On a bright Sunday morning last week, a group of people armed with books and mats entered the pristine premises of VMRDA Central Park. Scattered across a section of the park, they settled down in the shade of the towering trees and lounged on a mat to read in silence for the next couple of hours. The only sound breaking the silence was the rhythmic call of the koel and the faint rustle of dry leaves on the ground as people trickled in.
M Pravallika, a Pharm D student, entered the park with a book and mat at around 9am. Finding a spot in the shade of a tree, she sat down and pulled out the book The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. A water bottle and a snack box at her side, she spent the next two hours immersed in the book. Next to Pravallika was another reader glued to her Kindle, reading the same book coincidentally.
