Hiii Blog! You are still alive! Its really a miracle... Ya I know its been a long time. Its the next year -- Happy new year blah blah. What is it that people see on January 1st that gets them so high!
Anyway, I was at the library recently after having discovered that it has books like - Viveka Choodamani , Bhagavatam, books on Ramanar and all! Found out when I was pointlessly entering search keys into the libinfos.iitm.ac.in software. Was very happy about this discovery of mine and decided to hunt down this section of the library in the mega 5 storeyed building and procure some stud level books on Sanskrit grammar also if possible.
To my utter disappointment - this secret section was our very own MRH where junta queue up to get their Atkins, Griffiths etc. The second row on the left was allocated for "Religious" books. You could fill up 3 of the shelves of this row with only the dust that had accumulated on these books!! There were books belonging to Hindu, Christian, Islam and Sikh traditions and the fat ones like Mahabharatam vol1,2 .. N housed the maximum amount of dirt! I guess it was only because they have higher surface area and not because they were less preferred.
Its a pity the lib doesn't have any other language books though. I borrowed a small vivekachoodamani with sanskrit text and english translation! The person who issued the book gave me an awkward look. Most of the books in the shelf were last issued about 4 - 5 years ago on an average. The copy that I hold happens to have been taken by some 'paramaatma' on 20th December 2008.
When you leave the library, the security checks that you take with you only the book that has been issued to you. When he took mine he smiled and remarked - "yeh tho pocket me rakhkar hi le sakte ho" - looking at the size of the book.
I replied - "Haa ji".
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