My book haul! Usually a thing of enormous
delight. Not so this time.
Ekta library bondho hoi gelo. Aar kichu diner
modhe, the owner D.P George will pull down the shutters to this tiny one room
library and leave Kolkata forever for his native Kerala. A combination of
reasons. Primarily, not many patrons for libraries now a days. Well times, they
are a changing.
Eloor Library closed couple of years ago. That
ground floor of the white building opposite Bharat Sevashram Sangha was my
favorite go to place. Nothing so calming and exciting at the same time to be
lost among towering shelves of books! George who was a staff there, decided to
open his tiny library mainly with a few patrons like me who couldn’t do without
the periodic pottering around bookshelves.
He WA the members about his decision and the
impending book sale. I was a tad late. I wanted the Yuval Hararis, the Tin Tins
and the Asterixs. All gone. Am happy with my haul though. My last take out from
this library. 20 years of memories.
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