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The Bicycle Project | Old Books & Beer

Another Cool Event for a cause organized by The Bombay Elektrik Projekt - India's leading alternative nightlife entertainment solutions company.

[See Below for Details]

Cafe Goa

Agnelo House, Off St John Baptist Road, Near Mount Mary Steps, Bandra (West)

Mumbai (Bombay), India

Old Books want New Readers.

You have a stockpile of them at home.

They are falling off the shelf. Begging to be read.

Now do something about them.

We give you a cause, you bring your books. We display them, so others who love books will buy them. Then we all have beer.
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The Cause: Proceeds from the sales go to charity.

THE BICYCLE PROJECT - Let your old bicycle help a poor village kid get to school

A brief about The Bicycle Project

Known by the very simple and easy to recall name of The Bicycle Project, this charity initiative took birth just outside Mumbai city, the financial metropolitan capital of India. The brainchild of three individuals: businessman Hemant Chhabra, his ex-teacher wife Sangeeta and their journalist friend Simona Terron; the project addresses rural neglect with the approach of recycling urban waste.

We have started off with refurbishing bicycles that are unused and lie rusting in the city and giving them to school-going tribal children who need to traverse long distances to get to school from their remote villages.
The project eventually aims at expanding to old computers, disused books and other items in the future.

Through a blog (www.thebicycleproject.blogspot.com), an upcoming website (www.thebicycleproject.in) and networking sites like Facebook (http://goo.gl/GfdQ), Orkut (http://goo.gl/o3Wg) and cyclists.in, the project has managed to appoint collection centres where the bikes can be dropped off, and regularly organises quirky events to garner awareness about how this simple act of giving away something you don’t want, can change lives of people who don’t want much but need all the help they can get.

Please drop your books off with us by Friday the 27th, 2010 latest so we can catalog them and share the list on Facebook. Pick the address most convenient for you or mail us at obb@bombayelektrik.com with your details and when we can come and pick up your books.


Churchgate-Bandra :
Sudeip Nair - 98209 98790

Andheri - Borivili :
Sushil Cherian - 96198 04020
Kenneth Lobo - 98197 03271


Mulund :
Pramod Sippy - 9819871676

Central suburbs:
Rajeesh Marar - 9987945957

Pursuit for Independent Stuff | Yoda Press

YODAKIN

YODA PRESS, a fiercely independent publishing house based in New Delhi, has launched a store for alternative books, periodicals, music and cinema by independent publishers, record labels/musicians and filmmakers.

The new store called YODAKIN is a 400-square-feet ground floor space located at 2 Hauz Khas Village. At a time when retail is ruled by the multinational or the conglomerate entity, this store throws open a space dedicated to marketing and promoting exciting work by some cutting-edge independents in books, music and cinema.

The store intends to keep a viable alternative alive to the more mundane and mass-market-driven mainstream even as it provides more visibility to independents engaged in fresh creative pursuits. Pass the word on, and make it a point to visit YODAKIN---you will keep coming back for more.

2, Hauz Khas Village,

New Delhi 110 16

Store timings: 10:30 am - 8:00 pm

Except Tuesday: 2pm - 8pm

Tel: 011-41787201 and 26536283

Email: info@yodakin.com

Source - http://www.yodakin.com

Made In India | Books इंडिया

© Abhinit Khanna, 2009

कॉपीराइट: अभिनीत खन्ना, २००९

To India With Love: From New York To Mumbai | Book

Ask people who have been there, and they’ll all tell you India is like no other place in the world, a land that stirs every one of the five senses and stays in your heart forever.

It is this India that brought together three friends, Waris Ahluwalia, Mortimer Singer and Tina Bhojwani to raise funds, spirits, and awareness for the victims of the attacks in Mumbai in November, 2008.

The editors set out to create a scrapbook–collecting personal photos, stories, and memories from people who, like themselves, love India.

The contributors include Wes Anderson, Adrien Brody, Francesco Clemente, Anthony Edwards, Jeanine Lobell, Natalie Portman, Yves Carcelle, Jean Touitou, Owen Wilson, Laura Wilson, Cynthia Rowley, James Ivory, Matthew Williamson, Rachel Roy, Tory Burch, Padma Lakshmi, Shobhaa De, Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani.

This book declares to Mumbai and the whole country that we are all thinking of them and support them: hence To India, with Love: New York to Mumbai. Profits from the sales of the book will go to support families affected by the attacks. This book can truly make a difference, by opening eyes to the wonders of India and by once again letting the pen—or a camera—dominate the sword.

Proceeds from the book, which was inspired in part by last year’s attacks on Mumbai, will benefit the Taj Public Service Welfare Trust.

Indian Design Edge Book

Breaking the glass ceiling of existing perceptions and mindset about Indian design, Dr Darlie Koshy, an internationally acclaimed design management expert, in Indian Design Edge, attempts to trace and touch upon the evolution and growth of Indian design which makes it possible for design to add and realize value and to create brands in the new age economy.

This book is a step towards creating a vision for India to assume leadership in the world of design. Indian Design Edge has a ‘hands on, minds on’ approach emanating from years of experience as an academic leader, researcher, top manager, consultant and, above all, an innovative thinker.

There are illustrative design case studies, historical milestones, policy perspectives, industry insights and scenario analyses inspiring the reader to explore, discover and unleash the power of Indian design for success and growth.

Foreword by Ratan Tata.