4/9/2023 0 Comments Manoj comics collectionHis mother would tell him and his brother, who also loved reading, 'I will give you books for dinner'. "He wouldn't eat without a book in his hand. "The shops in the market would have thousands of books and they would cost about 20 to 25 paise which was pretty economical for us," he adds. "I wouldn’t eat till I had a book in hand," he reminisces.Īs a child, Ansari and his brother would buy books from Gandhi Market - it is within a 15-minute walking distance from his house - where there used to be a lot of bookstores. This encouraged Ansari to pick up the book. His brother would read Chandamama, an Indian children’s magazine. "My family would say 'we will throw your books out of this house'." His wife, Shabnam Ansari (50) smiles in agreement.Īnsari's fascination with comic books dates from his childhood, when he was just 11. He also rents a facility to accommodate his vast collection that has expanded over the years to incorporate newspapers, photographs, albums, among other vintage items. Now a comic bookseller, Ansari has been collecting comic books all his life. It is also part of his entire collection, stored in more than 20 cardboard boxes that are tucked away in different corners of his home.
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