Arunima Mazumdar admits having a soft spot for translations and Japanese literature, but while there are many online and offline book clubs encouraging reading, she realised there were none dedicated to Japanese books. “Some months ago,” says the former book publicist, “I chanced upon an article about Japanese bookish words and discovered  ‘dokusha’, which means reader. It was around the same time I had reviewed Mieko Kawakami’s latest book, and thought why not build a community of readers.” That led to the birth of the Dokusha Book Club on Instagram in December last year.

Arunima Mazumdar