The BookJelly Podcast is an audible extension of what I try to do at BookJelly — explore books, ideas and the curious ways they shape how we live and think.
While my reviews dissect what’s on the page, the podcast looks beyond it. The medium allows for detours: a stray idea, a passing contradiction, the unpolished thought that never makes it to print. It goes into the larger questions that never fit neatly into a blog post. It’s where I allow my curiosity to wander without an agenda.
Why India Has No Beautiful Public Libraries – The BookJelly Podcast
India loves calling itself a civilization of knowledge. We proudly invoke Nalanda, Takshashila, ancient scholarship, Sanskrit learning, astronomy, philosophy and the glory of our intellectual past. But walk into most public libraries today and the romance collapses almost instantly.
In this episode, I ask a simple but uncomfortable question: if architecture shapes thought, what does our library architecture say about us?
This is not just about books. It is about beauty, citizenship, public culture and aspiration. Because a library is not merely a place to study for exams. At its best, it is a temple of reflection. And India badly needs those temples again.
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- Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Review
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- Why Business Nonfiction Ages So Poorly
- The Millionaire Next Door Review
- Remembering Umberto Eco – The Man Who Knew Too Much