World Book Fair: Center Stage of Activities for Authors and Books Lovers

The second day of New Delhi World Book Fair, being Sunday saw a record number of book lovers of all age groups visiting the Fair, glancing through their favourite books and participating in many book related activities. Approximately one lakh people visited the fair.

NBT in association with FCCI hosted CEOSpeak over Chairman’s Breakfast. The CEOSpeak was inaugurated by Dr.NarendraJadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India. The key speakers on the occasion were Ms.BeataStasinska, Vice President, Foksal Publishing Group, Poland, Mr. R. Ramachandaran, Executive Director, National Book Development Council of Singapore and Executive Secretary, Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) among others.

NBT has added a new and an exciting feature for children called Kids-Bubble. It was inaugurated by Ms. Rita Menon, Chairman and Managing Director of ITPO. She urged parents and teachers that NBT and ITPO wishes that more and more children visit the Fair and participate in the events. Kids-Bubble is a dedicated space outside Hall No. 7 for kids to enjoy magic shows; film screenings; learn various art and craft forms like origami, leaf craft, thread painting, leaf painting, collage making etc.

Ruskin Bond, renowned author had a lively talk with book lovers at Conversations - the Authors’ Corner at Hall No. 12. He said that he started writing when he finished school. He advised young budding authors and said that to be a good author one should be creative and develop their own style and believe in themselves.

Dipti Naval, renowned actor, painter and writer interacted with the book lovers at Reflections (Authors’ Corner) in (Hall No. 10-11). She said that real life incidents inspire her to write. She also read excerpts from her book The Mad Tibetan.

Irfan Khan, noted actor also visited the Fair. He said that he likes books as they are the mirror to the world. He urged Delhiites to develop reading habit as the more they will read the more they will get to know about the world. He also appreciated young authors like JhumpaLahiri.