Srinagar (J&K), Jan 18 (ANI): Gulshan Books, a Kashmiri publishing house located in Srinagar’s Nehru Park, has secured entry into the ‘Limca Book of Records 2018’ for offering a reading room, a cafe, and over 80,000 books. Gulshan Books, a division of Sheikh Muhammad Usman and Sons, is the only bookshop-library on Dal Lake. The Limca Book Records writes, “Gulshan Books, a bookshop set up in May 2016, has a reading room, a cafe, and over 80,000 books. This bookshop-cum-library, on the Nehru Park Island of the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, can be reached by a Shikara ride. The owner, Sheikh Ajaz Ahmad (46), willingly offers free Shikara rides to everyone keen to read books on Kashmir and its literature.” ‘Limca Book of Records’ is the Indian equivalent to the Guinness Book of World Records with emphasis on unique achievements of Indians within the country and abroad.
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