Daryaganj Sunday Book Market
One of the few pavements in Delhi where Maradona, Chambers Dictionary and Jigsaw Puzzle can be found on the same shelf. I still remember how annoyed my nephews were with me that I just brought this picture home rather than the Maradona book itself. And it was almost two years back that I went there! About time I headed that way once more.
Daryaganj is THE place for all types of books. Once in Delhi, any book lover would want to go there at least once. But I am not able to do that. 🙁
There was a similar book street in Mumbai. That place was crazy! It was bigger than any of the bookstores i ever saw.Unfortunately, in late 2005, the high court ordered to clear the pavements of these booksellers. I have a story here: Demise of book streetThe book street has shifted somewhere else, secret location!!
I always wanted to write some thing about this market. This is the place from where I used to get all my stuff cos it was never affordable for me to buy new books, it is really a scene spotting so many teenagers and oldies (and of course some in between)squatting on the pavements and …?….. the heaps.
Cuckoo, I too have not been there in two years in spite of being in Gurgaon :(Priyank, that is sad. But did the market surface some place else?Wanderer, you should write about it. When did you go there last?
I haven’t been there so far. Seems like I should go soon…:)
Sidhu, you should and go in a cooler month or it gets too hot in the afternoon.