“Serendipity runs through every book experience — bookshops, even online platforms — but it peaks at the bazaar and bottoms out on Amazon.”- Kanupriya Dhingra (Author, The Sunday Book Bazaar)
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Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Kanupriya Dhingra where we spoke about her latest book, The Sunday Book Bazaar-Daryaganj and the Making Of a Reading Public in Delhi (Speaking Tiger, 2026).
Dr Kanupriya Dhingra researches book history, print cultures, oral history, and urban studies, with a special focus on Delhi’s parallel book markets. Her doctoral work at SOAS, University of London, supported by the Felix Scholarship and the SOAS Fieldwork Grant, examined Daryaganj’s book culture through extensive interviews with booksellers and readers.
She has written for Comparative Critical Studies, The Caravan, Seminar, Scroll, and Himal SouthAsian, and has spoken at institutions including Oxford, the British Library, Jadavpur University, Jamia Millia Islamia, and the University of Delhi. She also writes and translates poetry and fiction from Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu.
