A Mecca for all lovers of piracy. I don’t support piracy, but pirated things are always tempting. I surrendered to this temptation. Books, books and more books. All kinds of books. The ones costing about Tk. 1K are sold for as less as Tk. 150 here. Isn't it simply amazing? And the qualities are not bad either. As a matter of fact, my Indian friends realized that the books were pirated only after I told them. Of course places like these exist in almost all cities of India, but I never got any chance of going to any. That's the tragedy. I bought the forth and fifth books of Harry Potter series, The Da Vinci Code, Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and many others. But books are not the only things available here. There are also shops selling varieties of bags and miscellaneous items. I got a few stamps for my newly acquired hobby of philately. Also, Abid bhaiya bought me a bag which lasted throughout my Higher Secondary (or O level or 10+2: whatever you call the hellish time) years.
I must also mention that all kinds of pirated CDs and DVDs are easily available all over Dhaka, including even the trendy shopping malls. But you must bargain while buying these CDs. When Nabila first came to India and showed me original looking CDs and told me that they costed her about Tk. 60 each, I was a bit shocked and skeptic. "Dude, how can you buy CDs with Tk. 60 while we spend Rs. 300 to 400 on the same thing? Bah! Something is seriously fishy." I brought home lots of CDs and DVDs, including a DVD pack of the complete ten seasons of F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
