The Sunday Haul (on 31-05-2026)

 Another cloudy Sunday morning in Hyderabad but there was no respite from the heat though. Another week or so and it will become cooler when the rains come. Anyway, my first stop was Chikkadpally where I picked up a different sort of book. I found a copy of 'Indian English Literature' study material of BRAOU that I picked up because I want to read everything about Indian English Literature be it a textbook or anything else. It did not have anything new as it was a textbook so it was confined to the usual writers. 

The next find was at Abids. I picked up a copy of 'How to Make Enemies and Offend People' by G. Sampath, a hardcover title with a bright green cover. I enjoy reading G.Sampath's colum in the The Hindu on alternate Sundays especially those columns that feature Kattabomman.  He is one of the few writers who are genuinely funny like Sidin Vadukut who also has a column in The Hindu on alternate Sundays. Then there's Krishna Shastri Devulapally also but his column is in the Deccan Chronicle on Sundays though not regularly. Anyway this title seems to be a collection of essays on various topics. I got it for a hundred rupees.

Sometime last year I had found a title of Macmillan Modern Indian Novels in Translation series. It was Srikrishna Alanahally's 'Gendethimma' at Abids. Though I am yet to read it I also picked up a copy of a title in the same series. It was another slim volume and the title was 'Night of the Half Moon' by Gurdial Singh translated from the Punjabi by Pushpinder Syal and Rana Nayar. This too I got for a hundred rupees.

After these hauls as usual I sat in Bench cafe with two of my bibliophile friends and had a lengthy conversation of more than an hour about books, writers, movies, and events of the week. This, more than the books I find, has become the most satisfying part of my Sundays.