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Police objected to the distribution of the hindu holy book after leftwing student groups visiting the book fair protested against it, and ordered the closure of the stall. It is organized every year in kolkata by book sellers and publishers guild. The last day of kolkata book fair on sunday saw tensed situation after police had closed the stall of viswa hindu parishad for distributing hanuman chalisa. International kolkata book fair the worlds biggest. Rahi foundation organised a two day campaign at the international kolkata book fair on february 2 and february 3, 2017 held at milan mela prangan, kolkata, in collaboration with swikriti, a community based organisation. Kolkata book fair 2020 kolkata boimela book fair in. Cooch behar book fair 30 december to 6 januar book fair at jamshedpur, november 2018.
Kolkata book fair to begin from jan 28 the hindu businessline. In addition to the book fair, kolkata has countless havens for book lovers some shops are part of big chains, some are tiny independent operations hidden in alleys, some fall somewhere between. The new delhi world book fair, hosted at pragati maidan in new delhi, is indias oldest book fair after the kolkata book fair. The kolkata literature festival, which is a part of the fair, has been scheduled from 68 february 2015. Buying a book at our stall is a bargain for immediate pleasure, but also a good move in terms of futurity. Narayan debnath is a senior comicsartist of india, whose characters, notably handabhonda, bantul the great, and nontephonte, have. Kolkata book fair 2017 has started on 25th january, 2017. International kolkata book fair the worlds biggest international. Workshop on beyond emotional intellige retreat in santiniketan 2016. New delhi world book fair welcome to national book trust. Its where publishing experts come together with vips from the creative industry to meet authors, celebrities, journalists, and cultural enthusiasts from around the world. A book lovers guide to kolkata, indias literary city cnn. A good book has often been called a mans best friend, or as groucho marx puts it, outside of a dog, a book is mans best friend.
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