Pakistani bookseller built one of the largest book stores in World.....!

[jamahir]

My interest is in Islamic books mostly would love to visit this shop

you have such a one-track mind.

The reading habit has become a thing of the past unfortunately, There used to be a store in Pune called Mannys which had a great collection but it closed. Another was the western book deppo in sadar nagpur.
I bought a lot of my collection from these guys. Now a days its all about ebooks.

people constantly on the cell phone and facebook has reduced book reading because for most people, those two things reduces patience and the cell phone especially destroys taste... even if we speak of ebooks, most people read quite frivolous ones.

 

[mpk1988]

This Saeed Book Bank is actually 2nd or 3rd largest bookstore in Asia and largest in South Asia....and i live on the walking distance from it but have never gone there all my life.

Not surprising in the least. Bookstores are a pleasure to visit no matter their size. The smell of books and the quaint surprises that await you are worth your time and money. Screens can never match the magic of a book.

 

[salnamnaseem07]

Good step

 

[Umair Nawaz]

Not surprising in the least. Bookstores are a pleasure to visit no matter their size. The smell of books and the quaint surprises that await you are worth your time and money. Screens can never match the magic of a book.

Why do u people have such a low opinion about me.

 

[Faiez]

My interest is in Islamic books mostly would love to visit this shop

Oh wow, that's a complete shock and a big revelation....who knew.....

 

[T90TankGuy]

you have such a one-track mind.



people constantly on the cell phone and facebook has reduced book reading because for most people, those two things reduces patience and the cell phone especially destroys taste... even if we speak of ebooks, most people read quite frivolous ones.

I doubt if today's gen has even opened an encyclopedia. I got all i know by reading the 20 odd volumes of Britannica encyclopedia.

 

[Faiez]

Why do u people have such a low opinion about me.

just take a look at yourself in the mirror...

 

[RAMPAGE]

Why do u people have such a low opinion about me.

Not reading books has alot to do with it.

 

[T90TankGuy]

Why do u people have such a low opinion about me.

Probably because it reflects in your posts mate. No offence meant but you do tend to be narrow minded.

 

[Umair Nawaz]

just take a look at yourself in the mirror...

Well i see the most handsome man ever to be born on the face of the earth.

 

[RAMPAGE]

wait for amazon and this one will go out of business in 1 year flat. Happened to my favorite bookstore in Delhi (Bookworm in Connought Place)

His customers belong to a different generation.

 

[Umair Nawaz]

Probably because it reflects in your posts mate. No offence meant but you do tend to be narrow minded.

Not reading books has alot to do with it.

Abba G say boht maar parti the yaar, since i was nalaik student, thats why i still stay away from them

 

[jamahir]

I doubt if today's gen has even opened an encyclopedia. I got all i know by reading the 20 odd volumes of Britannica encyclopedia.

20 volumes weigh what, 15+ kilos??

to be honest, only twice i think i have flicked through a encyclopedia.

but what separates me from most of the whatsapp generation is that i have read all of the "dune" series of books... a colleague had the first three parts combined into one thick book called "the great dune triology" and it took me maybe one-and-half or two months to go through it... the language is simple, natural, sophisticated and the story though science fiction, has a natural and deep understanding of human politics, emotions, social structures, love, behavior, passions.

for a month after i read that book, i was in the buzz of it.

and then slowly i read the other books in the series, by frank herbert himself ( three more ) and then the continuation taken up by his son and a collaborator.

a unique work of fiction the dune series... and it takes a long time to go through the series.

 

[T90TankGuy]

20 volumes weigh what, 15+ kilos??

to be honest, only twice i think i have flicked through a encyclopedia.

but what separates me from most of the whatsapp generation is that i have read all of the "dune" series of books... a colleague had the first three parts combined into one thick book called "the great dune triology" and it took me maybe one-and-half or two months to go through it... the language is simple, natural, sophisticated and the story though science fiction, has a natural and deep understanding of human politics, emotions, social structures, love, behavior, passions.

for a month after i read that book, i was in the buzz of it.

and then slowly i read the other books in the series, by frank herbert himself ( three more ) and then the continuation taken up by his son and a collaborator.

a unique work of fiction the dune series... and it takes a long time to go through the series.

Good for you , I started collecting when i was 7, i have now got close to 22k books.
Three rooms in my home are full of books, luckily my daughter has the same fascination in books. my son on the other hand does not.
Every time i travel, which is quiet often , i buy books at airports or in a second hand shop in some city . Found Khan market in Delhi to be the best. even Bangalore has some great book shops.

 

[jamahir]

I started collecting when i was 7, i have now got close to 22k books.

Three rooms in my home are full of books

woo !!

luckily my daughter has the same fascination in books. my son on the other hand does not.

ask her to get her female friends to shame him into reading.

Every time i travel, which is quiet often , i buy books at airports or in a second hand shop in some city . Found Khan market in Delhi to be the best. even Bangalore has some great book shops.

i have heard of khan market but didn't know it has book shops... i believe college street in calcutta has great many second hand shops.

yeah, whenever i visit bangalore, i visit the second hand shops in the mg road area.