The Sunday Haul (on 16-11-2025)

 It is now full winter weather here in Hyderabad with a chill in the early hours and bright sun in the day, weather that everyone in Hyderabad loves. Last Sunday too it was bright and sunny as I started for Abids by bus. I had breakfast outside somewhere near RTC X Roads and then walked down to Chikkadpally where I had seen an interesting title the previous Sunday. I wanted to pick it up if it was still there on the pavement. Luckily the copy of ‘The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination’ by Daniel J. Boorstin was at the same place and I picked it up for two hundred rupees. It is another bulky book of more than eight hundred pages. I do not know when I will find the time to read it. 

Some of the titles in my non-fiction collection are books about countries like Russia, China, South Africa, Japan because I love to read about countries that are interesting. I do not have many books about Pakistan except for a couple I found recently. Last Sunday I found another title- ‘Can Pakistan Survive?’ by Tariq Ali that I spotted in a heap selling for Rs.50. I remember Tariq Ali’s name that I had read long back and since it seemed well written I picked up this title.