The amazing human chain carried more than 2,000 books to the store's new location just down the block.
The advent of e-books or electronic books has prompted naysayers to predict the demise of its printed counterpart. Who wants to lug around heavy volumes when a digital version can be accessed through a smartphone or a tablet? And with the young generation’s shorter attention span, only pocket stories, flash and fan fiction on the web are bound to flourish, right?
Sad news. What I did not know while writing last week’s column on favorite bookshops was that the extraordinary Pilgrims Book House in Kathmandu is no more.
