The Sunday Haul (27-07-2025)

 

Yesterday this blog completed 18 years. This is the first post of the nineteenth year of this blog. 

After almost more than ten days of gloomy weather with cloudy skies and intermittent heavy rain it was a glorious morning on Sunday in Hyderabad with clear skies and the sun driving away all the black moods. Sunny and bright it may have been but the wind was blowing like the devil flipping the covers off the books. 

The first find was at Chikkadpally with the seller at the end the guy who is always reading one of his own books and doesn’t even look at who’s searching among his books. I found a copy of ‘Brothers in Zinc’ by Svetlana Alexeivich, a Penguin title. Many years ago, I had found a Svetlana Alexeivich title but somehow I did not buy it. So, finding this title was satisfying. I got it for a hundred rupees. 

The next find was at Abids, a copy of ‘Talisman’ by Tirumavalavan, another addition to the growing list of Dalit literature. Tirumaavalavan is the founder of VCK, a political party in Tamil Nadu. I bought this book for Rs.80. Someday I am going to read this book with all other titles by Dalit writers on casteism, and also those by others.