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Here's what a 'haat bazaar' in Delhi is selling—books

Every Sunday, a local fair in Daryaganj sells a wide range of books at relatively lower prices, making it a haven for students and collectors alike.

Remembering Abdul Sattar (1945-2023): The bibliophile of Pahari Imli and chronicler of Delhi

Sattar was a true blue bibliophile, a repository of Old Delhi’s stories, a philanthropist and a champion of girls’ education. He died on January 3.

Locating Daryaganj Sunday Book Market

The changing face of the Daryaganj Sunday Footpath Book Market in Delhi, with book historian, Kanupriya Dhingra. This talk will engage with the spatiality of Daryaganj Sunday Patri Kitab Bazar (or Daryaganj Sunday Footpath Book Market), a local weekly market for used, rare, and pirated books that has been operating in Old Delhi, every Sunday, for the past fifty years. To discuss its stop-go history, Kanupriya Dhingra will trace the bazar’s location on the streets over the years. She will examine its recent relocation to a rented, gated complex run by the civic authorities, in September 2019. While this was not the first time that the bazar was declared an ‘encroachment’, it was one of the most influential events that led to re-spatialisation of the bazar, and by extension, the city, into a more governed space. Until 2019, despite various forms of regulation, serendipity has played a key role in the existence and functioning of this bazar – especially, in how books are foun