The city is becoming hotter by the day but on Sunday last there was a slight respite. It was a bit cloudy so I did not feel the heat as much as I did the days before. As usual I started off for Abids after first checking out at Chikkadpally where I did not find anything interesting. Next stop was Abids where the first find was a copy of 'The Looming Tower: Al Qaedas Road to 9/11' by Lawrence Wright. I had always wanted to know about the whole affair from start to end so when I saw this book I took it though it was slightly damaged. Maybe that is why the seller asked for only fifty rupees for it.
The next find was another interesting book. I had recently found a title by Andre Beteille so when I saw a nice copy of 'Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village' by Andre Beteille I grabbed it. It is another addition to the growing collection of books on caste on my shelves. I plan to read all these titles someday one after the other to better understand the issue.
But the best find of Sunday came at the end. My eye was drawn by an attractive cover in a wide pile of books spread out on the pavement. When I picked it up I found it was a copy of 'Behind Iranian Lines: Travels Through Revolutionary Iran and the Persian Past' by John Simpson. I was so thrilled to find something about Iran that is now in the news that I felt a rush of joy holding the book in my hand. Only recently I had found another title by John Simpson whose journalism I follow. But the surprise was that I got this title for only fifty rupees!
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