Being hosted at different gardens in Colaba, Bandra, Juhu and Borivali in Mumbai, the silent reading communities are inspired by Cubbon Reads in Bengaluru. At these meets, book lovers sit quietly and read with other like-minded people while enjoying the beauty of nature

Seeing a huge demand for the books on Mahatma Gandhi by film goers outside Regal Cinema in Colaba after the release of `Gandhi` in 1982, president TK Somaiya and his co-workers set up the bookshop within the office of the Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal