The Book Leaf

What a wonderful idea I thought, a Reading Vacation, as soon as my friend Sonia mentioned about it, a few years ago when in Goa.

Today, we have a room full of books, something I always desired, except the bay glass windows looking out into the endless horizon of blue skies and seas is missing:( However, to now sit down and read books, even the Five Find Outers of Enid Blytons is such a lovley way to spend the years ahead!  It's a world I am stepping into, a world that s...

Is reading magazines counted as reading? What about film magazines? Gossip about the more public personalities? Is reading Mills & Boons a worthwhile exercise? Is reading a best seller the same as keeping up with the fashion in clothes or accessories? My dad used to read the dictionary for hours together and also read a few India Todays along with The Times of India. Is he a well read man?

Here stands the library. In a garage - a make-shift garage to be precsie. The corrugated sheets covered with a blue and silver plastic - ostensibly to protect "The Book Leaf" from rain. One half of the floor is cemented and the other half is made of interlocking red tiles - what a mix! The cemented part is interesting and looks alive with the cow jumping over the moon and the little (or not so little?) dog laughing. The "dead body in the library" adds the right mix of mystery and thought. Tha...