Bookworm manager makes a sensational confession. [Interview and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi]Ms. Shalini Rose is managing The Bookworm, Connaught Place's venerable bookshop, since last twenty years. This interview was taken on July 21, the day of the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.Ms. Rose, welcome to The Delhi Walla. How did your day start?Our opening time is around 11 am. But today Mr. Arora, our boss, sent his Mitsubishi Lancer to my home at Jangpura at half past five. We reached the distributor’s office in Gole Market at 6, just in time for the release. We were here twenty minutes later.When did your first Potter buyer check in?We found him standing outside just as we reached. You

Exclusive pictures on Potter mania in the capital.[Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi]On the day of its release, the final novel in the Harry Potter series created a little hysteria in the capital. Bookshops were decorated with Potter memorabilia. Even magazine stalls were sporting the novel. However Khan Market’s Fakir Chand bookstore stole the show by garlanding its copies of the Deathly Hallows with marigold flowers! Such muggle-world efforts did not go waste. First-day sales were brisk. Basant Lok’s Fact & Fiction sold more than 70 copies while Bookworm at Connaught Place was luckier with the 115 figure. The media-aided tamasha would disappear but here are exclusive pictures to testify Delhi’s Potter mania.Here He ComesHoly HeroHigh HopesMuggle WorldBottoms UpHe's