It took Aqui Thami many years to learn how she was reading more books by male authors and very few by women. Now, through Sister Library, she is spearheading a movement to encourage more people to read works by women and start a conversation through art and literature
Mumbai-based artist Aqui Thami runs Sister Library out of Bandra and encourages people to read more books by women. Photo Courtesy: Manjeet Thakur/Mid-day
For as long as Mumbai-based artist Aqui Thami read books growing up, it was always by male authors. As soon as she realised this roughly eight years ago, Thami also understood how she had a dearth of titles from female authors. She took a conscious effort to pick and curate books by women for herself. “We are so conditioned to read books that are by male authors,” says Thami, continuing, “that we don’t realise that we are missing out on reading books by women from different walks of life.”
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