CEOSpeakU nderlining the impor-

tance and relevance of promoting a reading culture in an era where the Internet has taken over the world by storm, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of State for HRD (Higher Education), Government of India, said that “despite the challenges in the sector, education must be spread across the country”. He also emphasised that regional languages must be promoted as it will help in reaching out to a wider readership and enhance the habit of reading. Also there is a need to acknowledge regional publications, he added.

He was delivering the keynote address at the 5th edition of the ‘CEOSpeak over Chairman’s Breakfast 2017’ on the theme ‘The Idea and Business of Creating Culture of Reading: Experiences & Challenges Across Societies’. The event was organized by National Book Trust, India in association with FICCI, on the sidelines of the New Delhi World Book Fair.

In his address, Shri Baldeo Bhai Sharma,

Chairman, National Book Trust, India, said that to inculcate the habit of reading amongst people it is imperative to make books available in far-flung regions of the country at an affordable cost. He added that books and reading has the ability to shape a nation as it can enable a person to emerge as a better human being.

Further, Shri Sharma said that books and reading have been an integral part of India’s heritage. NBT organises book fairs including the New Delhi World Book Fair. NBT also provides subsidy to language publishers to encourage their participation. He added that to develop a reading culture, parents must gift their children a book on their birthday.

Ms. Alessandra Bertini Malgarini, Direttore, Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, shared that in recent survey it was found that in Italy 92 per cent people watch TV everyday, 58 per cent listen to radio and 60 per cent are connected to internet

whereas only 42 per cent people read one book in a year. Also women read more than men and students in the age group of 15-17 years have a reading habit.

Mr. Salim Omar Salim, Director of Sales & Marketing, Sharjah Book Authority, said that Sharjah Publishing Institute and public libraries were being established to promote reading and encourage the next generation to read books.

Dr. A Didar Singh, Secretary General, FICCI, said that FICCI is establishing a Google Translation Centre in association with Google to reach out to regional centres and different publications in

India. He added that FICCI will support the government’s book promotion policy and facilitate in making India a knowledge nation and spread this knowledge across countries.

The session was followed by a panel discussion ‘The Business of Books in South Asia’ moderated by Ms. Urvashi Butalia, Chair, FICCI Publishing Committee. The panelists were Mr. Vijitha Yapa, former President, Sri Lanka Book Publishers Association; Mr. Naveen Gupta, General Secretary, FIP; Mr. Bidur Dangol, Nepal Booksellers and Publishers Association and Mr. Ramesh Mittal, Chairman, CAPEXIL.

Delivering the closing remarks, Dr. Rita Chowdhury, Director, National Book Trust, assured that NBT, India will work on the actionable points that have emerged during the discussions. Mr. Sumeet Gupta, Director, FICCI, gave the vote-of-thanks.

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My Life, My LiteratureI breath, I survive, I derive my oxygen from literature : Dr Prathiba Ray

travelling, confirms that she belongs to that country.

To her, unconditional love means loving everyone till her death. Her novels reveal the message of peace and love. It is not an answer to questions. Instead, her novels are filled with open ended questions which she expects the readers to complete. One has to create God in one’s own heart. “Give me your heart and I will be your God,” she adds.

Thanking NBT India for bringing together people from all walks of life on a common platform, she said that NBT should initiate a campaign for Right to Literature (RTL) with the message that everyone has the right to read and create a character of their own.

The conversation took place at the Theme Pavilion organized by NBT India. The Theme of the Fair ‘Manushi’ focuses on women’s writings.

“Life and literature are inter-dependent on each other. I breath, I survive, I derive my oxygen from literature,” said Dr Prathiba Ray, noted Odia writer and Jnanpith awardee, in conversation with Dr. Yashodhara Mishra in a discussion ‘My Life My Literature’.

There are two qualities in a writer: love and fearlessness. Without love and fearlessness one cannot become a writer. At the age of nine, she fell in love with nature – river, trees etc. She imagined the bindi on her mother’s forehead as the rising sun. After experiencing her childhood friends suffering from caste discrimination,

she questioned her father about the existence of discrimination.

She added that there is no discrimination in the life of a writer. “What she believes, she practices, what she practices, she writes”. She is seeking for an unconditional love which is yet to be found. Being a lone traveler, she had visited around 40 countries and during her difficult times in a foreign country, people of different nationalities, especially Pakistanis, had come to her assistance. She likes to stay anonymous while travelling and that is how she is able to understand the fact that every human being is basically good. Only the visa she possesses, while

@ Children’s PavilionShri Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister, NCT of Delhi,

visited a special exhibition curated by National Insititute of Open School for differently abled children in association with NBT India and other organisations such as NIEPID, NIMH, Vigyan Prasar, Daisy, CBM Microsoft, etc.

Shri Manish Sisodia enquired about various NIOS programmes available for differently abled and suggested to make translations more easy and simple.

Govt of Delhi is closely working with NIOS for Basic Literacy Assessment (BLP) programme. NIOS is offering courses for Basic Education, 10th and 12th as well as vocational and skill development courses. Shri Sisodia appreciated NIOS and other organisations invovled in the special exhibition at the Children’s Pavilion.

Seminar on WomenWith the focus on women’s writing as the Theme at the

Fair, a number of programmes are being held to discuss and deliberate various aspects of writings by women. Authors Guild of India (New Delhi) in collaboration with National Book Trust, India organized a daylong literary programme at Hall No. 18 which included a Seminar on Writings on and by Women, book release function, and a Kavi Sammelan.

In the seminar panelled by Ms Shashi Prabha Tiwari, Ms Chandrakanta, Dr Shyam Singh Shashi, Dr Shivshankar Awasthi, Dr Avnijesh Awasthy among others, the speakers discussed women’s writings from different perspectives. Drawing a parallel between famous foreign and Indian women writers, they deliberated on the status of Indian women at different social, economical and political levels. Today the women are facing a difficult set of problems and challenges, which find a voice in their writings.

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Macmillan Education hosted a very

interactive session with storyteller Simi Srivastava who used storytelling as a pedagogical tool for teaching children.

Through creative voice modulation, vivid facial expressions, body movement to explain the story, dramatic pauses and eye contact, Simi enthralled the audience with an interactive rendition of a story about going on a bear hunt and it felt like all present

Creating Magic of Reading were inside the storybook going on a bear hunt. Helping the children learn through singing and enactment helps remove pronunciation inhibitors and conscious spelling mistakes. This also ensures that the narrator and the listener both participate in the story and by living it together, it makes sure the children will always remember it. The programme was held at the Authors’ Corner at Hall No. 18.

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Book ReleaseThe book Dhabuji ka Dhammal, a comic strip book by Abid

Surti, published by NBT India and two books Bhagawat Gita me Vigyan, Birhor Mahilayen aur Vikas, and Rachna, a magazine published by MP Hindi Granth Academy at the Theme Pavilion.

The books were released by Shri Jaybhan Singh Pavaiya, Minister of Higher Education, Govt of Madhya Pradesh and Shri Baldeo Bhai Sharma, Chairman, NBT India in the presence of Prof. S.B. Goswami, Director, MP Hindi Granth Academy and Abid Surti, renowned artist.

Emerging Trends in HospitalityWith the increase in travel, for business or leisure, the

hospitality sector has emerged as one of the biggest industries and one of the largest job sectors. In a discussion hosted by Oxford University Press, a panel of distinguished speakers from India’s leading hospitality companies, Swaroop Sinha (ITC Group), Jaydeep Anand (Oberoi ), Jyoti Joshi (Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council) and Parvinder Bali, renowned chef and award winning author of culinary books, discussed some emerging trends and issues in the hospitality industry pertaining to tourism, food culture, the gap between the academic output and industrial requirements, lack of quality manpower, and various other aspects of the service industry.

Underlining the importance of skilled labour, the panellists were of the opinion that the National Skills Placement assessment system has been introduced to help skilled people who may make an entry to the system despite a lack of academic background and improve on their knowledge and education, as they progress in their careers. The speakers also stressed on the need for people to realize their passion and dedicate themselves to working sincerely and gather the seasoned skill that only long time experience can bring out in a person.

Books etc. is a ‘literary gift store’ which develops products for book lovers and bibliophiles with literary themed items. They have notebooks, mugs, coasters, bags and other collectibles with themes and prints which will appeal to bibliophiles and book lovers. Their pop up stall is at Hall 18 at the Fair.

Literary Gifts for book lovers

4International Events : Hall No. 7ABC

Programme Venue / OrganiserNew Homelands: The Indian Diaspora in the European UnionAn Exhibition of Photographs (Kounteya Sinha, Paroma Mukherjee and Shome Basu)

European Union

Happy Chienese New Year: A Photography Exhibition Republic of China

Manushi: Writing on and by Women at Theme Pavilion, Hall No. 7ETime Event

11.00 to 1.00 pm ‘Meet the Author from Various LanguagesBangla: Dr. Swati Guha; Hindi: Dr. Anamika; Malayalam: Ms. V.M. Girija

2.30 to 4.00 pm Performance based on Tamil Alvar saint poet ANDAL’s Thiruppavaiby Ms. Kalaivani Rajamohan & troupe (Delhi)

4.30 to 6.30 pm Discussion: ‘Sahitya Evam Samaj Nirmaan Me Mahilaon ki Bhoomika’Shri Sanjiv Kumar (Patna); Dr Mamta Tripathi, Ms. Kumud Grover, Delhi

Author’s Corner : Reflections, Hall No. 10-11Time Author Organiser

1:00 to 2:30pm Pallavi Rebbapragada (Discussion on “The return of the short story”) Om Books International

3:00 to 4:30pm Kailash Satyarthi (Discussion on the book “Will For Children”) Prabhat Books

5:00 to 6:30pm Blossom Kochhar (Discussion on “Aromatherapy- A Way of Life”) Hay House Publishers

Author’s Corner : Conversations, Hall No. 18Time Author Organiser

3:00 to 4:30pmVK Cherian (Discussion: India’s Film Society Movement: The Journey and Its Impact)

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Events TodayMONDAY, 9 JANUARY 2017

5Events TodayChildren’s Pavilion : Hall No. 14

Time Event Presented by11:00am – 1:00pm Enacting a Story NBT

Humorous and Funny Poems Madhyam Sahityik Sansthan

Meet the Bravery Award Winners Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Anand Vihar

Skit: Kitabein Kuchh Kahati hain Butterflies

1:30pm – 2:30pm Seminar on Promotion of Reading Habit among Children Discourse Academy

Seminars & Discussions: Hall No. 18Time Event Organiser

11.30 am to 1.00 pm Discussion on Importance of Public Libraries Indian Public Library Movement (NASSCOM)

2.00 pm to 3.30 pm Book Release & Discussion on Mahamati Prananath Shree Prananath Mission, New Delhi

4.00 pm to 5.30 pm Book Release Function Manohar Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi

6.00pm to 7.30pm Book Release Function Motilal Banarasi Dass Publishers, New Delhi

Sanskriti Utsav: Hamsadhwani TheatreTime Event/ Presented by

6.00 pm • Music and Dance presentation by Song & Drama Division on themes like Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao etc• Magic on Books by Prof. Kamesh

Published by Dr Rita Choudhary, Director, National Book Trust, India, Nehru Bhawan, 5 Institutional Area, Phase-II, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110 070 and printed at Amar Ujala Publications Ltd., Noida

Editorial Team : Binny Kurian, Surekha Sachdeva, Arenkala, Barnali and S.S. Bhattacharya Layout & Design : R. Shahjahan & Jahan Ara S, Production : G. Rengarajan

The views expressed in the signed articles do not necessarily reflect the

official views of the NBT.

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Ek Prayas Dharti Ke Chor Par, a recently published

book by National Book Trust, India was released at Sahitya Manch (Hall no. 8). Authored by Rekha Bhatia, the book was released by Admiral Arun Prakash, former Chief of Naval Staff in the presence of Dr Rita Chowdhary, Director, NBT India.

Brigadier Ranbeer Kumar

NBT Books ReleasedBhatia and Ms Gurcharan Kaur were the special guests on the occasion. Speaking about the book, Rekha Bhatia said that the book is based on the true stories of the families of ex-servicemen from Punjab who were migrated to the secluded village Campbell Bay in Andaman and Nicobar Islands under a Pilot Project initiated in 1969 by the then Prime Minister Indira

Gandhi. These families faced several difficulties to survive in this isolated land. The project was started to protect the island from foreign interference.

At another function held at the Authors’ Corner in Hall No. 11, Celiac Disease—A Comprehensive Guide, a recent book published under NBT’s Popular Science Series, was also released. Written by Dr Pankaj Vohra, the book discusses the celiac disease, about which there is a lack of

awareness among the general public.

Like diabetes, celiac disease is also a silent killer and in most of the cases it remains undiagnosed. According to Dr Vohra 1% of our population is afflicted with this disease, both children and adults. It damages stomach, liver, bone, intestine etc., and can cause permanent disorder. This book will help the common people to understand the disease.