Chameliwala mkt a closed chapter for book lovers

Jaipur | Monday | 19th November, 2018

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Jaipur: For book lovers, young and old, Chameliwala market in MI Road used to be a favourite hunt. Readers also made beeline for Maxim Gorky’s book ‘Mother,’” Jain said. “Until 2014 we used to participate in book fairs across Rajasthan. But when the new government came to power, we could not attend them as participation fees were hiked. USSR’s embassy in New Delhi had also helped the bookstore buy four ‘book buses’, which were used as mobile shops.“The books were heavily subsidised as they were printed by the USSR government in Moscow..