Last weekend I was in Pune for a family function so could not go to Abids in Hyderabad on Sunday. The whole of Saturday went in the event and on Sunday we went out of Pune and returned in the night. Only on Monday we went around Pune and while going to the Dagdu Ganesh temple I saw a few people with books piled on tables on the pavements near the temple. So, while my family went to the temple I checked out the books the sellers had.
A long time back maybe twenty years or so I saw a copy of ‘Paris to the Moon’ by Adam Gopnik that I did not buy because the title sounded odd and I wasn’t yet deeply into travel books. Later when I read somewhere that it was a good book I regretted not picking it up. One of the sellers at Pune had a copy of ‘Paris to the Moon’ in his pile of books on top of a table. I thought he would ask something like two hundred rupees for it but he took me by surprise when he asked for just seventy rupees for it!
We were put up in Kothrud so I spotted ‘Irani Café’, a nice open café that I decided to check out sometime in the morning. I got the chance on Monday, the day we were leaving Pune, while walking around early in the morning. I was surprised it was open so I went in and sat there reading the newspapers I had bought and sipped chai. I spent about half hour there, a peaceful half hour that I rarely get. It felt good sitting in the neat and welcoming space that I felt glad I had spotted.
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Have been to that Irani cafe.. my Mom's old house is close by.
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