Friendly Advice/Suggestion

This post is strictly for those who find stationery alluring [and I mean all the connotations of this word]. We [like I said, this post is for like-minded brethren and hence the collective address seems apt :)] despair at the rising costs of copies, and the inversely proportional quality of those copies. We groan when we run out of our favorite brand of pens [yes, we are brand conscious]. We are fussy about the exact number of pages our copies must have, their specific size and the graphics on the cover page. In other words, we are connoisseurs, striving to reach perfection in every sphere of stationery-selection. We are envious of others' Classmate copies, and we exchange notes on where to get the best ones.

Thus, we are grateful for Jackson Lane. This little alley, parallel to Canning Street, has been given the moniker of Indra Kumar Sarani. It intersects with the Old China Bazaar Street, and it is paradise for all of us who lovingly caresses every stationery item sold, well, anywhere. Thus, when we get the opportunity of buying a set of copies [with the MRP of Rs. 180 gleaming menacingly at us], for Rs. 142, we jump at the chance and thank God for keeping us alive. We make more than one trip, inhaling dust, smoke,and survive being elbowed, only to pick up more such gems. We make sure that no two copies have the same cover page; we ensure that no two Arctic Glacier series are the same; we weigh the bulk in our hands and we purr....