No vouching for this
“Oh no!” I exclaimed. “But this is unfair. I shouldn’t be tested like this,” I cried.
Last year, I had bought far too many books but had hardly read much. A shameful five books that included three children’s books. So, on the first day of 2019, I took a resolution to not buy any book this year but instead work at reducing my TBR books pile to at least half — a resolution I took as my husband and I exited a bookstore.
“So, how do you account for that?” he asked, pointing to the new book I was clutching to my chest.
“For consolation. I have to go through an entire year without any new books!”
A week later, I participated in a quiz and won a gift voucher for books. “This is something I won. It’s not actually buying.”
The following week, I visited a book fair with a friend, (“But I’m not buying any books.”) only to return with six books.
“I’d always wanted to add these to my collection, and they were going at throwaway price. It may be an opportunity missed.”
My husband knew better than to point out the obvious. Could this be why our marriage has lasted for almost three decades?
After coming into possession of yet another half a dozen books before January moved on into February, I realised that all these situations were a test to my endurance and decided that I would, henceforth, garner every bit of strength to say no.
That’s when my husband came home with a gift voucher for books that he got for volunteering at a photography event. This was unfair. I shouldn’t be tested like this, I cried. Then, in the same breath, I told my husband, “Come, let’s go.”
“Where?”
“To the bookstore, of course!”
Vidya Shankar
Published in The Gulf Today / Short Take, dt Feb 09, 2019
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/72add1b3-7ab1-4177-b7a5-15de3051cb3d.aspx
#TheQuintessentialWord #TheFlautistofBrindaranyam
Here's my first book! An ensemble of poetry and photographs.
Click the link below to watch a 30-second promo video.
https://youtu.be/5BhbjMaIwpk
You can buy it at this link:
https://notionpress.com/read/the-flautist-of-brindaranyam
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Last year, I had bought far too many books but had hardly read much. A shameful five books that included three children’s books. So, on the first day of 2019, I took a resolution to not buy any book this year but instead work at reducing my TBR books pile to at least half — a resolution I took as my husband and I exited a bookstore.
“So, how do you account for that?” he asked, pointing to the new book I was clutching to my chest.
“For consolation. I have to go through an entire year without any new books!”
A week later, I participated in a quiz and won a gift voucher for books. “This is something I won. It’s not actually buying.”
The following week, I visited a book fair with a friend, (“But I’m not buying any books.”) only to return with six books.
“I’d always wanted to add these to my collection, and they were going at throwaway price. It may be an opportunity missed.”
My husband knew better than to point out the obvious. Could this be why our marriage has lasted for almost three decades?
After coming into possession of yet another half a dozen books before January moved on into February, I realised that all these situations were a test to my endurance and decided that I would, henceforth, garner every bit of strength to say no.
That’s when my husband came home with a gift voucher for books that he got for volunteering at a photography event. This was unfair. I shouldn’t be tested like this, I cried. Then, in the same breath, I told my husband, “Come, let’s go.”
“Where?”
“To the bookstore, of course!”
Vidya Shankar
Published in The Gulf Today / Short Take, dt Feb 09, 2019
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/72add1b3-7ab1-4177-b7a5-15de3051cb3d.aspx
#TheQuintessentialWord #TheFlautistofBrindaranyam
Here's my first book! An ensemble of poetry and photographs.
Click the link below to watch a 30-second promo video.
https://youtu.be/5BhbjMaIwpk
You can buy it at this link:
https://notionpress.com/read/the-flautist-of-brindaranyam
www.facebook.com
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