fifties, defined by its worn Formica…
Connaught Place Literary Trail
I will guide you through the historic independent bookstores, specialized map shops, and multi-generational literary hubs tucked into Connaught Place's radial lanes.
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1. Indian Coffee House
2. People's Publishing House
People’s Publishing House is located in the Marina Arcade of Connaught Place. It is distinguished by its history as a primary distributor of Soviet literature in India. Established in nineteen forty-two, it began as the publishing arm of…
3. Jain Book Agency
Jain Book Agency sits within the orderly, colonnaded circles of Connaught Place, a location that appeared remote and overlooked when Lala Shanti Pershad Jain first opened the doors in nineteen thirty-five. Amid the economic recession of…
4. Anil Book Corner
Anil Book Corner is a narrow, furniture-less stall in the Middle Circle of Connaught Place, identifiable by its stacks of second-hand books that climb high against a road-facing wall near the PVR Plaza cinema building. Established in…
5. New Book Land
New Book Land is a small bookstall tucked within the Jantar Mantar neighborhood of New Delhi. It occupies a modest space near the site of the eighteenth-century astronomical observatory, an area frequently defined by its role as a central…
6. Lakshmi Book Store
The Lakshmi Book Store sits on a mezzanine floor within the Janpath Bhawan, a market corridor located near the Jeevan Bharti Building. You can identify this space by the stacks of specialized volumes on astrology, palmistry, numerology,…
7. Amrit Book Co.
Amrit Book Company occupies a space on the Outer Circle of N-Block in Connaught Place. Established in nineteen thirty-six, the shop holds a collection of books ranging from history and philosophy to Hindi literature and global fiction. A…
8. English Book Store
The English Book Store in Connaught Place is identifiable by the large model of a Cessna aircraft suspended from its ceiling. Since opening in nineteen thirty-eight, the shop has focused its collection on technical and specialized subjects…