Lila Book Cafe
Welcome to Lila Book Café, a small book club hosted by Lila chef and co-founder Meeru Dhalwala.
Our next Book Café takes place Saturday, September 26, from 1:00 pm –3:00 pm, featuring The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster. All registered guests will receive a complimentary PDF copy of the novella by email before the event.
Registration is required for each Book Café and space is limited to 25 participants. Future selections will be announced through our newsletter.
Please note: Registration fees are non-refundable.
Welcome to Lila Book Café, a small book club hosted by Lila chef and co-founder Meeru Dhalwala.
Each gathering centres around a thoughtfully chosen book or short work of fiction, selected by Meeru. Register, read at your own pace, then join us at Lila on a Saturday morning from
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm for a lively conversation over chai and light snacks.
What We’re Reading
Book Two
The Machine Stops is a masterpiece science fiction short story written in November 1909 by E.M. Forster (Passage It India, Howard’s End, Room with a View). At a powerful 25 pages, this is a stunning prophecy of humanity’s reliance on technology that reads with little judgement and enough heart.
In The Machine Stops, humanity has isolated itself beneath the ground and is enmeshed in automated comforts, controlled by the Machine. The Machine meets all of humanity’s needs, except for the need of human contact. People live in isolated cells, communicating only by audio and visual devices. The Earth’s surface is unliveable due extreme climate events, yet life underground is full of comforts.
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