India, Dec. 29 -- The Juhu Book Club in Azerbaijan

Dear Reader,

The Juhu Book Club turns twenty-one this year.

Much like the protagonist of any good story, the book club shape- shifts. Readers come and go, each leaving their mark in favorite books shared. Friday evening book discussions give way to Sunday mornings. Children enter, seeking their own bookish corners, as Aslan the bouncy white Labrador bounds around us in the garden.

Sunday Mornings at the Juhu Book Club

We travel - to Kochi, Samarkand, Bukhara, and in 2025, Azerbaijan. And our books- they arrange themselves around these journeys, reflecting the light of these distant places back to us.

Our reading list tells us what we fear.

It articulates our central question. In th...