Come one, Come all … Sunday ko Hyderabad aavo ... Abids mein booksaan dekho …

I have been writing about visiting Abids on Sundays and buying secondhand books (at very low prices…) and meeting Vinod and his friends and all that for quite some time now … I enjoy my visits to Abids and hunting for books … but, Vinod is the real bibliovenator© (there, I have coined a neologism for you Vinod!! Copyright Copyright…) here … he is there at Abids at 11 or so every Sunday, come rain or shine, come company or not … he can hunt in a pack, he can hunt alone … and every Friday or Saturday, you can check his blog and you will a find fresh post uploaded with pictures and descriptions of books he bought last Sunday (go on … check it out … he blogs at www.vinodekbote.blogspot.in ) …

And both of us keep writing about picking up books for ‘only’ 20 Rs., or from a heap of books selling for ‘only’ 30 Rs. and so on … and sometimes for even ‘only’ 10 Rs. … so, the previous Sunday, I decided to take some pictures and tempt all of you … of course, Calcuttans might say … arre, ki bolcho, Park Street mein aao, paanch rupeye mein book milega … or Mumbaikars might say … kaiko khali peeli timepass karrelere bhai, Flora Fountain aake dekho …

Abids is also one of the prime attractions of Hyderabad on Sunday mornings for bibliophiles … wonder why the tourism department hasn’t picked it up …

So, let's start from the top ... descending order or what?

High price, no?

'3 for 100 offer' ... It is from this pile that I picked up three books mentioned in my previous post ... 

Another seller with '3 for 100' offer ... 

This pile is at the end of the 'bookseller's limit' on the Bata galli, just before the Irani ... also my favourite pile of books ... very tedious, requires lots of patience, but tremendously satisfying ... 

Next to that is another 30 Rs. pile ... 

See! 20 Rs. pile ... slightly more organised here ... 

Another 20 Rs. section ... another favourite seller ... neatly organised here ... 

You have growing children at home?  Lots of practice books ... story books ... full time pass ... 

Arre iski!! dus rupeye mein booksaan? dus rupeye mein kya milta yaaron? 

Bas hai? aur dekhte ... ? kab aate phir ... hyderabad ku? Abids mein milinge, chai peeyinge, usmania khayinge ... aur booksaan dekhinge ...