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Contents NBT Focuses on Indian Diaspora Writing at London Book Fair Mobile Book Exhibitions 2 Bodo Literary Festival 3 Training Course in Book Publishing 3 India-China Translation Programme 4 NBT to Accept RTI Applications Online 5 The World Book and Copyright Day 5 Film Personalities @ NDWBF 6 New Delhi Rights Table 6 Excerpts 7 n the just concluded London Book Indian High Commission, UK, gave a IFair (14-16 March 2017), besides brief overview about the composition Pick of the Month putting up a Collective Exhibit of of Indian Diaspora Community in Books from India, the National Book UK. He stated that, while it constitutes Trust, India organised a meet of the only 1% of population of UK, its Indian Diaspora Writers to elicit their contribution to GDP of UK is more views on projecting the work of Indian than 3%. Diaspora Writers of UK in India. The writers present on the Chaired by NBT Chairman, Shri occasion, welcomed the initiative of Baldeo Bhai Sharma, more than 15 NBT in organising the Meet, terming Indian writers settled in various parts of it “an unprecedented exercise”. Some of UK, participated in the discussion. Shri them discussed their on-going projects Sharma dwelt at length about NBT’s with NBT, while also suggesting books book publishing and book promotion on themes like travelogues, books programmes, and its endeavour to for children, Indian flora and fauna, engage with the Indian Diaspora and anthologies of short stories and writers. poetry written by Indian Diaspora Speaking on the occasion, Shri writers. The writers who attended My Life My Horizon A Rajan, Minister, (Co-ordination), the meeting included Shri Tajendra Nitu 978-81-237-7998-0; Rs 110 APRIL 2017 NBT NEWSLETTER 1 Sharma, Ms. Aruna Sabharwal, Ms. Earlier, speaking at the inaugural the sale and distribution of content Shikha Varshney, Ms. Indu Berot, and of the Spotlight on India event of across print, audio, TV, film and digital Ms. Geeta Sharma (London), Shri London Book Fair, Shri Y K Sinha, channels. Mohan Rana (Bath), Smt. Vandana Honourable High Commissioner National Book Trust, India Sharma and Shri Mukesh Sharma of India to UK, underlined the vast participated with a Collective Exhibit (Birmingham), Jaya Verma and Dr. significance of Indian publishing and of 200 titles in English, Hindi, Punjabi Mahipal Verma (Nottingham), Divya culture, and various programmes being and Gujarati representing the works Mathur (Hertfordshire), Gurcharan organised under the India-UK Year of nearly 50 Indian publishers. NBT’s Singh (Loughborough), Kadambari of Culture being celebrated in 2017. presentation was part of the “Spotlight Mehra (Surrey), and Shri Suresh He hoped that with the participation on India” focus at London Book Fair, Chandra Shukla, who came from Oslo, of nearly 75 exhibitors at London which was co-ordinated by CAPEXIL Norway. Besides the authors, Shri K Book Fair and numerous publishing with NBT, PD, Sahitya Akademi, and S Rao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi, professionals from India, a new era of other private publishers. The 3-member Shri Rajinder Chaudhry, Director, further co-operation between India and Delegation led by NBT Chairman, Publication Division, Shri Tarun UK publishers would begin. Shri Baldeo Bhai Sharma, comprised Kumar, Hindi Officer, Indian High Later during a call on the of Shri Kumar Vikram, Editor, and Ms. Commission, and officers from NBT Honourable High Commissioner by Kanchan Wanchoo Sharma, Assistant also participated in the discussions. the Chairman, NBT, possibilities of Director (Exhibition). institutionalising the projection of Indian Diaspora Writing from UK in India were discussed to which the Honourable High Commissioner promised to extend full co-operation. The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and

Mobile Book Exhibitions n its endeavour to promote books 16 to 28 March 2017. Muktsar districts in Punjab; and Jhansi, Iand reading habits among people These mobile exhibitions moved Mahoba, Banda and Hamirpur districts and to make quality books accessible across Kapurthala, Faridkot, Moga and in Uttar Pradesh. The exhibition to public at large in remote, vans visited rural areas, schools, rural and difficult areas, National colleges, major bus stands, city Book Trust, India operates an markets, Panchayat samitis and innovative scheme of exhibition Aanganwadi of these districts. of books through mobile vans. Special 10 per cent discount On the occasion of National was given on purchase of NBT Book Festival being celebrated publications. A large number of throughout the country, National book lovers of all age groups visited Book Trust India organized these exhibitions of select NBT mobile book exhibitions (Pustak publications in Hindi, English Parikrama) in rural parts of and Punjabi languages and availed Punjab and Uttar Pradesh from special discount on books.

2 NBT NEWSLETTER APRIL 2017 Bodo Literary Festival ational Book Trust, India Talukdar, well-known illustrators Nin collaboration with Bodo interacted with the children. Writers’ Academy organised They introduced various aspects 2-days special programme during of story writing and drawing Bodo Literary Festival held at to the children to enhance Chirang, Bodoland, Assam from their creative skills. They also 19 to 20 March 2017. encouraged them to write stories Shri Rabi Sankar Bogoyari, and draw paintings. The children Director, Education, Bodoland from various schools of the region inaugurated the programme. participated in these workshops. Shri Maheswar Basumatary, Besides, Women Poets’ Meet, Executive Member, Bodoland in which Shri Rakhao Basumatary, Bodo Fiction Writer’s Meet and was the chief guest on the occasion. renowned Bodo writer and Shri workshop on Bodo Folk Tales were also The other speakers who spoke on the Maneswar Brahma as well as Shri organized. In these programmes well- occasion included Shri Rajendra Nath Dhansingh Basumatary and Shri Utpal known writers and young writers from Boro, President, Dularai Bodo Samaj,, various parts of the state participated. Shri Mangal Singh Hazowary, Sahitya During these sessions, the writers Akademy awardee among others. discussed about Bodo literature and Earlier, Shri Jaypal Singh Brahma, need to preserve and promote the Inspector of Schools, welcomed the language through books and reading gathering. culture. During the programme, two The programme was coordinated workshops for children on creative by Shri Amir Jilani, Librarian, NCCL, writing and drawing were organized NBT India. Training Course in Book Publishing week-long training course and youth to increase the habit Ain book publishing was of reading across the nation by organized at the UGC Human organizing several book related Resource Development Centre, programmes. He was of the Benaras Hindu University, view that a programme on Varanasi, from 15 to 22 February creative writing may also be 2017. initiated. Shri Baldeo Bhai Sharma, Prof. S N Upadhyay Chairman, NBT inaugurated was the special guest on the the programme. He said that occasion. He said that NBT books are a man’s best friends may try to include words that as they develop moral values are introduced from time to in human beings. Talking He said that books play an important time in Indian languages. The other about the book publishing course, role in developing creativity. He speakers on the occasion were Dr V Shri Baldeo Bhai Sharma said that added that NBT is playing a K Singh and Dr Sanjay Singh Tiwari. this course would help participants significant role among the students Eighty participants from different understand the different aspects of parts of the state attended the the publishing and start their career programme. During the programme, in the industry. He also spoke of the leading industry experts gave insight various activities undertaken by the into the various aspects of book Trust to promote books in different publishing like editing, copyright, Indian languages. production and marketing. Prof. Girish Chandra Tripathi, Shri Narender Kumar, Training Vice Chancellor, Benaras Hindu Officer, NBT India, coordinated the University presided over the function. event. APRIL 2017 NBT NEWSLETTER 3 India China Translation Programme ational Book Trust, India in Nassociation with XPD Division, Ministry of External Affairs organized a workshop on ongoing ‘India China Translation Programme’ at The Ashok Hotel, New Delhi on 6 March 2017. While welcoming the guests, Dr Rita Chowdhury, Director, NBT said that India and China have a long tradition of exchanging ideas which is still continuing. She observed that this translation programme would be a step forward towards strong cultural ties between two countries. She hoped that this workshop would address all the challenges that the translators are facing into Hindi. He apprised that translated countries is very important. Experts are to accomplish the task. and Hindi typed manuscripts of four of working hard to bring out the best. He Mr MLK Raja, Officer on Special the works have been submitted to the remarked that through such meetings Duty (Public Diplomacy), XPD NBT. These are: Four Confucian Classics they would like to extend cooperation Division, Ministry of External Affairs (The Analects, Mencius, Great Learning, to NBT. was also present on the occasion. He and the Mean), Looks Beautiful, Camel The workshop was attended by the said that the Ministry of External Affairs Xiangzi and To Live, the peer reviewing translators who have been assigned the gives utmost importance to this project of the same has been under the work of translation of select Chinese so as to enhance cultural relations with proceedings, and soon would be ready works into Hindi including Prof. N China. He added that the translation for editing and publication. M Pankaj, Acting Vice Chancellor, of select Chinese works into Hindi is Mr. Liu Hang, Vice Chairman, Nalanda University; Ms Dayawanti, just a beginning as language is a carrier Encyclopedia of China Publishing Assistant Professor, CCSEAS, JNU; of cultural wealth. Appreciating the House, Beijing; Mr. Teng Zhenwei, Ms Tanvi Negi, Assistant Professor, efforts being put up by NBT to execute Director, Humanities and Social Doon University; Mr Kaushal Kishore, the programme, Mr Raja hoped that Sciences Branch, Encyclopedia of China Assistant Professor, CCSEAS, JNU; the quality product would come out in Publishing House, Beijing and Prof. Ms Arpana Raj, Assistant Professor, stipulated time. Jiang Jingkui, Director of Center for Central University of Jharkhand; Mr The workshop was chaired by Prof. South Asian Studies, Peking University, Sandeep Biswas, Assistant Professor, B R Deepak, Centre for Chinese and Chinese Side Editor in Chief of the Central University of Jharkhand; Mr Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS) Project, Beijing represented China at Irfan Ahmed, Assistant Professor, JNU. In his introductory remarks, the workshop. Sikkim University, Sikkim; and Mr he said that the relationship between Talking about the need to Swami Kundan Kishore, Assistant India and China has a long way and translate the Hindi literature into Professor, Gujarat Central University. finds mention in Chinese as well as Chinese, Mr. Liu Hang said that The workshop was divided into Indian classics. However, works of China has a very long tradition of two sessions including ‘Translation of great Chinese philosopher Confucius translating Indian works into Chinese. Chinese Classics’ and ‘Translation of have not been rendered into Hindi However, Chinese people are not very Modern Chinese Literature.’ In these though they have been translated into much familiar with the Indian culture, sessions, the participants discussed other foreign languages like Latin. He therefore the Chinese government about the challenges being faced by observed that over 600 million people undertook the project to translate them while translating the Chinese speak Hindi in India and it is necessary Indian literature in 2015 when an works into Hindi as well as the status to translate Chinese into Hindi MoU was signed between India and of their work. to create an awareness of Chinese China. He informed that they have It was suggested that an expert/ literature among general readers, which published translation of Sur Sagar in working group may be constituted in turn would foster understanding three volumes in 2016. which may meet frequently to review between the two people. He remarked Prof. Jiang Jingkui, also spoke the progress of translations as well as that this is for the first time that the on the occasion. He said that the to clarify various issues that may arise Chinese classics are being translated translation project between two from time to time.

4 NBT NEWSLETTER APRIL 2017 NBT to Accept RTI Applications Online he National Book conventional method of TTrust, India (NBT) has processing the RTI which now gone online to provide is time consuming and also accessibility to applicants to complex. He further said that file RTI applications online this environment friendly through the national RTI portal has many advantages portal https://rtionline.gov. including processing the in. In an event organized at its payment of RTI fees, easy premises in Vasant Kunj, New record maintenance, effective Delhi on 22 March 2017, to control and management create understanding of the among others. online RTI portal among the NBT employees, Shri Baldeo Department of Personnel and Training About the RTI Portal Bhai Sharma, Chairman, NBT said (DoPT), gave a presentation on the Any Indian citizen can now get that for the benefit of the citizens of online portal of RTI. He said that as their desired information related to India and to redress public grievances, part of Prime Minister Shri Narendra functioning and activities of NBT Right to Information (RTI) facility Modi’s vision for digitization in India, by filing their application through was initiated by the Government of the RTI facility has been made online online RTI portal on the URL https:// India. Shri Sharma hoped that the and DoPT is making efforts to connect rtionline.gov.in, which is the national online portal would help NBT to all the public authorities with the portal to file RTI applications/first forward information to the applicants online portal. appeals online along with payment across the country who wish to gather He added that this user friendly gateway. Payment can be made information regarding the activities of portal would make the process of RTI through internet banking of SBI & the Trust. applications easy for the applicants its associate banks, debit/credit cards Shri Ashish Agnihotri, RTI as well as the public authorities. He of Master/Visa and RuPay cards. Monitoring Unit, Department of also talked about the drawbacks of The World Book and Copyright Day he World Book and Copyright Celebrating World Book and TDay is marked annually on 23 Copyright Day 2017, the United April, a symbolic date for World Nations seeks to increase awareness on Literature. It was celebrated for the literacy programs worldwide. And in first time on 23 April 1995, at Paris, addition, the UN intends to promote when UNESCO decided to mark 23 1923 by booksellers in Spain as a careers in book shops, schools, libraries April as World Book and Copyright way to honour the author Miguel de and publishing so that men, women, Day and for paying worldwide tribute Cervantes, who died on that day. and children all have access to the to authors and books, as well as to This year, the city of Conakry, the written word. encourage everyone (particularly the capital of Guinea (West Africa) has been Irina Bokova, the Director General young) to discover the pleasure of designated as the ‘World Book Capital’ of the UNESCO (United Nations reading to gain a renewed respect for in recognition of its programme to Educational, Scientific and Cultural the irreplaceable contributions of those promote reading among young people Organization) said, “Books help weave who have furthered the social and and underprivileged sections of the humanity together as a single family, cultural progress of humanity. population. Athens has been named holding a past in common, a history On this day in 1611, Miguel de as UNESCO World Book Capital for and heritage, to craft a destiny that is Cervantes, William Shakespeare and 2018. The city of Athens was chosen for shared, where all voices are heard in the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega died. It is the quality of its activities, supported by great chorus of human aspiration.” also the date of birth or death of other the entire book industry. The proposed One can get involved in celebrating prominent authors such as Maurice programme includes meetings with the world book day by buying / reading Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir writers, translators and illustrators, / presenting books. Special programmes Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía concerts, thematic exhibitions, poetry can be conducted by schools, NGO’s, Vallejo. The connection between 23 readings and workshops for publishing publishers, book shops, media, April and books was first made in professionals. government bodies and others.

APRIL 2017 NBT NEWSLETTER 5 Film Personalities @ NDWBF s Manju Bora, the national award Mwinning film director and writer from Assam spoke about her latest movie Joymati, at the Theme Pavilion at the New Delhi World Book Fair. In a conversation with Dr Rita Chowdhury, Director, NBT India, she shared with the audience, her life and works.

movies. Her first foray into filmmaking of hits all through the 60s and 70s and was a serial she made for a Bombay some of the most memorable films was filmmaker. She made ten movies out at the Fair. She was in conversation of which the latest one is an animated with Khaled Mohammed, celebrated movie. Even though the story is already film critic-turned-film maker and the Her creativity in making movies on board, it might take 3-4 months or author of her biography, ‘The Hit Girl’, is inspired by her experiences from her a year to materialize due to monetary at the Theme Pavilion. This was also childhood days which was spent in a constraints, but the story needs to grow her first public appearance in a book small village near Jorhat, Assam. After from within, she added. fair. Sharing the many events in her standard six, she moved to Shillong Discussing her film Joymati, Manju life as an actor, Ms Asha said that she and then Guwahati for higher studies Borah said the film set in 17 century did not wish to be an actor but destiny and thus her journey took a different Assam, is based on the tragic life of made her work in movies. She added path that made her become who she Joymati Konwari, a medieval Ahom that Aasmaan was her first movie in is today. According to her, “no one princess who sacrified her life. Based which she worked as a child artist. She can create movies without experiences on an intensive research, Borah says, also talked about the film directors particularly those of childhood”. As a she has tried to portray Joymati as a and the actors with whom she worked passionate lover of reading, she started courageous woman with socio-political in her movies. On the occasion, two off by writing short stories. It was her foresight. books of Khaled Mohammed were also husband who encouraged her to make Ms Asha Parekh who gave a round released. New Delhi Rights Table @NDWBF he New Delhi Rights Table has publishers at one Tbecome an important event at the place, otherwise one New Delhi World Book Fair providing needs to move from a platform for Indian and foreign one stall to another publishers to network and do business. at the Fair to meet The Rights Table is an ideal place for publishers. The international publishers to buy exciting New Delhi Rights writings from Indian languages as Table provides a well as to sell their content to Indian good ambience to publishers. communicate with This Edition of the New Delhi other publishers Rights Table was organised on the comfortably,” said Mr sidelines of the Fair from 9-10 January Murori Kiunga, Managing Director, the only platform where he gets to meet 2017 by NBT India, in which about Queenex Publishers Ltd, a publishing other publishers. 50 participants from India and other house from Nairobi, Kenya. Now in its fifth year, the New countries participated. Prof. Anand Bhatt, who is a regular Delhi Rights Table has grown in stature “I am happy to be a part of New participant at the Rights Table, buys a as one of the best platform to conduct Delhi Rights Table. It has provided lot of content from publishers. For rights business, particularly for books me an opportunity to meet Indian Prof. Bhatt, New Delhi Rights Table is from India and south Asia.

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NBT India has recently published village in Nakuri, Uttrakhand, was today she remembers going on a picnic with My Life My Horizon. A compilation the success story of a nation. Nakuri is a a few friends, reaching the snowline at of real stories written by Nitu, the village of less than twenty houses on the 3,500 m and getting stranded as it had book narrates events in the life of right bank of Bhagirathi Ganga just 12 become dark. They had to survive the a few courageous Indian women. km away from Uttarkashi. Uttarkashi night without food and shelter, eating Herein we reproduce an excerpt is so named because it is located to snow when thirsty and then witnessing from the chapter ‘Soaring High’. Uttar (North) of Kashi (Varanasi) and friends being very sick during descent, - Editor because of the striking similarities which she now knows was due to thereto. Similar to Varanasi, the town lack of oxygen. The rugged mountain s she stood with the Tricolor of Uttarkashi is situated on the banks life made them natural adventurers. Afluttering, she felt a deep sense of of Ganga, lies next to a hill named However, she also remembers that trek humility and reverence. It was 1:07 pm Varun Parvat, on the confluence of two as having ignited a spark inside her. “I on May 23, 1984 and Bachendri Pal rivers Varuna and Assi, has a ghat called had tasted the excitement of climbing stood on the highest point on earth, Manikarnika Ghat and has a temple the mountains and nothing could hold the Mount Everest, becoming the first dedicated to Shiva (Kashi Vishwanath me back now,” she says. Indian woman to achieve the feat. Temple) in the center of the town. College seemed a distant dream She had nearly lost her life in an Born into a family of modest but Bachendri had a guardian angel. avalanche at Camp 3 (23,000 ft), but means, Bachendri is the third child of Her Principal intervened and wrote to her self-belief and courage gave her the Kishan Pal and Hansa Devi. She recalls her parents urging them to allow her to strength to face all odds and eventually, a childhood full of adventure as the study. Above all, Bachendri wanted to be balancing herself on the knife’s edge family spent the summers in Harsil independent. She saw education as the like ridge, she stepped on the Summit. but migrated to Nakuri in the winters, way out so she enrolled. “The family’s It was for this moment that she by trekking more than 100 km with resistance to education continued. had struggled so much and now that animals and household items over eight It made no difference to my resolve. she was here, all she felt was reverence. days. Those were tough times for the Nothing and no one was going to deter She then sank to her knees and family but this half-yearly movement me,” sure was she of her decisions. She kissed Sagarmatha’s crown. She then made her fearless and independent, she did her Graduation in Science/ Biology. proceeded to recite a short prayer from acknowledges with a smile. In fact, the Her love for the mountains, now buried memory, placed an idol of Durga Mata, schools also moved with the climate deep within her, made her opt for the Goddess of strength and courage, so while she was at Dunda-Harsil Sanskrit as her major subject. “Kalidasa along with her copy of Hanuman Junior High School, then located at calls them (Himalayas) the measuring Chalisa wrapped in red cloth and Harsil (8,000 ft enroute Gangotri), stick of the Earth,” she smiles. She buried them in the snow. Her thoughts achieved what she had set out to do then went to her parents and the faith and became the first woman from her they had placed in her, enabling her to village to be a graduate. Completing a achieve her dreams. She congratulated post-graduation and adding a B.Ed. to Ang Dorjee (the Sherpa Sirdar) and it seemed the logical thing to do. two other members Sonam Palzor and Being educated but unemployed, Lahtoo Dorjee on the Summit. she took up the Basic Mountaineering She glanced at the beautiful white Course at the advice of the Vice peaks all around. From the Summit it Principal of the Nehru Institute of was thousands of meters of near vertical Mountaineering in Uttarkashi, an drop on all sides. Everest’s massif Institute just 15 km away from her includes its satellite peaks Lhotse, 8,516 village in Nakuri. This intervention m; Nuptse, 7,855 m; and Changtse, was of some divine power as it was 7,580 m; which seemed dwarfed in to shape her life. She shared with comparison. As souvenirs, she collected her parents her desire to become a a few stones from a bare patch near professional mountaineer. The family the peak and prepared for the descent. was ‘devastated’, as for them, her India’s fourth expedition to Mt. Everest relatives and local people, the most had become a success story. My Life My Horizon suitable job for a woman was teaching, What began as a journey of a Nitu not mountaineering. She, as usual, was determined girl from a small remote 978-81-237-7998-0; Rs 110 undeterred.

APRIL 2017 NBT NEWSLETTER 7 NBT Books on Women RNI-39456/82 April 11 is National Safe Motherhood Day and April 24 Postal Regd. No. DL-SW-1-4076/2015-17 is Women’s Political Empowerment Day. Given below are Licenced to post without prepayment. some of the books on women and empowerment. L.No. U(SW)21/2015-17 Women in Indian Society Mailing date: 5/6 Same Month Neera Desai & Usha Thakkar Date of Publication: 01/04/2017 ISBN 978-81-237-3677-8; Rs 80 Statement on Ownership of the Journal Self-care for Women NBT Newsletter Parul R Sheth Form IV (See Rule 8) ISBN 81-237-2804-2; Rs 100 Place of Publication : New Delhi Bride at Ten, Mother at Fifteen Periodicity of Publication : Monthly Printers Name : Satish Kumar Sethy Ramaswamy Whether citizen of India : Yes 6261-6; Rs 90 Address : Nehru Bhawan, Your Food and You 5 Institutional Area, Phase-II Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 70 K T Achaya Editor’s Name : Binny Kurian ISBN 978-81-237-1033-4; Rs 70 Whether citizen of India : Yes Address : Nehru Bhawan, Women Farmers of India 5 Institutional Area, Phase-II Maithreyi Krishnaraj & Aruna Kanchi Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 70 ISBN 978-81-237-5319-5; Rs 60 Names and adddresses : National Book Trust, India of individuals who own the 5 Institutional Area, Phase-II Women Pioneers in India’s Renaissance newspaper and partners or Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 70 Sushila Nayar & Kamla Mankekar (Eds.) shareholders of more than ISBN 81-237-3766-1; Rs 115 one per cent of the total capital I, Satish Kumar, hereby declare that the particulars given above are true to the Women Who Dared best of my knowledge and belief. Ritu Menon (Ed.) Satish Kumar ISBN 978-81-237-3856-7; Rs 135 Dated 31-3-2017 (Signature of Publisher)

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