I have my own boutique and exhibited through iimtf. To another question, he said books worth rs 14 crore were sold from over 600 stalls in the book fair till saturday. Talking about the stall, which has been a regular feature at international kolkata book fair over the years, mubashir ahmed munir, a missionary of the ahmadiyya muslim community, said the special feature of them has been the wide subjects on display. A pocket guide to the 2014 kolkata book fair the new.
A book fair is always an attraction for book lovers across the globe. It will make your visit to the book fair a memorable experience by. During this fair, the milan mela grounds will be dotted with about 500 indian stalls and 17 international stalls. Kolkata book fair 2019 for android free download and. Not very far from the stall of vishwa hindu parishad are the stalls of publishers from bangladesh, doing brisk business. International kolkata book fair it is the worlds largest nontrade book fair, asias largest and the most attended book fair in the world with over 2. Unlike the frankfurt book fair on which it was modeled, however, the ikbf is open to the public. This year, over 25 lakh people visited the 12day fair that saw the sale of books worth around rs 23 crore from over 600 stalls till sunday evening, chatterjee said.
Kolkata book fair, where disparate ideologies breathe the. The first book fair was held in the year 1976 and thereafter organized every year. Almost every bookstall will give a minimum 10% discount. With close to 600 stalls and attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors every day last year some 2. Towards the end of the festival last week, bjp national secretary rahul sinha arrived to visit a rightwing stall. Kolkata book fair is a place where a hundred flowers bloom and different organisations can profess their ideologies without promoting hatred and bigotry, chatterjee said. Besides books and booklets, the warring sides are also selling merchandise. Although the book is based on kolkatas ambience, but the poems and articles in it touches the spirit of every book fair in the world. Religious bonhomie at kolkata book fair the muslim times. According to reports, students from kolkata university were chanting anticaa, antinrc slogans outside stall number 370 of the vhp at the kolkata book fair since sunday morning, causing huge inconvenience to visitors at the venue which was packed to capacity as it was the last day and a holiday. International kolkata book fair jan 2020, kolkata india trade show.
Bengal bjp state president dilip ghosh too visited ahmadiyya muslim jamat shop and received a book. The day before the 2007 fair, due to the kolkata high court ruling, the fair was rescheduled and organised on the grounds of the salt lake stadium. The stall of wikipedia first time in any bookfair for the first time worldwide. Religious bonhomie at kolkata book fair the stalls of ahmadiyya muslim jamat and vishwa hindu parishad vhp are opposite to each other, showcasing religious harmony. At the kolkata book fair, the relative calm was eventually disrupted.
Around 570 book stalls sell almost 500 to 10,000 books each day, depending on their popularity. Chief minister mamata banerjee and russian ambassador to india nikolay rishatovich kudashev will inaugurate the 44th international kolkata book fair on january 29 at central park, salt lake. While the kolkata district book fair is being held for the past 27 years, this is the second year of the book fair in the city. The annual fair, which will be held from january 29 to february 9, will host about 600 books stalls and 200 little magazine kiosks. It is a huge fair with 550 stalls among which, 200 are dedicated to. Visitor inside central park fair ground, salt lake on the occasion of 44th international kolkata book fair 2020. On the last day of the 44th international kolkata book fair on sunday 9 february, the policemen stopped vhp workers from distributing the hanuman chalisa.
Kolkata book fair is perhaps the most eagerly awaited nonreligious festival that receives the highest footfall among all book fairs in asia. Inauguration 38th international kolkata book fair milan mela complex kolkata. Apart from our regular books, we have a prominent section of our wall dedicated to the quran. Kolkata book fair in 2021 to be dedicated to bangabandhu. Police stop vhp from distributing hanuman chalisa at. Theres always a book launch or some discussion or talk going on somewhere or the other.
Kolkata bookfair and food listing there my suggestion on what to eat. If bengals history can offer warnings in the age of the caa, then the speed and ferocity. Just to give a perspective, this year, kolkata bookfair has grown by leaps. International kolkata book fair stalls are about 580 book publishers in kolkata and 200 little magazines will. The battle over the citizenship amendment act has reached the ongoing 44th international kolkata book fair where stalls set up by the left and right wing groups have put up posters and displayed books for sale either praising or opposing the contentious legislation. In 2006, a public interest litigation pil challenged the fairs being held on the maidan. In subsequent years the numbers of stalls have substantially increased. Left goons attack bjpvhp stalls in kolkata book fair. There are hundreds of stalls to buy books fromthe ongoing kolkata book fair 2014 has about 800 participants from 30 countries. Kolkata book fair, the worlds largest in terms of footfall, witnessed a doublefaced role of the mamata banerjee government on saturday evening as police roughed up anticaanrc student activists, both boys and girls, before arresting them in batches. International kolkata book fair the worlds biggest. Top 5 reasons to visit the 44th kolkata international book. New town book fair to commence from december 21 kolkata.
It provides a platform where publishers, booksellers, agents, cultural organisations and press can meet, exchange ideas and identify business opportunities. The 40th international kolkata book fair started in full spirit at the melan mela prangan adjacent to science city, kolkata. Kolkata book fair to take green steps cities news,the. International kolkata book fair, first organised in 1976, gradually catched some serious pace in 90s. Since the beginning, writers from all over have managed to cover.
Therefore many publishers prefer to release their books at the book fair. In a bizarre incident at the 44th kolkata international book fair, on saturday 08 february 2020, leftist goons, claiming to be students from educational institutions in kolkata, ransacked the bjp janabarta and the vhp stalls. Only two things bring like minded individuals together the love of reading and book fairs. This year too, people have stepped into the 44 th year of the international kolkata book fair where you can read books of legendary filmmaker satyajit ray, rabindranath tagore or classic childrens tales from all around the world. The starting date is wednesday, 28 january 2020 and the kolkata book fair the last date is sunday, 9 february 2020. Walking through the stalls of kolkata book fair 2017 duration. Kolkata book fair caught fire on february 3, 19 years ago. We went there in our car half fearing that we may not get parking. It was first held in 1972 and saw 200 participants. International kolkata book fair the worlds biggest international. Protestors and bjp supporters clashed, leading to six detentions. While the book fair has more than 100 stalls featuring hindi.
Kolkata book fair, where disparate ideologies breathe the same air. Police charge and arrest anticaanrc activists at kolkata. A press meet was organized to update the media about the happenings in the soon to start kolkata book fair. It is the largest book fair in the country, preceding the lahore international book fair. The book fair at kolkata essay english school students.
Kolkata the 38th kolkata book fair may have lost the kolkata literary meet, which has spun off into a standalone event, but it has filled the void by adding the threeday kolkata language and literary festival, which is set to be inaugurated by shashi tharoor, the minister of state for human resource development. New steps aim to sustain, increase footfall international kolkata book fair 2019 attractions and highlights approximately 600 stalls and. Kolkata book fair is said to be one of the largest book fairs in asia and it was held this time at the salk lake central park ground in north kolkata. The 44 th international kolkata book fair will be inaugurated on 29 th january. Several international publishing houses also set up their stalls and pavilions at the fair. This was a world record for any book fair by any yardstick, he claimed. The karachi international book fair is an annual book fair held in karachi, pakistan. The 41st kolkata book fair, will be an elaborate show, like all years. This books objective is to make people interested towards reading more books and attract people to visit book fair. Among gathering of large crowd around book stalls, a. New delhi world book fair, indias oldest after kolkata, was inaugurated by former president of india v v giri. The 42nd edition of the international kolkata book fair 2018 will be inaugurated today by bengal chief minister mamata banerjee and frances minister of.
Every year, the book fair offers something new for people on varied subjects, be it the theme or exclusive stalls. The 35th international book fair began with much fanfare in the city of joy, kolkata on the 26th of january 2011 and will continue till the 6th of february. How difficult it is to describe the fair to someone who has never seen it. Everything about kolkata book fair 2020 rider escaped. We went to kolkata book fair on the sunday before last i.
However, in spite of the book fair being the pride. The inaugural ceremony was graced by pulitzer award winning american novelist, richard ford, along with indian writer atin bandyopadhyay. To another question, he said books worth rs 14 crore were sold. With 56 stalls of 34 publishers, the first kolkata book fair was organised on march 5, 1976.
Visitors on the last day of kolkata book fair, in kolkata on sunday. Leftists goons atatcked vhp stall, trampled bhagwad gita. Kolkata district book fair inaugurated kolkata nyoooz. Location, central park mela ground, saltlake, kolkata map. Little magazines and big books at kolkata book fair. Boi mela food stalls booked, publishers struggle to. Urmila sen, president of new town book fair said that already bookings had been received for 50 book stalls and another 15 stalls were slated to come up at the book fair. The preparations are in full swing at central park mela complex, salt lake. This event gets lit up with leading manufacturers, distributors. Countless debates, discussions and symposiums featuring prominent authors, artists, thinkers and public figures are organised throughout the twoweek affair. Stalls from nations such as spain, venezuela, mexico, ecuador, colombia, argentina, chile, guatemala, great britain, usa, japan, france among others, will add an. Boi, boi, boi goes the chorus of the ongoing 39th kolkata book fairs theme song composed and sung by usha uthup. The kolkata book fair is asias largest and the worlds most attended international book fair. The maidan was the home of the book fair for 15 years since the beginning.