New Delhi World Book Fair 2016

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Contents New Delhi World Book Fair 2016

New Delhi World Book Fair 1-2

Celebrating First Constitution Day 3

Publicon 2015 - The Publishing Ecosystem 4

An Interactive Session in NCCL Library 5 ith the New Year ringing in 2016, Books on Our Polity WNew Delhi will wake up to one of 6 the most happening book events in the world, the New Delhi World Book Fair. inaugurate a new era of literary exchanges Excerpts: Select Stalwarts of Organised from 09-17 January between the two countries. Discussions on Hindustani Classical Music 7 2016, the Fair brings to you a fortnight digital publishing, exchange of copyright, of conversations, workshops, discussions, translation programme of Chinese works authors’ meets, publishing conferences, into Hindi and Indian works into Chinese, B2B seminars, cultural programmes and readings, workshops will all be a part of the Pick of the Month some of the most new and exciting writings Presentation. Besides, the Chinese writers that have appeared across the world. and scholars will also be part of literary For the publishing industry, which seminars and discussions held at other has been registering a steady growth in the venues like Jawaharlal Nehru Universtiy last few decades, the Fair provides a unique and Delhi University. business opportunity and an ideal venue for promoting titles, exchange of copyrights Theme Programme and co-publishing arrangements. With a more than 5000 year old civilization that continues uninterrupted, the Indian Key Features cultural legacy is characterised by a certain Guest of Honour Country plurality, rich diversity and multilingual China is the Guest of Honour Country tonal hues. The variations of this cultural at the NDWBF 2016. China will legacy from north to south and east to west participate with a large delegation is seen in people, dress, cuisine, tradition, of around 70 publishers, writers and knowledge systems, art and performances. scholars. Reflecting the spirit of the They are not only complex in its rendition logo, ‘Renaissance of Civilizations but also mind-boggling. In presenting this Understanding through Exchanges’, legacy, Vividh Bharat, the Theme Magic of Texture the Guest country programmes will Programme, will bring together a display Daisy Verma 978-81-237-7740-5; Rs 365 JANUARY 2016 NBT NEWSLETTER 1 but also in Indian languages. This year too some of the well-known writers both popular and critically acclaimed will engage in lively banters with the visitors. The coming together of both the author and audience makes conversations at the organised over the Breakfast hosted by Fair livelier. Now that you have heard your of around 1000 books on philosophy, Chairman, NBT. author, you can buy their books! knowledge, language and literature from ancient to contemporary times. New Delhi Rights Table Children’s Pavilion Besides, the specially designed Theme Pavilion will host a series of discussions on various aspects of India’s cultural heritage including Many Languages One Nation: Reflections on Indian Literature; Science through Sanskrit: Exploring Possibilities; Indian Plurality as Expressed in Indian Literatures; Bharata’s Natyashastra and India’s Performance Tradition; India’s Secular Literary Tradition: Arthshastra and Thirukkural; Indian Epics as reflected in One of the most visited places at the Fair Indian Regional Languages and Literature. A business conclave for trading content, the is the Children’s Pavilion. Thousands New Delhi Rights Table (NDRT) is now of children from various schools visit an important event for both Indian and the Children’s Pavilion, to participate foreign publishers. In its third edition, the in various activities like drawing NDRT offers B2B match making sessions competitions, story telling sessions, skits, between publishers in a refreshingly new meet your favourite authors, discussions, business ambience. The unique format etc. Besides, the Pavilion also showcases enables the participants to book their some of the best of recent publications for own Rights Table, meet each other and children from across the country. present their products and ideas. As the trading floor for content, the NDRT acts Also, the Pavilion will be enlivened as facilitating platform to trade with some by a rich repertoir of performances, of the best contents from India as well as that include all the classical dances of from across the world. This year, over 70 India—Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, participants from India and abroad have Mohiniyattam, Odissi, Kathak, registered for the Rights Table event. Sattriya, Manipuri, Kathakali; dramatic performances based on the works of Authors’ Corners Shankaradeva, Jaidev, Dinkar, Vidyapati, Narasinh Mehta, Bhasa, among others; and The NDWBF is organised by NBT folk performances of Garba-Ras, Gharaiya India. The ITPO is the co-organiser of the tribal dance, Mayurbhanj Chhau, Bamboo Fair. Doordarshan, Delhi Metro, Sahitya dance, Chari dance, Jhumar dance, Akademi and BIG 92.7FM are the Event Mapila songs, Thappattam, Lavni dance, Partners. Oggu Katha, Kamsale folk dance, among Spread over an area of 36,000 sq.m. others. with about 1500 participants, loads of conversations and scores of discussions, CEOSpeak seminars, book releases, workshops, Among the key networking events is the activities and cultural performances, the CEO Speak. Over 100 CEOs of various A book fair is not just a celebration of NDWBF promises to be a grand affair and publishing houses and organisations in books but rather at its heart it celebrates a treat for students, writers, booklovers and the book trade, come together to share authors. The NDWBF hosts hundreds of those associated with the book industry. and exchange ideas about Indian and authors, both established and emerging, Happy Reading! International book trade. The event is writing not only in English and Hindi

2 NBT NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2016 Celebrating First Constitution Day he nation is observing 26th TNovember as ‘Constitution Day’. On the day in 1949, the Constitution was adopted which came into force on January 26, 1950 marking the beginning of a new era in the history of India. On the occasion of the First Constitution Day observed throughout the country, National Book Trust, India organized a lecture at NBT Conference Room on 26 November 2015. Dr Subhash C Kashyap, noted political scientist, expert on Indian Constitution, constitutional law and distinguished scholar was the guest speaker on the occasion. Dr Subhash C Dr Kashyap said that it is the Constitution is a dynamic process, which Kashyap is also the author of some of responsibility of the Constitution to has relevance even today. The only thing NBT’s most popular books including ensure the dignity of a citizen as well as the is that there is a need of administrative, Our Constitution, Our Parliament and unity of the nation. He added, “We have parliamentary, electoral and political Our Political System. constitutional illiteracy in India. Here improvement and through these kinds people do not know anything about the of programmes, we will be able to start Constitution.” He further said that there Constitutional Literacy Campaign in is a need to end this illiteracy amongst India,” citizens and it is the duty of each and every Concluding the session, Dr Rita individual to adhere to the principles of Chowdhury, Director, NBT stressed the Constitution. upon the need to spread awareness about He also termed Indian Constitution constitutional rights. She said that, “This as the greatest national integration force year, the country is celebrating 125th and proudly declared Constitution as our birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. next big achievement after Independence. The ‘Constitution Day’ is a part of these While appreciating the work of NBT, year-long nationwide celebrations. This he said that the Trust has been playing an will be a tribute to Dr. Ambedkar, who important role in making people aware played a seminal role in the framing of the about our Constitution by publishing Indian Constitution as the Chairman of books on the subject-matter. the Drafting Committee of Constituent Dr Kashyap concluded that, “The Assembly.” While welcoming the gathering, Shri Baldeo Bhai Sharma, Chairman, NBT, said that, “The Constitution of India is one of the finest constitutions in the world. It is above caste, creed and religion and has well defined the fundamental rights and duties of the citizens of India.” Dr Subhash Kashyap said that, “The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November in the year 1949 and came into force on 26 January in 1950. The Constitution of India was adopted to constitute the country into a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic’ in order to secure the citizens of India through justice, equality, liberty and integrity. JANUARY 2016 NBT NEWSLETTER 3 PubliCon 2015 – The Publishing Ecosystem Now trends are changing, people are print book publishing is Rs. 260.6 billion “reading more and more ebooks. But which is two times more than Indian film I believe that printed books and ebooks industry. There are 9037 publishers and are not contrary to each other rather they 21000 retailers in the country and the complement each other,” said Shri Baldeo industry has over 40,000 direct employees. Bhai Sharma, Chairman, National Book He also brought into light the fact that Trust, India while inaugurating ‘PubliCon India is the second largest publisher in 2015 – The Publishing Ecosystem’ held at English language and ranks sixth globally FICCI, Federation House, New Delhi on in print industry. 20 November, 2015. He also said that C-DAC will create Dr. Arbind Prasad, Director General, Shri Baldeo Bhai Sharma added that standardization of Indian Language FICCI observed that print is going to stay “Even though technology is expanding, publishing. It will help NBT in getting in India as compared to other developed there are many people in our country who inputs and feedback of the requirements and developing countries. India needs to are untouched by these advancements. of Indian publishers for the global achieve 100% literacy rate and books will There is a need to bring people closer to community. play an important role in this endeavour. these changes in order to promote reading On this occasion, Shri Vikrant Shri Rohit Kumar, Co-chair, FICCI culture.” He also opined that the printed Mathur, Director – Book Practice, Nielsen Publishing Committee and Advisor, Reed books will continue to hold important India gave a presentation on Indian book Elsevier India Pvt Ltd also spoke on the place in India. market where he informed that the size of occasion. He also highlighted the role being Divided into four sessions, the speakers played by the Trust to make low-priced at the PubliCon2015 discussed about quality books accessible to the readers major issues concerning the publishing in different parts of the country. He also industry including the digital printing and informed that NBT has entered into a the changes in book distribution models; Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) need for skill development in publishing; with C-DAC to enable NBT to act issues of piracy and infringement of as a bridge between digital publishing copyright in publishing; and print and technology innovators and publishers. publishing outsource business in India. New Delhi Rights Table AUTHORS’ CORNERS As part of the New Delhi World Book Fair, the NBT is Authors’ Corners at the New Delhi World Book Fair, add organizing the 4th New Delhi Rights Table (NDRT) on 11 a certain literary charm to the programmes held during the and 12 January 2016. The two day event brings together Fair. Authors — young and old and new and established, all publishers, Rights’ agents, translators and editors from India participate in special reading sessions as well as in engaging and abroad to network and explore business opportunities discussions and debates with their readers. together. Exclusively designed spaces, these Authors’ Corners are The NDRT is the only forum to explore the exciting spread across the Halls of the Fair, where events will take place world of Indian books in English, Hindi and all Indian throughout the duration of the Fair. languages. The NDRT offers you B2B sessions in a Publishers interested in hosting their authors at Authors’ refreshingly new business ambience. The unique format will Corners may send the complete profile of the author: Name, enable participants to book their own table, meet each other Bio-data, books published, awards and honours as well as a and present their products and ideas. photograph and preferred date/time, they would like their For online Registration at the NDRT 2016, event to be scheduled. and for other details, kindly visit our website www. Fee for a programme: Rs.3000/- newdelhiworldbookfair.gov.in. For further details please write to: We look forward to your participation at the NDRT Neera Jain 2016, we would also appreciate if you let your contacts and Chief Editor & Joint Director partners, both in India and abroad, know about this unique National Book Trust, India forum and invite them to participate. Nehru Bhawan For further details please write to: 5 Institutional Area, Phase-II Benny Kurian Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070 [email protected] Email: [email protected]

4 NBT NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2016 An Interactive Session in NCCL Library group of children and teachers her stories or novels? Do some of Afrom Delhi Public School the characters become alive and talk (DPS), Gurgaon visited NBT’s to her at times? Or how an author National Centre for Children’s chooses the subject of her/his story? Literature (NCCL), Library on 4 Dr. Chowdhury enjoyed giving December, 2015. answers to all these questions. On the occasion, Dr. Rita On this occasion, a presentation Chowdhury, Director, NBT and on ‘Cyber Crime’ was also given noted author in Assamese and by Lt. Vineet Kumar, President, Sahitya Akademi Award winner, Cyber Peace Foundation (CPC). He interacted with the children present deliberated on the issues and briefed on the occasion. Giving tips to children on the ‘Cyber Crime’ the children for becoming a good taking place these days. writer, she said that a person should be Ms Vandana Gupta, Children’s aware about the happenings around and author and NBT’s editors Shri Pankaj should understand the sensitive part of Chaturvedi, Dr. Lalit Kishore Mandora , the situation. He should be attentive and Shri Deepak Gupta, Dr. Kamlesh Kumari always ready to write anything for which also took part in the event and interacted they feel strongly about. with children. The participating children asked many Mrs Mithlesh Anant, Librarian–Cum- interesting questions to Dr Chowdhury Documentation Officer, coordinated the such as how much time does she devote book or story from her writings? Does programme while narrating the story on for writing? Does she have any favourite she have any favourite characters from universal brotherhood and harmony.

FAIR DAILY The visitors’ pick and a must read for the New Delhi World Book Fair goers is the FAIR DAILY. An NBT initiative, the FAIR DAILY is the only daily publication which is distributed throughout the fair grounds. It is the best and unique opportunity for publishers, booksellers and other fair participants to be seen and heard. Readers are free to send in their ideas and pieces on books, and book industry to be featured in the Fair Daily. You can also advertise your contents/products to attract visitors to your stall at the Fair. The Rates for the Advertisements are:

Full page One issue Rs. 15000/- Inside pages Nine issues Rs. 30000/- Full page Nine issues Rs. 110000/- (Bottom/side strip) Half Page One issue Rs. 8000/- Back cover One issue Rs. 20000/- Half page Nine issues Rs. 60000/- Back cover Nine issues Rs. 140000/- Qarter page One issue Rs. 5000/- Advertisement Specifications Qarter page Nine issues Rs. 40000/- Front page One issue Rs. 15000/- Front Bottom Strip 4 cm x 21.5 cm (Bottom strip) Inside Bottom Strip 7 cm x 21.5 cm Front page Nine issues Rs. 110000/- Back Cover 33 cm x 21.5 cm (Bottom strip) Full Page 32 cm x 21.5 cm Inside pages One issue Rs. 4000/- Half Page 15.5 cm x 21.5 cm (Bottom/side strip) Quarter Page 15.5 cm x 10.5 cm For further details contact : Shri Binny Kurian Rights, Translation & Acquisition Officer National Book Trust, India Nehru Bhawan, 5 Institutional Area, Phase II Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 Tel.: 26707764, 9868268105

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The Constitution of India was adopted like the different types of motions, the recommendations were dealt with by by the Constituent Assembly on 26 budgetary committee and legislative Nehru government may have important November 1949 and came into force on processes, etc. insights for all those interested in the 26 January 1950. The National Book 978-81-237-0147-9; Rs 135 history of contemporary India and the Trust, India has published some excellent political challenges in faces in our times. titles on our Constitution, Parliament, Our Political System 978-87-237-7195-3; Rs 285 Judiciary and Polity. Some of the titles Subhash C Kashyap on the subjects are given below. The book, while The Making andW orking of the Indian tracing the political Constitution Our Constitution systems as existent in Shibani Kinkar Chaube Subhash C Kashyap India in the ancient A work written from Factual, objective and medieval times, the perspective of a and analytical, this introduces the political scientist, it highly readable different components integrally underlines book is a handy but of modern Indian the ‘expectation of authoritative study of polity in terms of their structure and permanence’ on which our Constitution. It functions and how do they interact in a constitution is based is useful not only for making it citizen friendly. and in its analysis lays students and scholars 978-81-237-5251-8; Rs 140 as much emphasis of political science and constitutional law on the making of the but also to lawyers, teachers and others Panchayati Raj in India invaluable document called Constitution wanting to understand the Constitution M Aslam of India as on its ‘working’. and the political system under which we The institution of 978-81-237-5548-9; Rs 250 live. Panchayati Raj is 978-81-237-0734-1; Rs 175 now recognised as an From Government to Governance important mechanism Kuldeep Mathur Our Judiciary for decentralising This volume provides B R Agarwala power and ensuring an introduction to the This book traces the people’s participation concept of governance development of the in development and the kind of judiciary in India activities. This transformation of the from ancient times to publication considers the various stages state that is taking the present day and through which it evolved and also the place in India. It examines the different promise it holds for the future. explores the way courts, commissions 978-81-237-5188-7; Rs 90 cooperative networks and tribunals in detail. of state, market and A handy reference tool for the layman Reorganisation of States in India: Text society are taking over roles that were interested in our judicial system and the and Context earlier confined to the state alone. processes of the law. Gyanesh Kudaisya 978-81-237-5410-9; Rs 70 978-81-237-0635-1; Rs 80 Over sixty years ago, following the Right to Information Act: A Primer Our Parliament formation of Andhra Suchi Pande & Shekhar Singh Subhash C Kashyap Pradesh in 1953, This Primer is designed to help seekers A study of the demands for the of information, its custodians and RTI Parliament in its creation of new states appellate authorities. Through a question proper historical soon came up. Hence, answer format it introduces the lay reader perspective describing Jawaharlal Nehru’s to the RTI ACT and its implementation, its multifarious government was forced to set up the States its use and function as well as details of activities, the working Reorganisation Commission (SRC) to how information can be accessed and of the Rajya Sabha and investigate these demands and to formulate appeals filed. The Primers also highlights the Lok Sabha, the principles upon which new states could the rights and duties of public information role of the presiding officers, the Question be created. Recommendations, ideas, officers and public authority. Hour and other various procedural devices method of working and manner in which 978-81-237-5075-0; Rs 40

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TheT rust is bringing out the book Select who, with Ustad Wahid Khan was the It seems all the more surprising, Stalwarts of Hindustani Classical Music, progenitor of this style of music—is therefore, that, as late as 1945, Gangubai written by Uma Vasudev. Herein we built on the principle of thoughtful, was in the habit of singing also such reproduce an excerpt from the chapter meditative elaboration, which can become lighter varieties of music as Marathi pads, ‘Gangubai Hangal’. - Editor almost painstaking in the case of a bhajans and thumris. Her disillusionment lesser musician. It proceeds slowly like a with these forms did not arise from the t is difficult for those who have had meandering river under a lazy afternoon presumptuous reactions of a classicist, Ioccasion to listen to Gangubai’s rich, sun; there is no haste, no irrelevance, no but from the mundane and rather vexing resonant voice to realise that, twenty years wilful patterns splattered distractingly in problem that radio fees presented. For every ago, she could scarcely be heard ten yards sudden, careless moments of emotional light song broadcast, the already limited away! From a thin reedy, hesitant voice it outburst. Everything is sober and well fee was depleted by a further fifteen rupees has become a masterful thing, a conquering defined and the climax is attained almost which went to the composer. Monetarily, evocation; and when that immense call in imperceptibly. it became a dubious proposition. Those song goes up from her throat, it is almost For Gangubai this offers a most days (the early ‘thirties’) the radio was as if it would rend the heavens. appropriate framework within which to considered a fashionable and sustained There are conflicting opinions develop her rich images. For her there is forum of expression for musicians, so any about Gangubai’s voice and some people none of the delicate mould or the pastel attitude formed on its account tended to are liable to condemn it as being too nuances of sophisticated feeling, there condition practice in general, it seems. masculine. Even Gangubai herself laughs is only the power of the elemental, the For Gangubai all this meant giving up about it and relates how the famous inexpressible. Her music can be described singing bhajans and pads. “I really can’t Kannada poet Bendre teased her. “Surely in terms of bigness, grandeur and majesty. say why I neglected the thumri, however,” your voice is like a man’s! Maybe it is the The Malhar (a melody supposed to invoke she ruminates. “It just slipped into the soul of some frustrated ustad who could rain) by Gangubai, for instance, should background and I never bothered to pick not sing and who has found his expression never portray the soft patter of rain, but a up the threads again...” Now, she has lost through you!” torrential tropical downpour. The Marwa even the inclination. The tender strains The fact that she could laugh over the with its ascetic lonely spirit, which she of the thumri would in any case, come matter was rather a relief, for I wanted to sang recently in Delhi did not and would as an ill fitting denouement to the almost ask her how this amazing transformation never, convey the gentle loneliness of a exaggeratedly full-throated power of her had taken place, how her voice had become melancholy setting but the wind-swept khayals. almost as powerful as a man’s. And I was desolation of a barren plain. Less than five feet tall and small, thin, apprehensive she might take it ill that it To me Gangubai’s achievement lies rather insignificant-looking, Gangubai should even be considered so, though, I in her having been able to capture, within gives one the impression that she might be for one, feel that such extraordinary vigour the strictest boundaries of the khayal, the any one of the countless housewives who is a wonderful thing, especially these spirit of the dhrupad, that difficult ancient spend their lives in simple drudgery. She days when the voice is treated only as an form with its deep, rolling tormented walks barefooted in her house, with tiny incidental extension of the microphone. languor—so Indian, so much the essence silver rings on her toes, an ordinary cotton But as I said before Gangubai only of our being. sari wrapped round her person and a careless laughed when narrating that incident and string of pearls fastened round her neck. I could see that she was far from abashed. There is the dignity of the unpretentious She said she did not know how it had artist in her, and she does not seem to happened—the change had been gradual. expect any extraordinary favours for being Did she practise in any particular way? able to sing well. She stands almost in awe No, except that Swai Gandharva, her guru, of the organisers and patrons of music and dinned it into her ears that one’s method refuses to be drawn into any comment of forming the sound Aa, the point from whatsoever on the merits or demerits of which all music emanates, should be old or contemporary musicians. “You uttered so uninhibitedly that ‘it should know how it is,” she says, “it creates many almost hurt in the stomach’. unnecessary misunderstandings.” She told me she had heard all the old masters, Meditative Elaboration but was never tempted to “lift” their The Kirana gharana to which Gangubai singularities of style. She has tried to be belongs—her teacher, Swai Gandharva, meticulous about retaining the purity of was the pupil of Abdul Karim Khan, the Kirana gharana in her music.

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