Meesho Virtual Bookclub Meet: The July Lockdown Edition
According to a recent research by Nielson, there has been a surge of reading and spending more time with books since the lockdown happened. Reading is an essential respite from what is happening outside and from a heady escape from the daily rigmarole of our lives in the COVID scenario.
Meeshoites are also reading voraciously during this time and our recent virtual book meet was evidence of that. The theme was lockdown reads and in this free flowing session, participants could talk about their favourite reads or any book they might have read recently.
Category Manager Megha Mathur has been reading women centric narratives, Black writers and books with strong female characters. Her recommendations include The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett that deals with the consequences of racism and Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, a dark comedy that touches on themes of race, mental health and the life of a young Black woman negotiating her life.
Senior Content Manager Amrita Bose, is re-reading the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling and finding the series is getting darker and darker (she is on to the fifth book: Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix). Aditee Kale, Key Account Manager, is devouring a graphic novel version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as well. She finds Harry Potter her safe haven at times like these!
Nikita Dresswala, Strategy & Ops Head, International Expansion has recently competed India After Gandhi by Ramchandra Guha, a recommendation she picked up from one of our previous book meets, while Senior Content Writer cum Editor Mangala Dilip talked about Pyre by Perumal Murugan themed around caste and the Pulitzer prize winning The Color Purple by Alice Walker around the life of African American women in Southern United States during the 1930s.
Our Human Resources Director Eric Lee James, is a psychology enthusiast, and ranks Viktor Frankl’s : A Man Search for Meaning as one of his best reads, and also recommends Hostage At the Table… by Goerge Kohlireiser.
Mayank Gupta, Senior Product Manager, is a new entrant into the Murakami fan club with Norwegian Wood, while Roopa Srinivas, Executive Assistant to the CEO’s Office says she has learnt some valuable life lessons from Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff… by Richard Carlson. She is learning how to reduce stress and anxiety by making small daily changes in your life and how to achieve your goals.
The Meesho Bookclub meets once a month to discuss books and talk about tomes that have changed the direction of their lives and authors they love to read. Who says virtual book meets are not a thing!
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