tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68141085485457133342024-02-08T09:16:08.296+05:30twistntalesyourneighbourhoodbookstorejanakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.comBlogger310125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-17922453305815856792013-03-01T15:35:00.002+05:302013-03-01T15:35:54.237+05:30Nine days more to celebrate!
Hi all,
Yes, we are reaching the last leg of our long and happy journey at twistntales
As we bid adieu to the business, here’s your last chance to pick up the balance books from twistntales! Yes, we have a few good books still left with us, drop in and take a good look.
Our last working day will be 9th of March, Saturday. It’s a day when you are likely to meet almost all the team members whojanakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-34569730205626193032013-02-24T15:50:00.000+05:302013-02-24T15:50:05.513+05:30Why are we closing ?
http://www.firstpost.com/living/the-death-of-a-bookstore-why-punes-twistntales-is-closing-down-636880.html
janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-77971324130846357102013-02-24T15:44:00.001+05:302013-02-24T15:44:36.951+05:30Event Report - Revenge of the Pharoah
Our Egyptian Costume and book reading on the 16th of FEb was fun all the way. With a "Mummy" at the billing counter, and Cleopatra serving customers, it was a magical time.
Author Sonja Chandrachud brought the event alive for all the kids and a quiz with toffees for right answers got the kids really going ! Sonakshi's belly dancing got all the girls and ladies up on their feet and all the janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-37071062388201298712013-02-24T15:31:00.002+05:302013-02-24T15:31:28.187+05:30Event Report - One Billion Rising on 14th Feb
We had a successful RISING on the 14th of Feb. Girls, women and men gathered in twistntales on the 14th and watched the OBR videos.
And then we had a flash mob ! Stopping traffic in Gaikwad Nagar! Girls from Dept. of Media and Communication of SNDT University along with their HOD, Dr. Radha Mishra surprised everybody and yes, got everybody to join in as well.
See it here :
http://janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-20613019601445611522013-02-11T17:07:00.001+05:302013-02-11T17:07:40.533+05:30Be there for the ONE BILLION RISING event on 14th Feb, 8pm.
Hi all,
We do hope that all of you have seen the mail announcing our event for ONE BILLION RISING on 14th Feb, 2013 @ 8pm.
The OBR videos with a community dance at twistntales
On 14th Feb 2013, at 8pm, twistntales will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-10832809216653562572013-01-30T23:37:00.000+05:302013-01-30T23:37:03.928+05:30One Billion Rising !
Hi all,
First of all, thank you so much for your overwhelming response to our closure mail. The immense affection that we have received through your mails, your kid’s letters and so many of you personally visiting us to tell us that you are going to miss us!
Thank you, we at twistntales feel genuinely touched and moved. However, the decision stays.
We will be working till end Feb. However, janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-21485102317061008992013-01-15T09:54:00.000+05:302013-01-15T09:54:59.592+05:30Happy 2013 and bye bye !!
Hi all,
Best wishes for 2013 and greetings for Makar Sankranti. Uttaraayan brings with it new beginnings and it’s time to move on.
Yes, its bye bye time!
Yes, twistntales will be downing its shutters shortly.
twistntales has been part of our lives for the past 11 years and has greatly enriched our lives. Living and being part of the neighbourhood where twistntales has been supported by the janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-62080898011219741562012-12-22T16:42:00.004+05:302012-12-22T16:43:27.203+05:30Merry Christmas and Happy New 2013
Hi all,
Thank you all for your tremendous response to our appeal for funds. Our team managed to collect close to Rs. 1.5 lakhs which by our standards is huge and will pay for the Pediatric Physiotherapy Ward and so many other things on the wish list! A note on the event and a list of donors is available at http://www.twistntales.blogspot.in/2012/12/a-big-thank-you.html
Thank you also to many janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-51208072700236788842012-12-18T13:10:00.001+05:302012-12-18T13:15:00.468+05:30A BIG thank you !!!
Christmas is always special ! It gives us an opportunity to spread joy and happiness. In twistntales we are blessed with abundance. Joy, Fun and happiness (and food !) is always around. Our cup is always overflowing. Christmas time allows to take this overflowing cup and share it with the kids at Sunshine.
Nalini and Saira have created Sunshine (within the Pedaitric ward) and have been janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-65695607870044194002012-12-11T16:33:00.000+05:302012-12-11T16:33:07.512+05:30Requirements for Sunshine
Requirements For Sunshine @ Sassoon Hospital
Sponsors Wanted for:
1. Setting up the Pediatric Physiotherapy Ward (quotation awaited from Hospital)
a. Partitions (3 to 4 half partitions) – 26 k
b. Mirrors (5ft X 3 ft – 2 of them) – 5k
c. Rexin covering for mattresses (7 to 8 mattresses) – 5 k
d. Curtains for windows (approx 8 K)
2. Thermometers (for all janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-78121891433932936132012-12-07T14:26:00.001+05:302012-12-07T14:26:41.686+05:30Christmas is here ! So is Carol Singing !
Hi all,
Hi there, it’s December and the Spirit of Giving is here! Carol singing, X’mas, and the spirit of giving overwhelms all of us at twistntales!
Our Carol Singing starts today (7th Dec) at the Store (every evening at 7pm) right till Christmas and you are most welcome to join us with friends, family and kids for a robust hour of singing ;-). And if you like to play any musical instrument,janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-4399642187739820032012-11-12T20:21:00.001+05:302012-11-12T20:21:54.681+05:30'Mark of Athena' will have to wait..'Mark of Athena' shall not be releasing tomorrow unfortunately. There has been some mess up folks. And boss just got this message.
The wait shall be longer..
The distributor does not mention a date yet.
Hold your breath. Keep your fingers crossed.
And be assured that the team @ twistntales will let you know the date as soon as they know!
Thus the minions will have to wait for the next Lijyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540552394007173109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-57181232384299789432012-11-12T17:21:00.000+05:302012-11-12T20:28:29.541+05:30Oh how for the mark of Athena!I have moved on from the shop. Physically but my mind she’s still very much there.
Whenever I go back to the shop to meet tntians or have phone conversations with my tnt friends and boss at tnt, believe me, each time (in all honesty), each time I am left amazed with the new projects they undertake/ or a new quirk/ or a new face/ or a new event/ or a different more efficient and creative way of Lijyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540552394007173109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-77439835206223043682012-11-03T21:04:00.000+05:302012-11-03T21:13:03.632+05:30Children's Day, Diwali, Reading Sessions and new books !
Hi all,
Thank you for your magnificent response for the street plays. Both the children of Sanskriti School and Lokayat felt encouraged by the response of the audience. And the interaction which followed the street plays was welcome and thought provoking. Check the photographs on our Facebook page!
We at twistntales feel heartened by the response to our events, and we have something lined janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-56836146209617845902012-10-30T00:46:00.000+05:302012-10-30T00:46:17.306+05:30Rituals for everydayOur Saraswati puja was divine.
Given the number of festivals and holy occasions, an enthusiastic Indian wife can stay busy all year round. Every occasion calls for a different process, starting with a special shopping list for every god. Oh, and boy how our relationship with lists goes back a long way! From Checklist (our God) to Shree shopping list, stationery shopping list (lovely), the secretLijyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540552394007173109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-8884211296563575772012-10-22T22:11:00.001+05:302012-10-23T13:33:32.940+05:30Invite for Saraswati Puja and Street Plays
Hi all,
Greetings of the season and wishing you great joy and happiness on the occasion of Dussehra!
Our annual Saraswati Puja is scheduled on Dussehra day, 24th Oct, Wed, at 4.30 pm at the Store. Please join us in our prayers to the Goddess of Wisdom and may her blessings be on all of us.
We have two exciting events scheduled for 28th Oct, Sunday. twistntales has been a trendsetter in janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-80949672379448348822012-10-02T20:30:00.000+05:302012-10-02T20:33:38.202+05:30The JOY OF GIVING discounts !!Hi all,
The annual Joy of Giving week is here (2nd Oct to 7th Oct) and across the Country, a lot of voluntary effort is engaged in promoting the Joy of Giving. It is a festival of philanthropy that aims to become part of the Indian Ethos. Starting with Gandhi Jayanti, it aims to promote voluntary acts of “giving” through the giving of time, energy, resources etc.
We at twistntales are janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-87103414900624519882012-09-18T15:06:00.003+05:302012-09-18T15:08:54.788+05:30If you are one, call us !janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-17353185725416235242012-09-18T15:03:00.000+05:302012-09-18T15:03:10.735+05:30Welcome Ganesha with new books !Hi all,
As we welcome Ganesha into our hearts, homes and our streets, here’s to all the catching up in reading that you can do! But make sure, you walk to our Store or park far ahead, our street is in a mess, and will stay that way for ten days till our public devotion leads to some sanity on our streets!
Best wishes for Ganesh Chaturthi and may Ganesha bring in joy, prosperity and happiness tojanakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-67051624803947106462012-08-13T12:32:00.000+05:302012-08-13T12:32:43.465+05:30Read independent publishers available at independent bookstores on Independence Day !Hi all,
As we celebrate the closing of one of the greatest sporting spectacles and get ready for the season of the Gods in our country, here’s a look at what lovely books we have in store for you to pick up to read on your Independence Day holiday!
Some lovely, some whacky and some absolutely wow books here, some of which reviewed for you.
WOW
‘dates.sites: Project Cinema City Bombay/Mumbai’ janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-3714844428090390952012-08-01T05:48:00.000+05:302012-08-01T05:57:39.936+05:30किताबेThey peer from beyond
Glasses of locked cupboards,
They stare longingly
For months we do not meet
The evenings once spent in their company
Now pass at the computer screen.
They are so restless now, these books-
They have taken to walking in their sleep
They stare longingly
The values they stood for
Whose batteries never died out
Those values are no more found in homes
The relationships they Lijyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540552394007173109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-69233924772512129212012-07-26T23:10:00.000+05:302012-07-26T23:10:09.192+05:30Event details and lots of new books !Hi all,
As we get assaulted every day with more and more disparaging news, its time to take a break! As schools finish the first round of assessments, it is time to take an Olympic size break, and celebrate the human spirit!
Some lovely books celebrating the Olympic spirit, some quizzes, some introducing our stars at the Games, it is time to re-introduce our children to the endurance of the janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-70623473001733515852012-07-26T22:47:00.000+05:302012-07-26T22:47:36.904+05:30"Churning the Earth" event at ICC towers.Centre for Environment Education, Janwani, Manthan, MCCIA, Kalpavriksh, and Parisar
INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION AND BOOK RELEASE
4 August 2012, 5 pm to 8 pm
Sumant Moolgaokar Auditorium, ICC, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune
Churning the Earth: The Making of Global India
by Aseem Shrivastava &
Ashish Kothari
Panelists
Ravi Pandit, Chairman, KPIT Cummins
Rajas Parchure, Director, Gokhale janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-21725757888216928472012-07-03T14:57:00.000+05:302012-07-03T14:57:36.624+05:30Read while we all wait for rain ;-)Hi all,
Here’s hoping that rains arrive quickly and cheer us up! Till then, use our precious water wisely
And as we wait for rains, there are some lovely books waiting for you to explore in the neighbourhood bookstore. A small section of which we try and review for you every month.
New Arrivals
WOW
“Cutting Chai and Maska Pao: The Way it is Said in Mumbai Only” by Mithila Mehta, Priya janakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217228789121184120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814108548545713334.post-27826925809410318612012-07-01T02:04:00.000+05:302012-07-01T02:04:07.317+05:30The book bunch!The People who visit a bookstore are varied.
The Good Indian Girl observes..
There are everyday- persons, well almost every day-ers who come to us for the scent- the intoxicating scent of a book, touch covers, and feel. Experience. They come to sooth their nerves amongst books and just be. They keep us good company and so do we (yes, we do!) And along the way some leave us with their valuable Lijyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540552394007173109noreply@blogger.com1