The doomed bookstore

Everyone expected Hari to pursue a career in medicine or a similar field, but his true passion was to establish a bookstore.

The Hacienda was in Jhamsikhel, nicknamed Jhamel. While many restaurants and cafes, longing for higher visibility, opened by the side of the road, The Hacienda favoured detachment. As such, it was hidden away a little deeper, within a compound reached through an alley, behind an archway lined with jacarandas. It wasn’t exclusive, but it felt so.