I won’t say too much
here and let the pictures do the talking …
Ok … just a wee bit,
otherwise I will feel odd …
I have been buying
books from Best Book Centre for a long long time … I visit their exhibitions at
YMCA, Secunderabad, whenever they hold them there and after they set up a
permanent shop there, I visit that too … but I visited their main shop at
Lakdi-ka-Pul for the first time last week … I was speechless, overwhelmed, and
never thought I could see so many secondhand books in two rooms … I went around, and every
author worth her/his salt is represented there … all kept in neat piles on the
tables and stacked on shelves … I am a total idiot … because earlier I kept
thinking that LKP is so far away … I’d have to spend money on auto-rickshaws,
can’t depend on buses, etc. … but last week’s visit was a breeze, the kind of
first visit that puts a spring in your step and makes you want to go there
again and again … there is a direct bus from my place to LKP and back … I just
had to explore a bit, that’s all …
After buying the
books (that I showcased in the previous post), I asked Mr Hamed Ali at the
counter if he would be willing to send books outside Hyderabad if there are
requests, and he showed me some India Post receipts saying that he has been
sending books to people outside Hyderabad and he would be glad to continue to
do so … so, here is the address and contact details … phoning is better … and
then you can follow up with emails …
BEST BOOK CENTRE
# 6-1-70/1, 1ST FLOOR, ABOVE TIP TOP
DRY CLEANERS
BESIDE ASHOKA HOTEL
LAKDI-KA-PUL HYDERABAD – 1
PHONE: 040-24761428
MD. HAMED ALI – MOBILE: 9948118272
Email: bestbookhyd@gmail.com
Best Book Centre
also has a website … www.bestbookcentre.com
(and if you found
the info here, please tell him where you got it from … will get some brownie
points … he he he … )
Sorry … wee bit went
on just a weeeeee bit longer than intended …. and, now the pictures … I didn't intend to click any pictures, but when I saw these two rooms so full of books, I felt I had to take pictures and used my mobile phone for that ... it is a simple phone, so the pictures are not as sharp as one might want them to be ... but ...
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