Cheap wisdom
My experience of buying books in Delhi's Daryaganj where wisdom comes for as low as Rs 10 It was my first trip to Daryaganj. It was also the first time I had become aware of a book market where books were sold for Rs 20 and 50 and so on, pre-used and fresh. The purpose was to buy loads of books for a library for the underprivileged in Kurukshetra. I was to leave the house by eight in the morning so as to catch the Mahila Haat which was the Sunday attraction, that operated mostly until 12 noon, for buying great books in greater price. However, I failed to wake up on time and reached Daryaganj only after noon. The static shops were in-tact. The first shop I entered had cardboard signs stating one Kg for Rs 150. I picked up novels in Hindi for senior high school students. Some of the titles were ‘Hatimtaayi’; ‘Pracheen Bharat Ka Itihass’; and more. They were fresh books; only the quality of pages weren’t of high grade. A little away from the novels counter were children’s books, for R...
