tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post8579786633882638890..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Tinkle tinkle little storeJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-69442805175113603212012-11-30T15:06:25.670+05:302012-11-30T15:06:25.670+05:30dude Teksons!!!
And just the other day I walked pa...dude Teksons!!!<br />And just the other day I walked past it and despite the fact that it had been so many years, I felt no urge to walk in.Pareshaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509456792127924267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-11961226113992201212012-11-11T12:31:02.036+05:302012-11-11T12:31:02.036+05:30Arunabha: thanks. Definitely not every child thoug...Arunabha: thanks. Definitely not every child though - only the very tiny minority that was privileged enough to have basic education and encouraged by parents to read.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-33238593640798099992012-11-11T00:18:31.160+05:302012-11-11T00:18:31.160+05:30Extremely well written and evocative. Every child ...Extremely well written and evocative. Every child of the 80s should be able to make a personal connect with what you've written. Thanks !Arunabhanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-80297322841618982992012-11-08T22:12:20.782+05:302012-11-08T22:12:20.782+05:30What, no Target magazine with the ubercool Detecti...What, no Target magazine with the ubercool Detective Moochwala?Gauravnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-84975959676401226032012-11-07T21:50:14.708+05:302012-11-07T21:50:14.708+05:30thank you..:)...probably silly in the eyes of toda...thank you..:)...probably silly in the eyes of today's kids,who have to be persuaded to buy books,not the other way around....sainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-65776509783084340952012-11-07T17:04:26.964+05:302012-11-07T17:04:26.964+05:30What a sweet post. Achha, who is responsible for ...What a sweet post. Achha, who is responsible for the marvelous illustrations (books on bike, bike, books on crate)? I can't read the signature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-45382344215708930182012-11-07T16:39:47.450+05:302012-11-07T16:39:47.450+05:30Beautiful piece...Got hooked onto books rather lat...Beautiful piece...Got hooked onto books rather late, and currently in its thrall...Krishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642369297736205420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-68919348952972250822012-11-07T06:55:33.808+05:302012-11-07T06:55:33.808+05:30But perhaps it has to do with the fact that for mu...<i> But perhaps it has to do with the fact that for much of the past decade my job has entailed receiving unmanageable quantities of books, more than 90 percent of which I will never read.</i><br /><br />This has tremendously reduced my guilt. :)Paresh Palichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521084555278491021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-56653682279964510012012-11-06T22:56:50.140+05:302012-11-06T22:56:50.140+05:30Doesn't sound silly even today! Lucky you :)Doesn't sound silly even today! Lucky you :)Radhika Oltikarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-77159616269616756742012-11-06T20:32:50.283+05:302012-11-06T20:32:50.283+05:30This brought back all the childhood memories of be...This brought back all the childhood memories of being unbearably excited walking into a bookstore....I have to confess that I conceal it better now,but the sense of expectation hasn't changed....<br />Radhika, I remember the same feeling.Asterix and Tintin used to be horribly expensive,and my parents could only afford them occasionally.I would gaze at them so wistfully in the bookshop,that my mother bought an armfull one birthday.It sounds silly now ,but seriously, that moment was pure magic.saihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457837256727676148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-86379109712446883292012-11-06T14:11:17.962+05:302012-11-06T14:11:17.962+05:30Lovely post, Jai. Took me back to my own childhood...Lovely post, Jai. Took me back to my own childhood. Dad was in the army, so we couldn't frequent bookstores as often as we pleased. But whenever we did go to town (literally), I would gaze at the Tinkles and Archies and ACKs and fantasize about being able to but them all! :)Radhika Oltikarnoreply@blogger.com