Books and Stationery, Vizag

As the curtain draws to a close on a turbulent, eventful, sometimes sad, sometimes jubilant and somewhat happening year 2008, MetroMela whizzes past all that was and all that could be as the last few pages of 2008 turn over and move into the New Year 2009... More

For the latest best-sellers and attractive coffee table glossies in Vizag, you don’t need to make that far-fetched call to friends in either Chennai or Hyderabad anymore. The city now has some good bookshops that would get you a first copy, first-hand. And if the burgeoning crowd at these shops is anything to go by, MetroMela’s happy to say that Vizag’s literary bug is here to stay and prosper... More

As dusk creeps in with its misty blanket, Vizag goes aglitter with star lanterns and twinkling lights that glow from all corners of the city. The colors green and red seem to pop up almost everywhere - at shops, at bazaars, at hotels and at homes. Need we say more? Well, it’s time to pull out those weather-worn stockings; time to powder off the dust from the old fir tree; time to go shopping and time to either bake or buy the most wonderful cakes and desserts. It’s Christmas... More

The bookshop run by the Vijayawada-based Alakananda Publishers, stores exclusive Telugu, Hindi and English books (in general, fiction and academic cadre). Almost all the best-sellers are visible... More

Popular fiction dominates the first half of the ground floor. Crichton, Clancy, Ludlum, Grisham and the other usual suspects share space with authors like Ben Okri, Stephen Fry, Umberto Eco and Margaret Atwood. The ubiquitous Wodehouse is present in a variety of editions... More

One of the oldest bookstores of the city, Gupta Brothers has loyal clientele even today. One half of the store is completely devoted to stationery. Students can shop for pens, erasers, glue sticks, pencil cases, colorful exam boards, calculators, coloring instruments, charts etc... More

The interiors are well lit with couches and chairs interspersed amidst the shelves for browsers to comfortably read their tomes. In fact the ground floor of this double-storied store is a lot like a maze of bookshelves that you may well wish to get lost in. The first floor on the other hand is an explosion of color... More

There are a number of pre-school activity, rhymes, folk tales and story CDs too. Those interested in Hindi may be disappointed here, but the Telugu collection is quite substantial... More