tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post1256262339349951739..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Balram Dass and the Great Indian Book Bazaarbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-25249018679424632252007-08-12T02:38:00.000+08:002007-08-12T02:38:00.000+08:00There's a big book chain called "Landmark" that yo...There's a big book chain called "Landmark" that you can check out. Available at most Indian airports.<BR/><BR/>Just wondering around popular tourist areas like Delhi's connaught place and chadni chowk will yield many book peddlars. Quality varies though. Most Mills and Boons fans will coo in approval...<BR/><BR/>Head to any independent bookstore and you will be happy enough with the choices, from Dostoevsky to Murakami. Expect to pay 20-30% cheaper than home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-16647414911130526942007-08-07T13:33:00.000+08:002007-08-07T13:33:00.000+08:00during the early eighties mcalister road in penang...during the early eighties mcalister road in penang was lined with bookstalls selling all kind of novels and occassional playboys under the counter. <BR/><BR/>sadly the bigshot morons of penang see it fit to replace these with durian sellers and other assorted hawkers and consigned these good booksellers (who were mostly indians) to the upper floor of chowrastra market. don't know if they are still there. last time i visited there several years ago their stalls looked really crappy and depressing.<BR/><BR/>thinking of it makes me feel very angry and make me want to bomb something....Greenbottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316111272589161400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-78530449839155571922007-08-07T04:14:00.000+08:002007-08-07T04:14:00.000+08:00When I was a gal with nothing but stones in me poc...When I was a gal with nothing but stones in me pockets, I dreamt of shelves filled with books.<BR/><BR/>Each Sunday, I pulled out my Hero bicycle from my granny's garage and made a trip down to Chandigarh's Sector 17. There stood the grand dame of books - Capital Book Depot. I'd feel guilty about the extent of browsing I did in those days, about the fact that I couldn't afford any one of those books, but grateful that the people who ran it never once shoo-ed me away or feel like a free loader.<BR/><BR/>While so many book stores have dotted the Indian landscape over the years, Capital remains special for me.<BR/><BR/>Whenever I head back to India and a trip to Chandigarh features, the empty bags are saved for that. The folks who run it know their books. They'll tell you about the hidden treasures, the ones that you missed and the ones that you really should be reading. By the time you step out of the glass door, falling over with the weight of newly acquired tomes, they leave you with that wonderfully warm smile, some candy for the kids, a book mark in each of your newly acquired books, making every flip of that page something to remember Capital by. <BR/><BR/>Not entirely sure about the centre of the bookselling world, my hunch is New Delhi would be it, though the eastern city of Kolkata must figure prominently in that list.Read@Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13334742756571440932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-13259583320001059832007-08-06T21:23:00.000+08:002007-08-06T21:23:00.000+08:00sharon,you are making me daydreaming of being exac...sharon,you are making me daydreaming of being exactly at that corner, at that particular bookseller's corner.enar arshadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268658824807108992noreply@blogger.com