Kahaani : Karnal Footpath book stall.
Intro : Kahaani column is all about the 'hidden' or 'under the table' kind of stories of karnal city. In this section we write in 'English winglish' because we talk it in our local lang. so its reach every corner of our heart.
meri ye first kahaani , kahaani na hokar bas ek chota sa article hai "is book stall ke baari main jo kabi 50 saal se ek hi jagah par tha aur use ab jo jagah chodni pad rahi hai"
Karnal ka sabse oldest footpath book stall . its more then 50+ years old book stall. pahle ye stall in ke papa ne yaha shoru kiya tha phir ye person jo ab is stall par batha hai 'Ram ji' (name Changed he refused to tell original name) ka kahana hai vo apna ghar is stall se chalata hai jis ki daily 50 se 250 tak ki sale hoti ab usko yaha se 50 saal ke baad hata diya jaya hai kuch parking space ke reasons ke karan !
karnal ke 80% people ne is book stall ko jaror dekha hoga jo bi kabi Nehru Palce ke pass gaya hoha ya phir postoffice gaya hoga i still remeber when i was in school in saw this book stall with a another man The Old Guy meri is pahali kahaani main kuch khaas nahi batane ko kyoki is bande ne kuch
My first story of this footpath book stall. It is there since ages only may be the son is running it now. Of course the books are different now. Some of the copies are xeroxed from the original.
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Would you know if this guy still has a stall somewhere?
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