We have a strange affinity with weathered pages, and when they come with words, it grows stranger. Formally introduced to us by an education system, a classic book — exemplifying the highest literary standard — proved to be a sort of time machine in the most physical sense. So, when 26-year-old bookstagrammer Tvishi Mongia shares her reason for recently revisiting the classics, we can't help but relate. "I've been reading since I was eight. But as you grow older, you develop a different perspective towards the format as your characters are now as old as you," she says. Mongia, who goes by the handle @anuneducatedgirl on Instagram only heard of a classics festival coming to a SoBo bookstore a couple of days ago, and as excited as we were, she then planned a trip from Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai where she's based.

Kitab Khana is the only Mumbai venue associated with the classics festival, with over 2,000 titles available for sale. Pics/Ashish Raje