Crosswords
is the latest book store to storm Hyderabad.
Since it opened on the fourth floor of Shoppers
Stop, there has been a a conspicuous increase
in the number
of their trademark yellow packets. For Hyderbadis
who were used to book stores where all one could
do was
buy a book, Crosswords is a pleasant surprise.
The services here are many. You can be immersed
in a book, undisturbed for hours in a silent corner,
specially created for this purpose. Pesky salespersons
do not follow you around or give you sneaky looks
if you browse for long.
The books are intelligently arranged, subject
wise and in alphabetical order, ensuring that
you don't lose your way around the myriad of shelves
and books. And just when you dream of that steaming
cup of coffee to accompany Byron, you discover
the little café tucked in the corner. Crosswords
is a browser's delight. But the collection can
be improved for the better, especially the history
and science sections. Crosswords has a separate
counter specially to take your book orders. The
store has plans to organise reading sessions and
meet-the-author programmes. So next time you want
to kill some time fruitfully, walk into Crosswords.