A Set of Books
Ashok Vajpeyi that endearing uncle with: words at his beck and call a twinkle in his eyes a taste for kurtas a prolific literary output Some details of the set: Books in the series: 13 ISBN: 9789392228674 (Hardcover) Pages: 6,876 (Throughout Black and White Illustrations) Size: 24 cm x 16.5 cm These are books which I: open up at any time of the day, read, reread read aloud to my mother, some of these readings are followed by happy silences, am glad that the library has the entire set They have: taken me closer to poetry, to Hindi - Kedar Nath Singh got me on to reading poetry, learning Hindi - these books with their collection of poems, letters, conversations and more have helped me take the next proverbial step prompted me to take up further journeys – with the dictionary at times and also with the poets / authors mentioned therein via the interviews on the Prasar Bharti archives – Namvar Singh for example took me to Banaras, 1950’s, editing and a lot more upped the a