Kukdukoo fest book haul

We liked Kukdukoo fest in Hyderabad last year so we booked our tickets for the event as soon as the tickets opened. It's a multi-day event but we barely had the energy to spend more than 4 hours there - last year and this year.

The event is hyper-consumerist and the commercial entities who sponsor the event are selling something or the other to kids of all ages (and their parents). I felt it last year but it was very clear this year. Companies/People were trying to sell healthy food, eye-catching clothes, tech-savvy toys, local culture-inspired board games, and so on. One of the biggest stalls was a company that provides financial advice to parents on how to save for their childrens' education. The other big stall was a private school that likely costs a ton of money.

We revisited the event just because we picked up a ton of good books at the Scholastic popup book store and we were hoping for the same. But alas, we only picked up one book from the Scholastic book store. The other 4 you see below we picked up at a 4 for 500 Rupees second-hand popup store at the event.

Money still well spent.

P.S. The financial advice company incentivized people to share their personal information by offering exclusive access to private events - like a live pottery class. Preeti was happy with the transaction - a 10-ish minute long hands-on pottery lesson for sharing her personal information.