The Sunday Haul (on 23-02-2025)

 Last Sunday there was a function at home: engagement ceremony of my niece in the morning that went upto almost half past two in the afternoon. I couldn’t go to Abids at my usual time but I went in the afternoon. It feels so different to be at Abids at that time. I ended up buying two wonderful books.

The first book was a title that had an attractive cover in yellow and light blue. I decided to buy the copy of ‘The School of Life: An Emotional Education’ introduced by Alain de Botton the moment I spotted it. I got it for a hundred rupees.

Shortly before I had chai I spotted a copy of ‘Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why it Matters Now’ by Alan Rusbridger, a thick volume that was in a heap of Rs.50 books. Somehow, I have developed an interest in reading journalists’ accounts and since Alan Rusbridger was an editor of ‘The Guardian’ newspaper for two decades and had made a name for himself I thought it would be worth reading and so bought it. I couldn’t believe that I got this wonderful title for only fifty rupees.