PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM 95 Praveen recalls. “And Sonia Sotomayor said to her, ‘You call me, and I will personally swear you in.’ I still tear up thinking about that.” BOOKWORM’S HAVEN: V.R. FEROSE When V.R. Ferose, author and head of SAP Academy for Engineering, visits a new place, he has a tradition. From Tokyo to Dubai, “one of the first things I do is check out the independent bookstore,” he says, adding that he can tell a lot about a country based on its bestseller list. “It’s basically a reflection of the conversation that people are having … What is a priority for them?” As soon as Ferose walked into Kepler’s, he knew this place was extraordinary. “It stood for community, it stood for a larger good—and it continues to do that,” Ferose explains. Since then, Ferose has attended countless author’s events and booked Kepler’s speakers at SAP. The affection is mutual and Kepler’s carries Ferose’s books. One of his most recent, The Invisible Majority, explores the resilience of “India’s abled disabled” and includes a foreword from the Dalai Lama. His most recent collaboration with Kepler’s—and with Oscarnominated director Doug RoPHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF: KEPLER'S BOOKS The Little Bookstore That Could
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