Delhi Metro commuters spotted reading books across five lines

Mithlesh stood in a crowded Violet Line coach after JLN Stadium station, reading Sidney Sheldon’s *The Stars Shine Down* from a paperback balanced on the backpack he wore in front.

Other commuters were also seen with physical books on the network. On the Violet Line, one passenger read Akshaya Mukul’s *Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya*.

On the Blue Line, a passenger read George Orwell’s *1984*. A commuter on the Magenta Line kept reading Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s *Lady Audley’s Secret* while walking towards the doors at Vasant Vihar. On a Yellow Line journey from Gurugram to Green Park, another passenger read Eric Hobsbawm’s *How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism*.

Tanmay carried Douglas Adams’s *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* on a Blue Line journey ending at Vaishali in Ghaziabad. Other commuters included Dwarka resident Nikhil, who read Vikram Seth’s *A Suitable Boy* during work journeys, and Noida resident Manika, who travelled with Rebecca West’s *Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia*.