Kathasagara: a visual literary treat...

Kidz Bubble inaugrated

A dedicated space for children to learn and have fun...the idea is fantabulous and NDWBF 14 has shown that catching children young is the best way to promote reading

habits. Kidz Bubble was officially inaugurated by ITPO CMD Ms. Rita Menon.

Throughout the day, it was packed with activities like story-telling, extempore speech, singing competition, listening skill activities, thread painting, leaf painting, collage-making, wax resist paining, mosaic painting, waste recycling crafts, papier mache, origami, leaf craft, waste recycling crafts, clay toys, drawing competition, paper folding, string puppets, paper toys, finger puppets, flower making, etc. Let the children have the fun they deserve!

India—the land of stories, folktales, myths, legends and epics. India is also a

land of storytellers—narrating, writing and performing all the way and inspiring generation after generation. Indian stories celebrate pluralism. They depict multilingual and multicultural characters of Indian society. And they are ready to face

contemporary challenges. This essence of Indian children’s literature is reflected at the Theme Pavilion of New Delhi World Book Fair 2014.

In presenting Kathasagara: Celebrating Children’s Literature as the theme of the Fair, the theme pavilion showcases a special exhibit of books for children in English and Indian languages besides A Tale of Tales, a series of specially

curated panels depicting the story of Indian children’s literature with glimpses of its richness, complexity and diversity.

The exhibit of books is accompanied by an annotated catalogue consists of more than 800 books from all Indian languages covering a variety of genres, writers and illustrators. The catalogue entitled Children’s

Books 2014 is a new initiative of the Trust which would be made an annual publication. The catalogue is expected to be a useful reference guide for publishing industry.

Divided into six sections viz., Myths Legends and Folktales, Storytelling Tradition in India, Epics and Classics Retold for Children, Towards Freedom, Tales for a New Nation and Tales Today—the panels comprise

select books in various Indian languages depicting the trends and evolution of Indian children’s literature.

In paying tribute to three giants of Indian children’s literature, the Theme Pavilion has set up three commemorative corners.

The one on legendary children’s writer, illustrator and founder of Children’s Book Trust, Shankar Pillai is full of anecdotes from the life of the master. Shankar grew up in his grandparent’s home in Kerala. There he “had no friends but” they “had cows, and” he “loved to run around with calves.”

The corner narrates a series of incidents from his childhood that influenced his thinking and put him on a path he was to travel later. Another attraction of the corner, set up by Subir Roy and his team from CBT, is the replicas of the various awards Shankar received from different countries around the globe including India.

With a display of breathtaking illustrations by the master illustrator and painter of modern India, the corner dedicated for the memory of Pulak Biswas is indeed a visual treat for the visitors specially the budding illustrators and writers. From the gold medal winning

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Delegation from Sharjah Book Fair

A three member delegation from Sharjah Book Fair authorities came visiting the New Delhi World Book Fair. The delegation included Mr. Ahmed, Director, Sharjah International Book

Fair and Mr. Mohan. They held wide ranging discussions with Shri A. Sethumadhavan, Chairman, NBT India and Dr. M.A. Sikandar, Director, NBT India. Among the issues discussed were the participation of Indian publishers at Sharjah Book Fair, and in particular, at their Rights Table forum. Ms Farida M. Naik, Jt. Director and Chief Fair Coordinator, Mr. Rajiv Chaudhury, Asst. Director, NBT India, participated in the discussions.

Who is Who at the Fair

NDWBF attracted book lovers from all walks of life, which included Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, former Governor of Karnataka; Shri Mukhopadhyay, Joint Secretary, Minister of Defence; Shri

Balram Jakkar, former Speaker of Lok Sabha and former Governor of Madhya Pradesh; Shri Meem Afzal, Spokesperson, AICC; Prof. Khwaja Ekramuddin, Director, NCPUL; H.E. Darja Bavdaž Kuret, Slovenian Ambassador; Shri Rvinder Kalia, Director, Bharatiya Jnanpith; Shri Ajay Mishra, Director, Lok Sabha; Smt. Leela Sarmandalai; DJM, DG, Akashvani; Ms. Sarla Maheswari, former MP; Manish Sisodia, former Minister, Govt. of Delhi; Dr. Sanjay Garg, Dy. Director, SAARC Cultural Centre; Shri P.K. Dev, Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports; Shri Amit Khare, Jt. Secretary, Ministry of HRD; Sayyed Javed, Spokesperson, AICC; and Dr. Janardhan Waghmare, MP, Rajya Sabha.

Interactions at the Authors’ Corners

The two Authors’ Corners — Reflections and Conversations — in Hall 10-11 and Hall 12 came alive with interactions and discussions. Many writers, poets, film critics, actors engaged

with the audience throughout the day. These included Deepti Naval, Ruskin Bond, Taj Hassan, Michael Fischman, Sudeep Nagarkar, Vikas Swaroop, Kishlay Bhattacharjee & G K Pillai, Shombit Sengupta and Bimal Chhajer.

painting at a youth festival in Bulgaria, there was no looking back for Pulak da. Curated by eminent illustrator Atanu Roy, the corner has some of Pulak da’s significant works including his foray into the world of advertisement.

Full of information on the writings and persona of Harikrishna Devsare, the visionary children’s writer who gave modern Hindi children's Literature its identity, the corner dedicated to the master storyteller is being thronged by young and not so young visitors. Deviating from the conventional stories, Dr Devsare opened a new door for children by bringing in logical thinking and scientific awareness in his writings. Author of more than 300 books for children, Dr Devsare wrote in almost every genre of children’s literature, be it novel, stories,

poems, biographies, translation, editing, magazines and scripts for children’s programmes in radio and television.

In another dedicated corner, the Theme Pavilion proudly declares a new chapter in the glorious history of NBT, India. “They introduced a Nation to the joy of reading. Now there’s an app for that” thus announces NBT’s decision to go digital capturing the imagination of a young, techno-savvy India. With the help of Ninestars, a leading player in the field of digitization and app development, NBT is planning to convert more than 1000 books in 18 languages to e-format. And with NBT App, netizen and ordinary citizen will now be able to browse through NBT books and shop with NBT through payment gate in their mobile, computer, laptop and tablets.

Deepti Naval — actor, poet, painter, photographer — she wins critical acclaim for whatever be the creative outlet of the self. An artiste in the true sense of the word, Deepti Naval interacted with the audience and shared her life experiences at the Authors’ Corner — Reflections — in Hall 10-11. She said that real life incidents inspire her to write. In conversation with Sanjana, publisher from Hay House, Deepti Naval spoke about her latest novel The Mad Tibetan: Stories from Then and Now.

Deepti Naval made her debut with the movie Ek Baar Phir in the year 1979 and has acted in more than 60 films since then. Among these are Chashmebaddoor, Kamla, Mirch Masala, Ankahi, Main Zinda Hoon, Panchvati, and more recently, Leela and Freaky Chakra. She also wrote and directed Thodasa Aasmaan, a TV serial about women, and produced a travel show called The Path Less Traveled. Among her other writings, a selection of poems in Hindi, Lamha-Lamha and a collection in English titled Black Wind and Other Poems was published.

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Hill Music of Manipur (Hao Music), Manipur: Hao songs celebrate nature. There are songs about rivers, hills and so

on. Guru Rewben Mashangva’s untiring strife that has given both Hao music and its musical instruments a new lease of life. Recording songs, writing their lyrics and analyzing their tunes and melodies, he started singing them in gatherings and concerts. He has created tribal songs using indigenous musical instruments to accompany them.

Chhattisgarhi Folk Music: Nachauri Songs are sung by women and have a light hearted quality about them. They speak of merriment and delight, of liveliness and elation. These songs were originally sung by Fida bai and Mala bai, actors par excellence. Sua songs are performed by tribal women of Chhattisgarh in Sua Dance, also known as the Parrot dance in which they keep a parrot in a bamboo-pot and form a circle around it. Bihav songs correspond to different rituals that are part of the marriage event. Fugdi is folk depicting love and devotion of a parent for the child. Karma is believed that the king Raja Karamsen suddenly faced with problems that disturbed the peace of his kingdom. The song

and dance was known as Karma after the king. Both men and women of the tribal groups like Gonds, Baigas and Oraons in Chhattisgarh sing Karma songs during the Dussehra festival. Dadaria is the oldest form of song and dance of the Baigas sung by both men and women. The troupe Nageen had been undergoing formal training in semi-classical music of the Banaras Gharana from the eminent thumri-dadara exponent the late Smt. Purnima Choudhary of Kolkata.

Baha and Sarpha Dance, Jharkhand: Baha dance is related to four important occasions for

dance are Magh Parva, Dassai Parva, Ba or Baha Parva and Karma. Their dances consist of concentric circles and semi-circiles as well as arch formations. Women usually restrict themselves to the inner circles and the men to the outer. The Sarpha dance is performed during the tribal festival of Sohrai, associated with cattle, concurrent to the Diwali festival. The group headed by Amitava Ghosh, Kalamandir seeks to promote and conserve tribal, folk, regional and cultural heritage art forms as well as work towards the betterment of tribal communities.

Ghoomar, Phag, Dhamal, Loor, Haryana: Ghoomar is

colourful swirling skirts and graceful movements characterize the movements of the Ghoomar, the traditional dance of Haryana-Rajasthan border areas. Young women and girls perform this dance during the festivals of Holi, Gangaur, Teej and Navratri. Phag suggests that it is danced to celebrate the month of Phagun or spring, marking the colourful festival of Holi. The Phag dance originated from Raas Leela of Radha and Krishna. Dhamal or Dhamyal or Daph is performed at harvest time either exclusively by men or mixed dancers of men and women. Loor or Lahor is performed exclusively by women during Phagun or spring after sowing the Rabi crop. The group, Sai Haryanavi Cultural Academy, Rohtak engages in preserving folk dances of Haryana by p er fo rming them and t e a c h i n g them to youngs ter s , who become a part of the group.

S w a n g , M a d h y a Pradesh: The act of a male executing of a female role, creating the comic and enacting the ridiculous, all become a part of the Swang form of folk theatre. This has been a form

Scintillating performances at Lal Chowkof entertainment from times immemorial. Swang is inspired from this act that Lord Vishnu performed in order to kill the demon Bhasmasur. The group, Lok Nritya Natya Kala Parishad cultural organisation in Kanera Dev in the Sagar district of

Madhya Pradesh endeavours to promote and preserve the folk culture of Bundelkhand.

Gond Tribal Dance, Andhra Pradesh: Gusadi of the Adilabad Gonds is known to be the most magnificent among all the Gond dances. Gonds give utmost importance to dancing and singing during any festival or festive occasion. This dance is ritualistic in character. The group, Bharat Folk Arts Academy in Hyderabad

aims at promoting and preserving Indian tribal and folk arts. It aspires to reach out the general public by creating awareness towards this wealth of cultural treasure.

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A child’s attention span is very less. He needs to be really interested to learn new things. Educationists and parents feel that their children learn through play, hence the need for educational toys and other aids. A plethora of publishers have displayed such educational aids for children in Hall 7. Here are a few glimpses of these.

Learning made fun!

Visitors enthralled...Haggling, wrangling, browsing, reading and of course buying, the

visitors are having a swell time at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2014. The happiest lot are the hundreds of children who

came trooping in to the Theme Pavilion, celebrating children’s literature, and Kidz Bubble. The Theme Pavilion with over 800 books for children and the various activities and programmes entertained and educated them throughout the day. At the Kidz Bubble hundreds of small children could be seen happily engaged in creative pursuits punctuated by raucous laughters when their favourite cartoon characters emerged from the big TV screens.

The milling crowd broke into a flutter when they saw one of India’s most popular film icon and brand ambassador of NBT, India, Mr Irrfan Khan at the specially setup 92.7 FM radio. He interacted with the visitors for some time obliging them with memontos of photographs with him. So was Deepti Naval, actress and author, who read out from her work. Engaged in conversation was her friend Ms Sanjana.

And on the other side discussions on the publishing industry, publishing and its future, and on the diversity of bhashas in India, as well as the conclave of CEOs of Industry, seriously debated on the various issues and challenges facing publishing in general today.

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Bollywood actor Irfan Khan talked to the audience live on Radio FM 92.7 about the fair, world of books, its

theme about ‘children literature’, writers and the connection of literature with films. Talking to the audience present at the venue he said, “Indian films are again getting trends of ‘looking towards books for making films’ as was in practice in earlier days. The repeating trend is good for both the books as well as films. Indian authors are doing well world over.” Further he added, “I am a great lover of books, as they take us in a different world of thought and feed us to think about a better way of life. Reading book is a different kind of experience, we should educate children about the importance of books.”

Bollywood glitterati at NDWBF 2014

Reading sessions by LiFi

LiFi Publications Pvt. Ltd. is organising the reading sessions by the following authhors: Neelam Chandra Saxena (17th Feb), Kulpreet

Yadav (18th Feb), Monika Pant (19th Feb), Dr Prathap Kamath (22nd Feb) and Dr Bina Biswas (23rd Feb). Visit us at Lifi stall No. 104, Hall No. 11

Rights Table@Book Fair

New Delhi Rights Table, a forum for publishers, rights agents, translators and editors from India and abroad to network and explore business opportunities is going to be held at NDWBF on

17-18 Feb 2014 at Lounge A, Near Gate No 1, Pragati Maidan.

Theatre a window to the world of literature!

A theater workshop on “Theatre for the Young Audience” held at theme pavilion got a great response as the audience

were seen engrossed all through the event. Ashish Ghosh of Assittej India organized this workshop for the kids in support with NBT for promoting books to the future readers. Sharing his views about literature and theatre, he added, “I feel theatre is the best way to promote literature and culture in young kids. We tell stories, we create drama and we sing folk songs…when a kid experience all this, he will definitely pick a book or literature related to what he has seen. It’s evidence to their readings.”

They are performing acts on several Indian and international works of literature, a few famous one include, “Kyu-Kyu Ladki by Mahashweta Devi; Alice in Wonderland and Lal Pencil, (based on Korean Folk tale). Explaining about these literary adaptations, he further added, “Take your child to theatre that will open the window for the literature.”

In addition to this the plays were also staged, which include Duniya Sab Ki by Aga Khan Foundation and Story of Shravan Kumar by Shraddha Mandir Sr Sec School.

Sahitya Manch: Book reviewed

Rajkamal Prakashan brings an inspiring biography of Radhey Shyam Aggarwal –

‘Ek Aur Brahmand’ of Emami Group authored by Arun Maheshwari of Rajkamal Prakashan. The eminent Hindi literates were seen discussing and appreciating this wonderful initiative of bringing out a biography for little known Indian multimillionaire in Hindi.

Book of trucking industry launched

NDWBF 2014 is set to be a fairground for all sorts of reads which

book lovers might have never expected before. Safexpress, a leading logistic firm, turns into publisher to launch a coffee table book titled Horn Please on the trucking industry. “This book is a dedication to the people engaging in truck transport,” says Vineet Kanaujia, vice president-marketing, Safexpress during the launch session attended by truck drivers and others in the industry.

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At a discussion organized at the Polish pavilion, renowned Polish journalist Wojciech Jagielski shared his reportage experiences. He revealed that of most of his writings were based on field events.

In an engaging conversation followed by interactions with the audience, Wojciech Jagielski opined that to understand the culture of the other, it is much easier to understand them without imposing one’s perspective on it. To him, writing is therapeutic because it becomes a kind of purgation of those warfare experiences he had as a journalist. His writings about the people and their culture are mainly for the Poles audiences who are not aware of them. He ended on the note that, he look forward to write about the East-West exchange of culture and of India in particular.

Wojciech Jagielski is a reportage writer specializing in Africa, Central Asia, the Trans-Caucasus and the Caucasus. His writing covered crucial political events. As a journalist, Wojciech Jagielski’s love for political concern land him up to travel extensively in many countries and the outcome of it are his well known books like, A Good Place to Die, Praying for Rain, The Night Wanderers and the most recent one is The Trumpeter from Tembisa. Polish School of Reportage is a unique genre of Poland meant to denote the writings of such renowned journalists who turn important writers. For a Polish journalist, it is always the greatest ambition to be recognised as part of the genre.

In Conversation...Dr. Waiel S H Awwad, President, The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia & Senior International Correspondent with Wojciech Jagielski, renowned international journalist and Pol-ish reportage writer on the Polish School of Reportage

Authors' Corner

Conversations with Hindol Sengupta and Ashutosh at an event of HarperCollins Publishers

Dr. Satish Yadav, Dr. Dhananjay Tripathi, Sivendra Singh, Devita Mittal, Mizanoor Rahman discussed with audience on the topic “Pustaken Logon Ko Jorti Hai” in a programme organized under the campaign “Aaggaz-e-Dosti” started by the organizations, The Catalyst, Pakistan and Mission Bhartiyam, India. The topic was centralized on South Asia.

Karan Verma (right) with one of his friends after the discussions on his book “Jack & Master” published by Rupa Publications.

Saba Mahmood Bashir discussiong with the editor of the book and the audience on her book “I swallowed the Moon”, published by HarperCollins Publishers.

Aruna Chakravarti and Taisha Ibraham. Associate Professor, Jesus & Mary College, discussing on Aruna’s book “Jorasanko”– published by HarperCollins Publishers.

A new book in 11 months

Varun Sahgal, a young writer, who made his debut as an author, just a year ago launched his second book Shunya…the Myth at NDWBF. Published

by Diamond Books, it was released by Rita Menon, CMD ITPO, in the august presence of Mr A Sethumadhavan, Chairman - NBT, India, Shiv Khera, eminent author and motivational speaker, and Suvoh Moitra, author of three best sellers.

The launch was attended by various government officials and over 100 guests including family members of Varun Sahgal. Each of the speakers during the launch appreciated the efforts put in by Varun in creating book on altogether different subject i.e. Indian Mythological Thriller.

Rajshri’s very own wonder kid

Kashvee Barjatya, a young 9-year-old author from India’s famous Bollywood film family was at NDWBF to share her new book “Lost in the Woods”. She is a completely lost in the book world

at a very young age as she shared, “I started reading when I was 4 and I started writing when I was 5. I thank my mom and family for introducing me to so many good books.”

Her reading glasses and quite persona were supporting her bookworm image and on asking how much and often she read, she shared with a smile, “I spent 7 hours in school and equally on reading or writing. So there’s no time for other activities. Books are my real friend.”

Having four g e n e r a t i o n s successfully associated with showbiz, how she would be seen in future, to which she quickly replied, “I will write a book on which my dad and uncles with make a movie.”

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CEOSpeak over Chairman’s Breakfast 2014National Book Trust, India

(NBT) in association with The Federation of

Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized CEOSpeak over Chairman’s Breakfast on 16 February 2014 at The Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi. The objective of the programme was to facilitate greater interaction within the publishing community in India, and to make it a forum of CEOs

to discuss and share business and book-trade related issues and concerns. Initiated last year as a part of the New Delhi Book Fair, this edition of CEOSpeak aimed to discuss and share common issues and concerns to evolve a composite agenda of the Indian publishing industry. Dr. Arbind Prasad, Director General, FICCI welcomed the dignitaries and delegates for this important discussion and moderated the session.

Mr. A Sethumadhavan, Chairman, NBT while making his welcome address to the CEOs present at the programme, emphasized that India has no dearth of good content. We have a flourishing publishing industry with literature in vernacular languages adding to the richness and depth of scholarship in India.

Dr. Vivek Lall, President and CEO, Reliance Industries, highlighted that the sector must strive to get the industry status, which will enable the industry to get corporate loans at low interest. It is very important that this promising sector should focus on getting more organized and initiate a scientific study to bring out growth prospects for the sector. He related that FICCI had lobbied for the entertainment industry, including films, to get industry status in the year 2000 and should take up the case of the publishing sector.

The event was inaugurated by Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India. He emphasised that India has the advantage of the demographic dividend, besides a growing adult literature segment that constitute about 74 % of the reading audience. The way forward for the sector is to get organized, seek industry status and actively collaborate with the higher education institutes. He congratulated NBT for taking this great initiative and urged upon the publishers to not only ‘tap’ the market, but also to create new tastes of readership.

Ms. Beata Stasinska, Vice President, Foksal Publishing Group introduced the Polish publishing market to the august gathering and highlighted issues of distribution and readership in the industry, besides drawing a parallel between the Polish and Indian publishing sector. It may be mentioned that Poland is the Guest of Honour country at NDWBF 2014. She stressed that due to economic slowdown, the number of titles published in Poland is showing marginal downturn, and the publishers are trying to come with new strategies to meet the challenge with the support of the government.

The programme also witnessed the results of the industry pulse

survey conducted by FICCI. The objective of the survey is to assess the perception of publishers toward growth of the sector and to highlight major areas of concerns for policy change. About 75% of the respondents were publishers, 11.5% are distributors/retailers, 13.5% are other service providers. The top 3 challenges identified for the publishing sector in next 2-3 years are collections, distribution channel and piracy.

Ms. Winnie Hung, Publishing and Cross Segment Strategy Development Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan, HP Indigo & InkJet Press Solutions highlighted the changing nature of printing technology. Mr. R Ramachandran, Executive Director, National Book Development Council of Singapore and Executive Secretary, Asian Festival of Children’s Content, Singapore underlined the sustainability and demand of Indian book industry in the ASEAN countries. The forum also had an “open house”, moderated by Ms. Urvashi Butalia, Chair, FICCI Publishing Committee and Director, Zubaan, to discuss major issues that the publishing community faces. It was reiterated that FICCI will lobby for getting industry status for the publishing sector. Speaking in the Open House session, Mr. G Raghavender, Director, Book Promotion & Copyrights, Minsitry of HRD, informed that in the upcoming National Book Policy, granting the status of Industry to Indian publishing is a major feature.

Dr. M. A. Sikander, Director, National Trust, MHRD, Government of India gave the closing remarks, and supported the need to seek industry status for the publishing sector. He underlined NBT’s commitment to promote the culture of reading in India, and to bring various stakeholders on one platform to continue informed discussions for addressing industry’s issues. He thanked FICCI for joining hands with NBT in the cause.

The event was attended by over hundred CEOs from publishing houses both national and international and also by a delegation from Poland which is the Guest of Honour Country at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2014.

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Growing up in the 90s, like most children of my generation, my first

introduction to Indian children’s literature was through beautiful picture books published by NBT and CBT and created by writers like Sigrun Srivastava,

U.S.S.R. Nikolai Nosov’s Mishka seemed as much a kindred spirit as did Poile Sengupta’s Perky.

I joined the Famous Five as they hunted for treasure in old castles, camped out on the moors, and had scones for tea. I had no idea what scones were

and that made it all the more exciting. Through Blyton’s children, I lived vicariously, and grew up thinking that life in India was comparatively boring because there didn’t seem to be any scope for adventures here!

Ira Saxena’s Caught by Computer and Arup Kumar Dutta’s Kaziranga Trail published by CBT in

the 80s, convinced me otherwise. Junior Quest’s Asha Nehemiah and Ashok Rajagopalan, Target’s Vatsala Kaul, Priya Nagarajan, Subhadra Sengupta and Tapas Guha forever changed my loyalties. I was drawn into the world of Indian children’s literature. I knew then that I wanted to grow up to be a children’s writer.

While a multitude of Panchatantras and Jatakas existed in every possible form, the need for more contemporary children’s fiction remained.

The traditional Indian view that children’s books need to be ‘educational’ didn’t help matters either. In 1996, children’s publishing in India saw a revival of sorts. 1996 saw the emergence of small, independent publishing houses —Tulika, Karadi, and Tara — started by determined women with unshakeable belief in their dreams. While Karadi introduced the concept of audio picture books, Tulika brought out bilingual and multilingual picture books — books that captured a child’s imagination and encouraged her to think, without being didactic.

These books had a significant impact on children born in the post-Gulf War-cable television era, who were programmed to believe that everything American was ‘cool’.

There was a certain joy in reading about children named Radha and Raghu who ate bajjis and bondas (and not scones) and stole aam ka achaar from Naani’s kitchen. Everything Indian no longer meant ‘not cool’.

A large part of my reading, however, was restricted to books by writers belonging to and stories set in the West. While today, I sagely nod my head when discussions about the need for stories set in an Indian context crop up in my writing circles,

Geetha Dharmarajan, and Indira Ananthakrishnan and illustrators like Jagdish Joshi, Pulak Biswas, and Subir Roy.

I realise that this never struck me when I was a child, happily devouring children’s books from the UK, USA, and the erstwhile

But while comparing books from the West to those from home, I do not believe one should hold the other in disdain. I firmly believe that a story irrespective of where it is set must have universal appeal.

Several books from Tulika, Karadi, and Tara are now available in various foreign languages. With regular participation in international book fairs, selling and buying of foreign rights, Indian books are gaining more visibility in the international market.

For a long time, the transition from picture books to middle-grade novels was rather abrupt. This lacuna has now been filled by a series of chapter books published by Duckbill, a publishing house that was started in 2012.

Books from Duckbill and Tulika are gender-sensitive, and most have feisty girl protagonists. Some time ago, a mother of two little boys asked me if I thought books with female protagonists would appeal to boys and didn’t publishers worry about losing a majority of their customer base. For centuries, books have had male protagonists and nobody bothered about the female customer base! Girls or boys, children are more perceptive than adults give them credit for.

Publishers no longer shy away from books dealing with real-life issues that children and adolescents face. They would rather cater to a small-yet-growing discerning audience than publish run-of-the-mill stories which are more commercially viable.

I believe there are exciting times ahead for children’s literature in India and I’m thrilled to be a part of it.

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Indian kids of 1980s-90s actually grew reading comics. I am also one of them and all

my summer holidays were spent reading heaps of comics rented from a local book shop for mere Rs 1 or 2 for a day…it was a great fun. The comic industry was at its peak in the late 1980s and early 1990s and during this period, popular comics easily sold more than million copies over the course of its shelf life of several weeks. India's once-flourishing comic industry was in sharp decline because of increasing competition from satellite

television (children's television channels) and the gaming industry, but again its gaining sheen.

India has some of the best artists in the world. Production

Providing visuals to thoughts…is no CHILD’S PLAY!–Discover the world of comics & graphic novels India has a long tradition of comic readership. It gained popularity as themes associated with extensive religious myths and folk-tales, by the name of Amar Chitra Katha in 1960s. Today, we have several imported superheroes (Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man etc) and comic characters (TinTin & Mickey, Donald, etc) as well. Here, Smita Dwivedi explores this dream world.

values are being raised all the time. Just recently we are seeing more Indian writers choosing to write for this genre and we are getting better and better all the

time. According to recent report, the world’s largest players like Walt Disney, Warner Brothers and Dreamworks are in the process of establishing a presence in India,

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“Choose the fun oriented comics/books based on not only fun but also on education and Indian culture, religion and heritage.”

–Gulshan Rai

“Comics really help foster a reading habit in children. I am a living proof of that and because of that I obviously am hooked on to comics but I love books in general as well.”

–Jatin Varma

“Children need good, exciting and interesting books just as much as anyone else. Also, don’t be quick to shoot down people for reading comic books. Just remember that pictures really can paint a thousand words and these books will remain with your child or your student a lifetime.”

– Jason Quinn

to tap the local market as well as to build a low cost, high quality production base.

Diamond Comics, India's largest selling comics is being published in almost all Indian languages, it has attained an unmatched reach to every corner of India.. It's unmatched quality, uniqueness, affordability,

availability and credibility has made it an undisputed leader in the field of quality comic-literature with loving characters including Chacha Chaudhary, Billoo, Channi Chachi, Chotu Lambu, Pinki etc. According to Gulshan Rai, MD, Diamond Comics, the trade comic and graphic book publishing market in India is really big for

Published by one of the leading publishing houses, Westland Ltd, Debashis Sarkar’s book Lessons in Lean Management has won the prestigious 2014 Philip Crosby Medal in

the US. Debashis Sarkar is the recipient of the Philip Crosby Medal for authoring a distinguished book in the space of quality management. This is world’s most esteemed award in this space. The award will be given out in May 2014 in Dallas in the USA.

This book provides a roadmap on how to embrace, improve and profit from Lean. It has the capacity to revolutionize both your business and your bottom-line. The book also provides first-of-their-kind tools which have been pioneered by the author and can c o m e handy in any operational excellence endeavour. Debashis Sarkar is today considered among the world’s leading quality practitioners whose work in the space of lean thinking and customer performance improvement has been taken notice by the world. He is a global authority on Lean Management and his work in the space has been adopted by improvement practitioners across the world. He is credited to have pioneered the adoption of lean management practices by service industry just not in Asia but world over.

Debashis Sarkar wins the coveted 2014 Philip Crosby

Seminar on Emerging Trends in Book Publishing

On February 21, FICCI and API are organizing a seminar on Emerging Trends in Book Publishing: New Models for the Market at FICCI, Federation House, New Delhi. The seminar will bring

together experts from different publishing verticals to share, discuss and debate emerging trends in book publishing. Key highlights would include emergence of new distribution models in book publishing, technology in education and the future of Indian publishing: author’s perspective.

them. On asking about the status of English language vs other Indian languages, he replied “English, Bengali and Hindi are heaving maximum sale in the ratio of 30%, 10%, 50%, and 10% in regional language.”

On asking about the response and demand of comics and graphic novels in India, he replied with affirmation, “Diamond Comics has maintained the accelerating sale and still we are maintaining this grace of sales in this field and we sell over 2.5 Lac comics every month and MRP varies from Rs. 30 to Rs. 250.”

While, Jatin Varma, founder, ComiCon India, adds, “In my opinion it’s certainly on the rise, I feel the boost given by films and popular television series around international characters, has certainly increased the readers’ curiosity to reconnect with comics. This provides a great opportunity for Indian content creators to push their books as well. Sales of comics at all our ComiCon events are great, however, on the flipside the broken distribution system in India lets down a lot of upcoming publishers to get their comic books to readers. That is a major stumbling block to all publishers out there. Online retail has certainly helped, but I hope we are able to find a solution to fixing

the broken distribution setup in the near future.”

According to Jason Quinn, creative content head at Campfire Graphic Novels, the market is growing all the time. Over the last four years interest in the whole genre of graphic novels has really opened up in India. Adding more to it, he said, “In fact, I would say over the last twelve months we have seen big changes and graphic novels are now well on the way from being a niche market in India to being a mainstay of the mainstream publishing industry.”

Diamond comics are being exported to Bangladesh. And he feels that Indian comics have much bigger sale than the foreign comic sales in India. The production quality of Indian comics is equivalent to the foreign quality. On talking about digitization he added, “We have digitized over 2,000 comics in all languages and these are available on all the platform of E-sellers and M-sellers and we are converting them regularly. Due to digitization the sale in print media is also increasing everyday.”

Jatin is really positive about the comics’ industry talent pool, according to him, “We certainly have no dearth of talent. Our quality has certainly come up, but there is certainly scope of improvement.”

15‘My words are my world’- says magical wordsmith – Padma Bhushan Ruskin Bond

‘Any form of writing which comes straight from the heart without any prejudices or intentions to please others becomes timeless’… is a suc-cess secret in Ruskin Bond’s world, who had written his first novel - The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen, and even after 55 years, it has never been out of print. Smita Dwivedi (SD) in conversa-tion with him discovers his views on hills, trains, ghosts, nature, ani-mals and romance, which are indispensable part of all his writings…and beyond. Excerpts.

Ruskin Bond has been recently conferred with Padma Bhuhan award.

He is an Indian author of British descent , who was born in Kasauli, and spent most of his growing up years in Shimla, Dehradun, Jamnagar, Mussourie and London. He started writing early and when he was all of 17, he wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, which won the

John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He has written over 500 short stories, essays, poems, novels and children books etc. Today, he is enjoying a stress-free life in the lap of nature at Landour with his adopted and extended family.

SD: Tell us something about yourself as a person?

Ruskin: Well! It is impossible for me to describe myself without books. They are my first love, besides I love nature and Indian food. Hills have always mesmerized me, so I chose “Queen of Hills” to be my abode, way back in 1960, when it was not invaded by commercialization. I do not like today’s films, but I

do watch television. And I love to wander in mountains and watch birds and animals, I also try to converse with them.

SD: You are most celebrated children’s author. How was your childhood?

Ruskin: I had a lonely childhood. My father died when I was eight or nine and my parents were already separated. For schooling, I was sent to a

boarding school in Shimla. This was the time in my life when books became my friends. The friendship that happened by default so early in my life is still going strong. Moreover, all the seeds of my literary thought process were sown during my childhood.

SD: What inspired you to write?

Ruskin: Actually Rudyard Kipling was an inspiration, but there were several others like Bates, Maugham, Barrie to name a few, who actually made me want to write. Kipling of course has always been an inspiration.

SD: Who is your favorite author or a genre?

Ruskin: I am a voracious reader, I love to read. And it’s really difficult for me to single out an author or a poet or a genre. I am a lazy writer and I love writing short stories, but it is difficult to put all your thoughts into one single story. As far as genre goes 'ghost stories’ is my favorite.

SD: Are you an animal lover as there so many birds and animals in your stories?

Ruskin: Yes, I am a big-time animal lover, I always had pets.

My house is a second home to Himalayan birds and monkeys. During my days in hills, I came closer to nature and when I came to live up here in the mountains that nature began to play a greater part in my stories and writing. If I am writing, I am actually studying nature. I still love to explore flora and fauna in hills.

SD: Now young readers have many alternatives to books, how can we keep them close to books?

Ruskin: The only way is to read books yourself. Once parents have this habit of reading and buying books, kids will naturally pick up books to read. When I was younger, we didn't have any publishers, especially for children's books, there was a void. As someone who has grown up passionately wanting to be a writer, there is a sense of responsibility you feel towards your readers. So we should always promote books to kids.

SD: What keeps you going, how do you get so many stories ideas?

Ruskin: My stories are getting shorter as I am growing older (Laughs), now I am not writing much. But my keen interest in people around me is my sole inspiration to write since beginning. All my stories were actually derived from my real life incidents. Some of the adventures of Rusty I also enjoyed; there was The Night Train at Deoli where I used to see a very attractive girl on the platform with a basket selling fruits; and there was also The Room on the Roof where a young chap was dealing with his issues of adolescence. Perhaps, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra was the collection of short stories, which I adapted from my childhood…I beautifully imagined and crafted cameos of my family, friends, and various other people who left a lasting impression on me. So, very often stories emerge from little incidents. Sometimes, they are partly autobiographical, but when I sit down to write, they run away from me and become fiction.

SD: Message to young budding authors and writers….

Ruskin: “Well we have lot of writers now, we need more readers” (Laughs aloud). Be good and do good, you will get success. Read more to write more.

(Based on an interview by AABP a while ago.)

Ruskin Bond at Ratna Sagar stand

Ruskin Bond at Authors’ Corner“I have been writing since the past 60 years, since I was in school”, mused Ruskin Bond, the celebrated children’s writer. He was speaking at an interactive session held at the Authors’ Corner — ‘Conversations’ — in Hall 12.With an audience of over 200 people comprising both children and adults, the Authors’ Corner was alive with questions being asked from the youngest reader to the oldest fan. Ruskin Bond answered all with a patience to match interjected with anecdotes, his experiences and humour.On being asked by a young girl to give tips for being a good writer like him, he said that one should read a lot, keep writing and most important: never give up. Patience and perseverance is the key, he added.While talking the books he has written and the various genres he has dabbled with, he said that he loved writing for children.

16Through the lens...

SHOW DAILY finds a new reader!

Group of happy children Need cash fior more books?: use Mobile ATM machine

Navneet Education uses RICOH Pro C651EX for Book Publishing jobs

Navneet Education Limited (formerly known as Navneet Publications) adopts RICOH Pro C651EX for print on demand (POD) jobs. This publisher engages in publication of educational,

children, general books and stationary items. Over the years, the company has gained a unique recognition in producing more than 5,000 titles in English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu and other Indian and foreign languages. Over the years, this publisher has emerged as a preferred brand for educational products among teachers and students.

Some of the popular brand names for which Navneet Education is known include Navneet, Vikas, Gala, FfUuNn and Boss. Its portfolio of educational based titles includes high-quality supplementary books like Digests (Guide), Workbooks and 21 mostly-demanded question sets published in five languages. Now the company is using RICOH Pro C651EX, a revolutionary colour production system, for POD jobs. Designed with convenience and consistency for professional results, this RICOH machine delivers superior 4,800 dpi image quality, enhanced media handling and incredible value for the most challenging and unique print jobs. This powerful and versatile production printer is ideal for commercial and in-house print centres that need one system to do it all.

RICOH Pro C651EX offers high-volume outputs upto 75 pages/min delivering outstanding quality colour, incredible throughput, high uptime and convenient inline finishing options to help in improving document workflow. This RICOH machine has maximize uptime without compromising quality with an innovative liquid-cooled developer system that maintains operating temperature on even the longest print runs.

‘Reading Without Seeing’ workshops

Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC), Mumbai

shows the way of giving vision to visually challenged people during the NDWBF 2014. This centre organisation is helping blind people see using alternate formats like Braille, e-texts, audio and AISY to access the printed words. “We organise ‘Reading Without Seeing’ workshops during the fair with a firm objective to create a sneak preview of sight into the world of visually challenged,” said Dr Sam Taraporevala, director, XRCVC. This centre has partnered with more than 90 organisations including Daisy Forum of India (DFI), Saksham Trust and others working together to promote print access for the visually challenged people.

100 Years of Indian Cinema

An insightful account of the 100 years of Indian cinema gives a share to

Kanada films which are yet to properly organise in the industry. This is what Dr Lakshmi Priya N pens down in her book 100 Years of Indian Cinema: Issues & Challenges being introduced at the current NDWBF 2014. The book extensively features detailed analysis of historical, economic, social and international impacts of Indian cinema. It also discusses issues and failures of Kannada films. The author is engineer, model, actor, writer and politician.

17NBT Books on Digital PlatformNew Delhi, February 15, 2014

National Book Trust, India announces its new digital initiative to make quality content

accessible to wider audience through web applications. In this edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair, NBT’s e-book will be launched on 17 Feburary 2014 at a function to be held at Seminar Hall 1, Hall No. 8, Pragati Maidan. Shri Pallam Raju, Hon’ble Minister for HRD, Govt. of India is to launch the first e-book.

An apex body established by the Government of India in 1957 to cultivate the reading habit and promote book culture, NBT publishes books in 18 major Indian languages as well as other minor languages. Now NBT is entering into the e-book format to cater to the needs of tech-savvy audience.

Within the next few months, NBT’s e-books and animated children’s books will be available for purchase and download on the Trust's app and e-book store. As part of this digital initiative, NBT’s digital books will be available on various operating systems and devices.

After installing the app, users can register their profiles and make purchases from the NBT catalog using debit cards, credit cards and online banking. All purchased eBooks are securely stored on NBT cloud infrastructure and can be re-downloaded or used simultaneously on up to four devices using the same user-id and password.

The digital solutions are being implemented and maintained for NBT by leading digital content solutions provider, Ninestars Information Technologies Ltd.

Exhibitors' Views

“Our major highlights at NDWBF this year include certain special sections on children’s books, learning toys for kids and ‘live’ teaching sessions.”

- Madan Singh Bisht, senior branch manager, S. Chand &

Company Pvt Ltd

“One reason which makes me feel happy about this book fair this year is the show schedule which comprises two Saturdays and two

Sundays. We can pull students and working professionals on these four holidays.”

- G Radhakrishnan Nair, sr executive-publishing, IK

International Publishing House

“We use this fair as a platform to stage our new range of titles such as Education as Freedom t r a n s l a t e d by Subransu M a i t r a , A r u n a c h a l by Peter Van Ham and just i n t r o d u c e d Security, Governance and Democratic Rights – Essays on the North East edited by KS Subramanian. And we announce some new titles like Chai – The Experience of Indian Tea by Rekha Sarin and Rajan Kapoor which will hit the market in a month or two.

- Virendra Kumar, consultant, Nyogi Books

“In addition to our range of advanced books on computer s c i e n c e , e n g i n e e r i n g and other technical books, we bring out some attractive titles on tutorials for competitive examinations like railways, banking and others which we find visitors taking keen interest.”

– Raza Khan, vice president- publishing, higher education,

Vikas Publishing House“What we are showcasing here are predominantly of books

on spiritual t e a c h i n g written by w e l l - k n o w n J a p a n e s e author, Ryoko Okawa. Most of our books are in English, but some are

now translated into Hindi for the convenience of Indian readers.”

– Yoshihiro Mori of Positive Future Learning

“We use NDWBF as a strategic p l a t f o r m where we can i n t r o d u c e our range of books covering subjects of all kinds. Two weekends and holidays in the show schedule give us an added opportunity to pull young school-going and working crowd.”

– Prabhat Kumar Choudhary, Delhi Book Store (DBS)

Many exhibitors in Hall 12 express their contentment about exhibits and the fair for many reasons.

“SHOW DAILY” – official newsletter during New Delhi World Book Fair 2014 – February 15-23, 2014, is jointly published by Director, National Book Trust (NBT), India & All About Book Publishing (AABP). Editorial Team: NBT – Binny Kurian, Kanchan Wanchoo Sharma; Production –R Shahjahan. AABP – Varsha Verma, Smita Dwivedi , Jyaneswar Laishram, Shailendra Kumar, Sunita Arora, H Pandey, Sandeep Verma.

Printed at Kaveri Print Process Pvt. Ltd., 114, Patparganj Industrial Area, Delhi – 110 092. Disclaimer: The views expressed in the signed articles do not necessarily reflect the official views of the NBT and AABP.

18Events TodayPolish Pavilion: Hall No. 7 Seminars & Discussions: Hall Nos. 7,8,14 & 18

Desaj: Festival of Tribal and Folk Performing Arts of IndiaOrganised by Sangeet Natak Akademi & NBT, India Lal Chowk (Near Hall No. 6) 6.00 pm onwards

Theme Pavilion, Hall No. 7EKathasagara: Celebrating Children's Literature

Kidz Bubble: Hall No. 7

Sahitya Manch: Hall No. 8

Authors' Corner: Reflections, Hall No. 10-11

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Centre Stage

11.00 am to 12.00 noon Drawing Competition

Organised by NBT, India12.00 noon to 1.00 pm Story Telling1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Extempore speech2.00 pm to 3.00 pm Puzzle

Art Corner

11.00 am to 12.00 noon Mosaic painting

Organized by Macaw Books and NBT, India

12.00 noon to 1.00 pm Thread painting1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Leaf printing2.00 pm to 3.00 pm Collage-making 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm Wax resist painting

Crafts Corner 11.00 am to 12.00 noon Mask-making

Organized by Macaw Books and NBT, India

12.00 noon to 1.00 pm Waste recycling crafts 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Papier mache2.00 pm to 3.00 pm Origami3.00 pm to 4.00 pm Leaf craft

Creative Corner 11.00 am to 12.00 noon Story Telling

Organised by NBT, India12.00 noon to 1.00 pm Paper Folding1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Clay Toys2.00 pm to 3.00 pm Drawing Competition3.00 pm to 4.00 pm Fruit & Vegetable-Clay

Fun Corner 11.00 am to 12.00 noon Paper Toys

Organized by SARD & NBT, India12.00 noon to 1.00 pm Flower Making1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Best use of Waste2.00 pm to 3.00 pm String Puppet3.00 pm to 4.00 pm Finger Puppets

Time Event

14.00 – 15.00: Polish Writing from Joseph Conrad to Ryszard Kapuścińskiby translator and lecturer Magdalena Heydel

15.00- 16.00:

How to Publish with PolandOn Polish books for adults and children and co-financing of the translation of Polish books in Indiaby Magdalena Dębowska (polishrights.com), Jadwiga Jędryas (Two Sisters publishing) and Elżbieta Kalinowska (the Polish Book Institute)

17.00 -18.00:

Launch of Olga Tokarczuk’s ‘Wardrobe’ and Andrzej Stasiuk’s ‘Tales of Galicia’ in Hindiwith Olga Tokarczuk, the publisher Rajkamal Prakashan, the translators Maria Skakuj Puri and Monika Browarczyk

Pre–Lunch(11.00 am to 1.00 pm)

Post–Lunch(2.00 pm to 4.30 pm)

Kathasagara Evening(5.30 pm to 7.00 pm)

11.00 am to 1.00 pm: Illustrating is Fun! A Workshop with Tiril Valeur (Norwegian Author/Illustrator)(A&A Book Trust)

11.45 am: Release of the Book ‘The Good Books Guide’ by Dr.M.M.Pallam Raju, Hon’ble Minister of HRD, Govt. of India(Embassy of Norway & NBT)

2.00 pm to 3.00 pm: Talk on Science Communication for Children/ Jadu Nahin Yah Vigyan Hai(Vigyan Prasar, AWIC, Department of Adult Continuing Education & Extension)

3.00 pm to 4.30 pm: Panel Discussion on Issues in Contemporary Indian Children’s Literature (University of Delhi)

4.30 pm to 5.30 pm: Counselling Session (NBT, India)

Children’s Interaction with an Author-Illustrator duo: Sher Jung Garg (Author) and Debashish Deb (Illustrator)

6.30 pm to 7.30 pm: Yaad Sheher: Vartika Nanda in conversation with Neelesh Mishra (NBT, India)

* There will be Screening of Films on Shankar, Pulak Biswas and Harekrishna Devsare everyday in the evening

Time Author Organiser

11:30 to 12:30 Shuchi Naum Diamond Pocket Books

12:30 to 1:30 Ziya us Salam Om Books International

1:30 to 2:30 Vinod Nair Om Books International

3:00 to 4:00 Amit Shankar, Joygopal Poddar & Shwetabh Gangwar

Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd.

4:30 to 5:30 Arpita Das and Friederike Barakat German Book Office

6:00 to 7:00 Rajiva Wijesinha Sri Lankan Embassy and NBT India

Author's Corner: Conversations, Hall No. 125

Time Author Organiser

12:00 to 1:00 Yashodhara Lal HarperCollins Publishers

2:00 to 3:00 Bina Kapoor Vishv Books

3:30 to 4:30 Biswaroop Roy Chowdhary Diamond Pocket Books

5:00 to 6:00 Musharraf Alam Zauqi Alami Urdu Media Trust

6:30 to 7:30 Neelesh Misra Vani Prakashan

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2.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.

NORTH-EAST AND NORTHERN POET’S MEETPoet/speakers: Kaustubh Moni Saikia, Binod Basumatari, Vijay Verma, Desmond L. Kharmawphlang, MondiraGhosh, Robin S. Ngangom, Kailash Vajpeyi, Sefali Debbarma, Kshetri Rajen, Thailow Mog, Amarjeet Kaunke, Tarsem, Ashar Hashmi.

Sahitya Akdemi & NBT, India

6.15 p.m. to 7.15 p.m.

SamanvaySangat:Prose/PoetrySpeakers: K. Satchidanandan, Sudhir Chandra, Mamta Sagar, Brinda Bose Moderator: Giriraj Kiradoo

Samanvay: IHC Indian Languages’ Festival

Time Event Venue Organiser12 Noon to 1.45 pm

Book Release & Discussion

Auditorium I, Hall No 14 Reed Elsevier, Gurgaon

12 Noon to 1.45 pm

Quiz competition Auditorium II, Hall No 18Encyclopedia Britanica Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi

12 Noon to 1.45 pm

Discussion Auditorium – III, Hall No 18 Amazon Sellers, Bengaluru

2.00 pm to 3.45 pm

Book Release Auditorium I, Hall No 14Om Books Nternational, New Delhi

2.00 pm to 3.45 pm

Book Release Auditorium II, Hall No 18Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi

2.00 pm to 3.45 pm

Discussion Auditorium – III, Hall No 18 Amazon Sellers, Bengaluru

4.00 pm to 5.45 pm

Book Release Auditorium I, Hall No 14 Adar Prakashan, Panchkul

5.00 pm to 6.00 pm

Tribute to Farooq Shaikh

Auditorium (First Floor), Hall No 7

NBT, India

4.00 pm to 5.45 pm

Symposium on Saudi-Indo Culture

Auditorium II, Hall No 18Royal Embassy Of Saudi Arabia, New Delhi

4.00 pm to 5.45 pm

Discussion Auditorium – III, Hall No 18 Amazon Sellers, Bengaluru

06.00 pm to 7.45 pm

Book Release Auditorium I, Hall No 14 Vitasta Publishing Company

6.00 pm to 7.45 pm

Book Release Auditorium II, Hall No 18Taxmann Publication Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi

6.00 pm to 7.45 pm

Discussion Auditorium – III, Hall No 18 Amazon Sellers, Bengaluru

Programme Performing Troupe

FAKIRI SONGS, West Bengal Nurul Islam Khan & Group, Nadia

KALARI, Kerala Nithya Chaithanya Kalari, New Delhi

MAMORE PUJA (JHUMAR), West Bengal Lok Chhanda Cultural Unit, West Bengal

LEPCHA MUSIC, Sikkim Sonam Tshering Lepcha & Group, Kalimpong

MAYUR BHANJ CHHAU, Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi Chhau Project, Baripada

HIRNI BIRNI KI KATHA, BiharKaran Lal Nat with Bhojpuri Natya Kala Parishad, Bihar

GOND TRIBAL DANCE, Andhra Pradesh Bharat Folk Arts Academy, Hyderabad