On 6/25/05, Anand Vivek Taneja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Woke up to the horrifying news in this morning's Hindustan Times that > the Sunday Book Bazaar in DaryaGanj is going to be shut down by the > Municipal Corporation of Delhi. > (See, 'Sunset for Sunday Book Bazaar', Hindustan Times, Saturday, June > 25 front page, Delhi edition.) > > The Sunday Book Bazaar has, despite the occasional threat of closure > (1992, 2001), and one shift of venue, been around in Delhi for the > past forty years. It should count as a venerable institution. > Especially since in the virtual absence of good public libraries in > Delhi, this is one of the very few places where people can get quality > books at affordable prices. For all students, and for all lovers of > books, and for everybody in the city, the closure, if we let it > happen, is going to be a terrible loss. > > The MCD and Police decision to shut the book bazaar needs to be > challenged. This mail is just to get some ideas going. How do we go > about this? Should those who want to save the Sunday Boook Bazaar do > some form of demonstration or sit-in in front of the Daryaganj Police > Station, across the road from the book bazaar? > > Ideas, suggestions, action! > Cheers, > Anand > Ph - 93122-62109 > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and > taste good with ketchup. > (with apologies to Dilbert) > http://www.synchroni-cities.blogspot.com/ > > Only that historian will have the gift of fanning the spark of hope in > the past who is firmly convinced that without a sense of humour you're > basically pretty f***ed anyway. > (with apologies to Walter Benjamin) > http://www.chapatimystery.com/ > > > -- > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and > taste good with ketchup. > (with apologies to Dilbert) > http://www.synchroni-cities.blogspot.com/ > > Only that historian will have the gift of fanning the spark of hope in > the past who is firmly convinced that without a sense of humour you're > basically pretty f***ed anyway. > (with apologies to Walter Benjamin) > http://www.chapatimystery.com/ > > > -- > You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated > and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to > [email protected] OR post online at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ > > Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL > PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ > > > > ---theZESTcommunity-------------- > > [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ > [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ > [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ > [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ > [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ > [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ > [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ > [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ > --- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
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