So today morning, I get a slightly panicky mail from Vasu, who is away from Hyderabad on work this month, about paying his credit card bill, the last date for which was the eleventh of this month i.e today. I agreed to deposit the cheque at the bank, which happened to be at Nagarjuna circle, just a stone’s throw away from my office ( that is, if the stone is equipped with a directional analyser and a suitable anti-gravity algorithm). So off I went at lunchtime, picking up my chequebook from my house, and going over to Nagarjuna Circle by the usual Begumpet-Sowmajiguda-Panjagutta route.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a light vehicle and an amount of disposable income passing through Panjagutta, must make a quick stop at MR Book Centre.

Truth be told, I was only looking for the price tag on The Mysterious Flame of Queen Lloana, the Eco book that I remembered seeing the other day at that place. (Just in case you’re interested, they are selling it for 450 Rs, the hardcover – am pretty sure I can get it for 350 ) And when I was done checking that out, was about to leave when…

Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics beamed down at me from between a couple of National Geographic Specials and a Science Encyclopaedia. A light-headed look at the price tag, a little bit of bargaining, and I got it for 200.

I would write more, but I am a little freaked out right now.

P.S I did remember to deposit the cheque, Vasu.