Kathasagara: a Kidz Bubble inaugrated dedicated space for children to learn and have fun... the idea is fantabulous and NDWBF 14 has shown that Acatching children young is the best way to promote reading visual literary treat... habits. Kidz Bubble was officially inaugurated by ITPO CMD Ms. Rita Menon. ndia—the land of stories, curated panels depicting the story Throughout the day, it was packed with activities like story- folktales, myths, legends of Indian children’s literature telling, extempore speech, singing competition, listening skill Iand epics. India is also a with glimpses of its richness, activities, thread painting, leaf painting, collage-making, wax resist land of storytellers—narrating, complexity and diversity. paining, mosaic painting, waste recycling crafts, papier mache, writing and performing all the The exhibit of books is origami, leaf craft, waste recycling crafts, clay toys, drawing way and inspiring generation accompanied by an annotated competition, paper folding, string puppets, paper toys, finger after generation. Indian stories catalogue consists of more puppets, flower making, etc. Let the children have the fun they celebrate pluralism. They depict than 800 books from all Indian deserve! multilingual and multicultural languages covering a variety of characters of Indian society. genres, writers and illustrators. And they are ready to face The catalogue entitled Children’s

select books in various Indian The corner narrates a series of languages depicting the trends incidents from his childhood that and evolution of Indian children’s influenced his thinking and put literature. him on a path he was to travel In paying tribute to three later. Another attraction of the giants of Indian children’s corner, set up by Subir Roy and contemporary challenges. This Books 2014 is a new initiative of literature, the Theme Pavilion his team from CBT, is the replicas essence of Indian children’s the Trust which would be made an has set up three commemorative of the various awards Shankar literature is reflected at the annual publication. The catalogue corners. received from different countries Theme Pavilion of New Delhi is expected to be a useful The one on legendary around the globe including India. World Book Fair 2014. reference guide for publishing children’s writer, illustrator With a display of breathtaking In presenting Kathasagara: industry. and founder of Children’s Book illustrations by the master Celebrating Children’s Literature Divided into six sections viz., Trust, Shankar Pillai is full of illustrator and painter of modern as the theme of the Fair, the Myths Legends and Folktales, anecdotes from the life of the India, the corner dedicated for theme pavilion showcases a Storytelling Tradition in India, master. Shankar grew up in his the memory of Pulak Biswas special exhibit of books for Epics and Classics Retold for grandparent’s home in Kerala. is indeed a visual treat for the children in English and Indian Children, Towards Freedom, There he “had no friends but” visitors specially the budding languages besides A Tale of Tales for a New Nation and Tales they “had cows, and” he “loved illustrators and writers. Tales, a series of specially Today—the panels comprise to run around with calves.” From the gold medal winning 2 Interactions at the Authors’ Corners he two Authors’ Corners — Reflections and Conversations — in Hall 10-11 and Hall 12 came alive with interactions and Tdiscussions. Many writers, poets, film critics, actors engaged with the audience throughout the day. These included Deepti Naval, Ruskin Bond, Taj Hassan, Michael Fischman, Sudeep Nagarkar, Vikas Swaroop, Kishlay Bhattacharjee & G K Pillai, Shombit Sengupta and Bimal Chhajer. painting at a youth festival in poems, biographies, translation, Bulgaria, there was no looking editing, magazines and scripts for back for Pulak da. Curated by children’s programmes in radio eminent illustrator Atanu Roy, and television. the corner has some of Pulak da’s In another dedicated corner, significant works including his foray the Theme Pavilion proudly into the world of advertisement. declares a new chapter in the Full of information on glorious history of NBT, India. the writings and persona of “They introduced a Nation to the Harikrishna Devsare, the joy of reading. Now there’s an app visionary children’s writer who for that” thus announces NBT’s Deepti Naval — actor, poet, painter, photographer — she wins gave modern Hindi children's decision to go digital capturing critical acclaim for whatever be the creative outlet of the self. An Literature its identity, the the imagination of a young, artiste in the true sense of the word, Deepti Naval interacted with the corner dedicated to the master techno-savvy India. With the help audience and shared her life experiences at the Authors’ Corner — storyteller is being thronged by of Ninestars, a leading player in Reflections — in Hall 10-11. She said that real life incidents inspire young and not so young visitors. the field of digitization and app her to write. In conversation with Sanjana, publisher from Hay House, Deviating from the conventional development, NBT is planning to Deepti Naval spoke about her latest novel The Mad Tibetan: Stories stories, Dr Devsare opened a new convert more than 1000 books from Then and Now. door for children by bringing in in 18 languages to e-format. Deepti Naval made her debut with the movie Ek Baar Phir in the logical thinking and scientific And with NBT App, netizen and year 1979 and has acted in more than 60 films since then. Among these awareness in his writings. Author ordinary citizen will now be able are Chashmebaddoor, Kamla, Mirch Masala, Ankahi, Main Zinda Hoon, of more than 300 books for to browse through NBT books and Panchvati, and more recently, Leela and Freaky Chakra. She also wrote children, Dr Devsare wrote in shop with NBT through payment and directed Thodasa Aasmaan, a TV serial about women, and produced almost every genre of children’s gate in their mobile, computer, a travel show called The Path Less Traveled. Among her other writings, literature, be it novel, stories, laptop and tablets. a selection of poems in Hindi, Lamha-Lamha and a collection in English titled Black Wind and Other Poems was published. Delegation from Sharjah Book Fair three member delegation from Sharjah Book Fair authorities came visiting the New Delhi World Book Fair. The delegation Aincluded Mr. Ahmed, Director, Sharjah International Book Fair and Mr. Mohan. They held wide ranging discussions with Shri A. Sethumadhavan, Chairman, NBT India and Dr. M.A. Sikandar, Director, NBT India. Among the issues discussed were the participation of Indian publishers at Sharjah Book Fair, and in particular, at their Rights Table forum. Ms Farida M. Naik, Jt. Director and Chief Fair Coordinator, Mr. Rajiv Chaudhury, Asst. Director, NBT India, participated in the discussions.

Who is Who at the Fair DWBF attracted book lovers from all walks of life, which included Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, former Governor of Karnataka; NShri Mukhopadhyay, Joint Secretary, Minister of Defence; Shri Balram Jakkar, former Speaker of Lok Sabha and former Governor of Madhya Pradesh; Shri Meem Afzal, Spokesperson, AICC; Prof. Khwaja Ekramuddin, Director, NCPUL; H.E. Darja Bavdaž Kuret, Slovenian Ambassador; Shri Rvinder Kalia, Director, Bharatiya Jnanpith; Shri Ajay Mishra, Director, Lok Sabha; Smt. Leela Sarmandalai; DJM, DG, Akashvani; Ms. Sarla Maheswari, former MP; Manish Sisodia, former Minister, Govt. of Delhi; Dr. Sanjay Garg, Dy. Director, SAARC Cultural Centre; Shri P.K. Dev, Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports; Shri Amit Khare, Jt. Secretary, Ministry of HRD; Sayyed Javed, Spokesperson, AICC; and Dr. Janardhan Waghmare, MP, Rajya Sabha. 3 Scintillating performances at Lal Chowk Hill Music of Manipur (Hao and dance was known as Karma of entertainment from times Music), Manipur: Hao songs after the king. Both men and immemorial. Swang is inspired celebrate nature. There are women of the tribal groups like from this act that Lord Vishnu songs about rivers, hills and so Gonds, Baigas and Oraons in performed in order to kill the Chhattisgarh sing Karma songs demon Bhasmasur. The group, during the Dussehra festival. Lok Nritya Natya Kala Parishad Dadaria is the oldest form of song cultural organisation in Kanera and dance of the Baigas sung by Dev in the Sagar district of both men and women. The troupe Nageen had been undergoing colourful swirling skirts and formal training in semi-classical graceful movements characterize music of the Banaras Gharana the movements of the Ghoomar, from the eminent thumri-dadara the traditional dance of Haryana- exponent the late Smt. Purnima Rajasthan border areas. Young Choudhary of Kolkata. women and girls perform this Baha and Sarpha Dance, dance during the festivals of on. Guru Rewben Mashangva’s Jharkhand: Baha dance is related Holi, Gangaur, Teej and Navratri. untiring strife that has given to four important occasions for Phag suggests that it is danced both Hao music and its musical to celebrate the month of Phagun instruments a new lease of life. or spring, marking the colourful Madhya Pradesh endeavours to Recording songs, writing their festival of Holi. The Phag dance promote and preserve the folk lyrics and analyzing their tunes originated from Raas Leela of culture of Bundelkhand. and melodies, he started singing Radha and Krishna. Dhamal or Gond Tribal Dance, Andhra them in gatherings and concerts. Dhamyal or Daph is performed Pradesh: Gusadi of the Adilabad He has created tribal songs using at harvest time either exclusively Gonds is known to be the most indigenous musical instruments to by men or mixed dancers of men magnificent among all the Gond accompany them. and women. Loor or Lahor is dances. Gonds give utmost Chhattisgarhi Folk Music: performed exclusively by women importance to dancing and singing Nachauri Songs are sung by during Phagun or spring after during any festival or festive women and have a light hearted sowing the Rabi crop. The group, occasion. This dance is ritualistic quality about them. They speak dance are Magh Parva, Dassai Sai Haryanavi Cultural Academy, in character. The group, Bharat of merriment and delight, of Parva, Ba or Baha Parva and Rohtak engages in preserving folk Folk Arts Academy in Hyderabad liveliness and elation. These Karma. Their dances consist dances of songs were originally sung by of concentric circles and semi- Haryana by Fida bai and Mala bai, actors circiles as well as arch formations. performing par excellence. Sua songs are Women usually restrict them and performed by tribal women of themselves to the inner circles teaching Chhattisgarh in Sua Dance, also and the men to the outer. The them to known as the Parrot dance in Sarpha dance is performed during youngsters, which they keep a parrot in a the tribal festival of Sohrai, who become bamboo-pot and form a circle associated with cattle, concurrent a part of the around it. Bihav songs correspond to the Diwali festival. The group group. to different rituals that are part headed by Amitava Ghosh, Swang, of the marriage event. Fugdi is Kalamandir seeks to promote and Madhya folk depicting love and devotion conserve tribal, folk, regional and Pradesh: The act of a male aims at promoting and preserving of a parent for the child. Karma cultural heritage art forms as well executing of a female role, Indian tribal and folk arts. It is believed that the king Raja as work towards the betterment of creating the comic and enacting aspires to reach out the general Karamsen suddenly faced with tribal communities. the ridiculous, all become a public by creating awareness problems that disturbed the Ghoomar, Phag, Dhamal, part of the Swang form of folk towards this wealth of cultural peace of his kingdom. The song Loor, Haryana: Ghoomar is theatre. This has been a form treasure. 4 Learning made fun! A child’s attention span is very less. He needs to be really interested to learn new things. Educationists and parents feel that their children learn through play, hence the need for educational toys and other aids. A plethora of publishers have displayed such educational aids for children in Hall 7. Here are a few glimpses of these.

Visitors enthralled... aggling, wrangling, browsing, reading and of course buying, the visitors are having a swell time at the New Delhi World Book HFair 2014. The happiest lot are the hundreds of children who came trooping in to the Theme Pavilion, celebrating children’s literature, and Kidz Bubble. The Theme Pavilion with over 800 books for children and the various activities and programmes entertained and educated them throughout the day. At the Kidz Bubble hundreds of small children could be seen happily engaged in creative pursuits punctuated by raucous laughters when their favourite cartoon characters emerged from the big TV screens. The milling crowd broke into a flutter when they saw one of India’s most popular film icon and brand ambassador of NBT, India, Mr Irrfan Khan at the specially setup 92.7 FM radio. He interacted with the visitors for some time obliging them with memontos of photographs with him. So was Deepti Naval, actress and author, who read out from her work. Engaged in conversation was her friend Ms Sanjana. And on the other side discussions on the publishing industry, publishing and its future, and on the diversity of bhashas in India, as well as the conclave of CEOs of Industry, seriously debated on the various issues and challenges facing publishing in general today.

6 Reading sessions by LiFi Rights Table@Book Fair ew Delhi Rights Table, a forum for publishers, rights agents, iFi Publications Pvt. Ltd. is organising the translators and editors from India and abroad to network and reading sessions by the following authhors: explore business opportunities is going to be held at NDWBF on Neelam Chandra Saxena (17th Feb), Kulpreet N L 17-18 Feb 2014 at Lounge A, Near Gate No 1, Pragati Maidan. Yadav (18th Feb), Monika Pant (19th Feb), Dr Prathap Kamath (22nd Feb) and Dr Bina Biswas (23rd Feb). Visit us at Lifi stall No. 104, Hall No. 11 Bollywood glitterati at Sahitya Manch: Book reviewed NDWBF 2014 ajkamal Prakashan brings ollywood actor Irfan Khan talked to an inspiring biography of the audience live on Radio FM 92.7 RRadhey Shyam Aggarwal – Babout the fair, world of books, its ‘Ek Aur Brahmand’ of Emami Group theme about ‘children literature’, writers authored by Arun Maheshwari of and the connection of literature with films. Rajkamal Prakashan. The eminent Talking to the audience present at the venue Hindi literates were seen discussing he said, “Indian films are again getting and appreciating this wonderful initiative of bringing out a biography trends of ‘looking towards books for making for little known Indian multimillionaire in Hindi. films’ as was in practice in earlier days. The repeating trend is good for both the books as well as films. Indian authors are doing Book of trucking industry launched well world over.” Further he added, “I am DWBF 2014 is set to a great lover of books, as they take us in a be a fairground for all different world of thought and feed us to Nsorts of reads which think about a better way of life. Reading book lovers might have never book is a different kind of experience, we expected before. Safexpress, a should educate children about the importance of books.” leading logistic firm, turns into publisher to launch a coffee table book titled Horn Please on Theatre a window to the world the trucking industry. “This book is a dedication to the people engaging in truck transport,” says Vineet Kanaujia, vice president-marketing, of literature! Safexpress during the launch session attended by truck drivers and theater workshop on “Theatre for the others in the industry. Young Audience” held at theme pavilion Agot a great response as the audience were seen engrossed all through the event. Ashish Ghosh of Assittej India organized this workshop for the kids in support with NBT for promoting books to the future readers. Sharing his views about literature and theatre, he added, “I feel theatre is the best way to promote literature and culture in young kids. We tell stories, we create drama and we sing folk songs…when a kid experience all this, he will definitely pick a book or literature related to what he has seen. It’s evidence to their readings.” They are performing acts on several Indian and international works of literature, a few famous one include, “Kyu-Kyu Ladki by Mahashweta Devi; Alice in Wonderland and Lal Pencil, (based on Korean Folk tale). Explaining about these literary adaptations, he further added, “Take your child to theatre that will open the window for the literature.” In addition to this the plays were also staged, which include Duniya Sab Ki by Aga Khan Foundation and Story of Shravan Kumar by Shraddha Mandir Sr Sec School. 7 A new book in 11 months In Conversation... arun Sahgal, a young writer, who made his debut Dr. Waiel S H Awwad, President, The Foreign Correspondents’ as an author, just a year ago launched his second Vbook Shunya…the Myth at NDWBF. Published Club of South Asia & Senior International Correspondent with by Diamond Books, it was released by Rita Menon, CMD Wojciech Jagielski, renowned international journalist and Pol- ITPO, in the august presence of Mr A Sethumadhavan, ish reportage writer on the Polish School of Reportage Chairman - NBT, India, Shiv Khera, eminent author and motivational speaker, and Suvoh Moitra, author of three best sellers. t a discussion organized at the Polish pavilion, renowned Polish The launch was attended by various government officials and over 100 journalist Wojciech Jagielski shared his reportage experiences. He guests including family members of Varun Sahgal. Each of the speakers revealed that of most of his writings were based on field events. during the launch appreciated the efforts put in by Varun in creating book A In an engaging conversation followed by interactions with the audience, on altogether different subject i.e. Indian Mythological Thriller. Wojciech Jagielski opined that to understand the culture of the other, it is much easier to understand them without imposing one’s perspective on it. To him, writing is therapeutic because it becomes a kind of purgation of those warfare experiences he had as a journalist. His writings about the people and their culture are mainly for the Poles audiences who are not aware of them. He ended on the note that, he look forward to write about the East-West exchange of culture and of India in particular. Authors' Corner Wojciech Jagielski is a reportage writer specializing in Africa, Central Asia, the Trans-Caucasus and the Caucasus. His writing covered crucial political events. As a journalist, Wojciech Jagielski’s love for political concern land him up to travel extensively in many countries and the outcome of it are his well known books like, A Good Place to Die, Praying for Rain, The Night Wanderers and the most recent one is The Aruna Chakravarti and Taisha Ibraham. Saba Mahmood Bashir discussiong with the Trumpeter from Tembisa. Polish School of Reportage is a unique genre Associate Professor, Jesus & Mary College, editor of the book and the audience on her of Poland meant to denote the writings of such renowned journalists discussing on Aruna’s book “Jorasanko”– book “I swallowed the Moon”, published by published by HarperCollins Publishers. HarperCollins Publishers. who turn important writers. For a Polish journalist, it is always the greatest ambition to be recognised as part of the genre.

Conversations with Hindol Sengupta and Karan Verma (right) with one of his friends Ashutosh at an event of HarperCollins after the discussions on his book “Jack & Publishers Master” published by Rupa Publications.

Dr. Satish Yadav, Dr. Dhananjay Tripathi, Sivendra Singh, Devita Mittal, Mizanoor Rahman discussed with audience on the topic “Pustaken Logon Ko Jorti Hai” in a programme organized under the campaign “Aaggaz-e-Dosti” started by the organizations, The Catalyst, Pakistan and Mission Bhartiyam, India. The topic was centralized on South Asia. Rajshri’s very own wonder kid ashvee Barjatya, a young 9-year-old author from India’s famous Bollywood film family was at NDWBF to share her new book K“Lost in the Woods”. She is a completely lost in the book world at a very young age as she shared, “I started reading when I was 4 and I started writing when I was 5. I thank my mom and family for introducing me to so many good books.” Her reading glasses and quite persona were supporting her bookworm image and on asking how much and often she read, she shared with a smile, “I spent 7 hours in school and equally on reading or writing. So there’s no time for other activities. Books are my real friend.” Having four generations successfully associated with showbiz, how she would be seen in future, to which she quickly replied, “I will write a book on which my dad and uncles with make a movie.” 8

Mr. A Sethumadhavan, survey conducted by FICCI. CEOSpeak over Chairman, NBT while making The objective of the survey is to his welcome address to the assess the perception of publishers CEOs present at the programme, toward growth of the sector and to Chairman’s Breakfast 2014 emphasized that India has no highlight major areas of concerns dearth of good content. We have for policy change. About 75% of ational Book Trust, India to discuss and share business and a flourishing publishing industry the respondents were publishers, (NBT) in association book-trade related issues and with literature in vernacular 11.5% are distributors/retailers, with The Federation of concerns. Initiated last year as a N languages adding to the richness 13.5% are other service providers. Indian Chambers of Commerce part of the New Delhi Book Fair, and depth of scholarship in India. The top 3 challenges identified for and Industry (FICCI) organized this edition of CEOSpeak aimed to Dr. Vivek Lall, President the publishing sector in next 2-3 CEOSpeak over Chairman’s discuss and share common issues and CEO, Reliance Industries, years are collections, distribution Breakfast on 16 February and concerns to evolve a composite highlighted that the sector must channel and piracy. 2014 at The Taj Mahal Hotel, agenda of the Indian publishing strive to get the industry status, Ms. Winnie Hung, Publishing New Delhi. The objective of the industry. Dr. Arbind Prasad, which will enable the industry and Cross Segment Strategy programme was to facilitate Director General, FICCI welcomed to get corporate loans at low Development Manager, Asia greater interaction within the the dignitaries and delegates for this interest. It is very important Pacific and Japan, HP Indigo & publishing community in India, important discussion and moderated that this promising sector should InkJet Press Solutions highlighted and to make it a forum of CEOs the session. focus on getting more organized the changing nature of printing and initiate a scientific study to technology. Mr. R Ramachandran, bring out growth prospects for Executive Director, National the sector. He related that FICCI Book Development Council had lobbied for the entertainment of Singapore and Executive industry, including films, to get Secretary, Asian Festival of industry status in the year 2000 Children’s Content, Singapore and should take up the case of the underlined the sustainability and publishing sector. demand of Indian book industry The event was inaugurated by in the ASEAN countries. The Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member, forum also had an “open house”, Planning Commission, Government moderated by Ms. Urvashi of India. He emphasised that Butalia, Chair, FICCI Publishing India has the advantage of the Committee and Director, Zubaan, demographic dividend, besides a to discuss major issues that the growing adult literature segment publishing community faces. It that constitute about 74 % of was reiterated that FICCI will the reading audience. The way lobby for getting industry status forward for the sector is to get for the publishing sector. Speaking organized, seek industry status in the Open House session, and actively collaborate with the Mr. G Raghavender, Director, Book higher education institutes. He Promotion & Copyrights, Minsitry congratulated NBT for taking this of HRD, informed that in the great initiative and urged upon upcoming National Book Policy, the publishers to not only ‘tap’ the granting the status of Industry market, but also to create new to Indian publishing is a major tastes of readership. feature. Ms. Beata Stasinska, Vice Dr. M. A. Sikander, Director, President, Foksal Publishing National Trust, MHRD, Government Group introduced the Polish of India gave the closing remarks, publishing market to the august and supported the need to seek gathering and highlighted issues industry status for the publishing of distribution and readership sector. He underlined NBT’s in the industry, besides drawing commitment to promote the a parallel between the Polish culture of reading in India, and and Indian publishing sector. It to bring various stakeholders on may be mentioned that Poland one platform to continue informed is the Guest of Honour country discussions for addressing industry’s at NDWBF 2014. She stressed issues. He thanked FICCI for joining that due to economic slowdown, hands with NBT in the cause. the number of titles published The event was attended in Poland is showing marginal by over hundred CEOs from downturn, and the publishers are publishing houses both national trying to come with new strategies and international and also to meet the challenge with the by a delegation from Poland support of the government. which is the Guest of Honour The programme also witnessed Country at the New Delhi World the results of the industry pulse Book Fair 2014.

12 Indian Children books have come of age! Kavitha Punniyamurthi, children’s writer and editor, shares her thoughts on children’s publishing in India over the years…. “And what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversation?” rowing up in the 90s, A large part of my reading, U.S.S.R. Nikolai Nosov’s Mishka like most children of however, was restricted to books seemed as much a kindred spirit Gmy generation, my first by writers belonging to and as did Poile Sengupta’s Perky. introduction to Indian children’s stories set in the West. While I joined the Famous Five literature was through beautiful today, I sagely nod my head when as they hunted for treasure in picture books published by discussions about the need for old castles, camped out on the NBT and CBT and created by stories set in an Indian context moors, and had scones for tea. I writers like Sigrun Srivastava, crop up in my writing circles, had no idea what scones were and that made it all the more exciting. Through Blyton’s children, I lived vicariously, and grew up thinking that life in India was comparatively boring because there didn’t seem to be any scope for adventures here! Ira Saxena’s Caught But while comparing books by Computer and Arup from the West to those from Kumar Dutta’s Kaziranga home, I do not believe one should Trail published by CBT in hold the other in disdain. I firmly Geetha Dharmarajan, and Indira I realise that this never struck the 80s, convinced me otherwise. believe that a story irrespective of Ananthakrishnan and illustrators me when I was a child, happily Junior Quest’s Asha Nehemiah where it is set must have universal like Jagdish Joshi, Pulak Biswas, devouring children’s books from and Ashok Rajagopalan, appeal. and Subir Roy. the UK, USA, and the erstwhile Target’s Vatsala Kaul, Priya Several books from Tulika, Nagarajan, Subhadra Sengupta Karadi, and Tara are now available and Tapas Guha forever changed in various foreign languages. my loyalties. I was drawn into With regular participation in the world of Indian children’s international book fairs, selling literature. I knew then that and buying of foreign rights, Indian I wanted to grow up to be a books are gaining more visibility in children’s writer. the international market. While a multitude of For a long time, the transition Panchatantras and Jatakas from picture books to middle- existed in every possible form, grade novels was rather abrupt. the need for more contemporary This lacuna has now been filled children’s fiction remained. by a series of chapter books The traditional Indian view published by Duckbill, a publishing that children’s books need to be house that was started in 2012. ‘educational’ didn’t help matters Books from Duckbill and either. In 1996, children’s Tulika are gender-sensitive, and publishing in India saw a revival most have feisty girl protagonists. of sorts. 1996 saw the emergence Some time ago, a mother of two of small, independent publishing little boys asked me if I thought houses —Tulika, Karadi, and Tara books with female protagonists — started by determined women would appeal to boys and didn’t with unshakeable belief in their publishers worry about losing a dreams. While Karadi introduced majority of their customer base. the concept of audio picture books, For centuries, books have had Tulika brought out bilingual and male protagonists and nobody multilingual picture books — books bothered about the female that captured a child’s imagination customer base! Girls or boys, and encouraged her to think, children are more perceptive than without being didactic. adults give them credit for. These books had a significant Publishers no longer shy impact on children born in the post- away from books dealing with Gulf War-cable television era, who real-life issues that children and were programmed to believe that adolescents face. They would everything American was ‘cool’. rather cater to a small-yet- There was a certain joy in growing discerning audience than reading about children named publish run-of-the-mill stories which Radha and Raghu who ate bajjis are more commercially viable. and bondas (and not scones) and I believe there are exciting stole aam ka achaar from Naani’s times ahead for children’s kitchen. Everything Indian no literature in India and I’m thrilled longer meant ‘not cool’. to be a part of it. 13 Providing visuals to thoughts… is no CHILD’S PLAY! –Discover the world of comics & graphic novels India has a long tradition of comic readership. It gained popularity as themes associated with extensive religious myths and folk-tales, by the name of Amar Chitra Katha in 1960s. Today, we have several imported superheroes (Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man etc) and comic characters (TinTin & Mickey, Donald, etc) as well. Here, Smita Dwivedi explores this dream world.

ndian kids of 1980s-90s actually grew reading comics. II am also one of them and all my summer holidays were spent reading heaps of comics rented from a local book shop for mere Rs 1 or 2 for a day…it was a great fun. The comic industry was at its peak in the late 1980s and early 1990s and during this period, popular comics easily sold more than million copies over the course of its shelf life of several television (children's television values are being raised all the time. According to recent report, weeks. India's once-flourishing channels) and the gaming industry, time. Just recently we are seeing the world’s largest players like comic industry was in sharp but again its gaining sheen. more Indian writers choosing to Walt Disney, Warner Brothers and decline because of increasing India has some of the best write for this genre and we are Dreamworks are in the process of competition from satellite artists in the world. Production getting better and better all the establishing a presence in India, 14

them. On asking about the status the broken distribution setup in the of English language vs other near future.” Indian languages, he replied According to Jason Quinn, “English, Bengali and Hindi are creative content head at Campfire heaving maximum sale in the ratio Graphic Novels, the market is of 30%, 10%, 50%, and 10% in growing all the time. Over the last regional language.” four years interest in the whole On asking about the response genre of graphic novels has really and demand of comics and opened up in India. Adding more graphic novels in India, he replied to it, he said, “In fact, I would “Choose the fun oriented comics/books based on not only fun but with affirmation, “Diamondsay over the last twelve months also on education and Indian culture, religion and heritage.” Comics has maintained the we have seen big changes and –Gulshan Rai accelerating sale and still we are graphic novels are now well on the “Comics really help foster a reading habit in children. I am a living maintaining this grace of sales in way from being a niche market in proof of that and because of that I obviously am hooked on to this field and we sell over 2.5 Lac India to being a mainstay of the comics but I love books in general as well.” comics every month and MRP mainstream publishing industry.” –Jatin Varma varies from Rs. 30 to Rs. 250.” Diamond comics are being “Children need good, exciting and interesting books just as much While, Jatin Varma, founder, exported to Bangladesh. And as anyone else. Also, don’t be quick to shoot down people for ComiCon India, adds, “In my he feels that Indian comics reading comic books. Just remember that pictures really can paint a opinion it’s certainly on the rise, I have much bigger sale than the thousand words and these books will remain with your child or your student a lifetime.” feel the boost given by films and foreign comic sales in India. – Jason Quinn popular television series around The production quality of Indian international characters, has comics is equivalent to the to tap the local market as well as availability and credibility has certainly increased the readers’ foreign quality. On talking about to build a low cost, high quality made it an undisputed leader in curiosity to reconnect with comics. digitization he added, “We have production base. the field of quality comic-literature This provides a great opportunity digitized over 2,000 comics in all Diamond Comics, India's with loving characters including for Indian content creators to languages and these are available largest selling comics is being Chacha Chaudhary, Billoo, Channi push their books as well. Sales on all the platform of E-sellers published in almost all Indian Chachi, Chotu Lambu, Pinki etc. of comics at all our ComiCon and M-sellers and we are languages, it has attained an According to Gulshan Rai, MD, events are great, however, on the converting them regularly. Due to unmatched reach to every Diamond Comics, the trade comic flipside the broken distribution digitization the sale in print media corner of India.. It's unmatched and graphic book publishing system in India lets down a lot of is also increasing everyday.” quality, uniqueness, affordability, market in India is really big for upcoming publishers to get their Jatin is really positive about comic books to readers. That is the comics’ industry talent pool, a major stumbling block to all according to him, “We certainly publishers out there. Online retail have no dearth of talent. Our quality has certainly helped, but I hope we has certainly come up, but there is are able to find a solution to fixing certainly scope of improvement.”

Seminar on Emerging Trends in Book Publishing n February 21, FICCI and API are organizing a seminar on Emerging Trends in Book Publishing: New Models for the Market Oat FICCI, Federation House, New Delhi. The seminar will bring together experts from different publishing verticals to share, discuss and debate emerging trends in book publishing. Key highlights would include emergence of new distribution models in book publishing, technology in education and the future of Indian publishing: author’s perspective. Debashis Sarkar wins the coveted 2014 Philip Crosby ublished by one of the leading publishing houses, Westland Ltd, Debashis Sarkar’s book Lessons in Lean Management has won Pthe prestigious 2014 Philip Crosby Medal in the US. Debashis Sarkar is the recipient of the Philip Crosby Medal for authoring a distinguished book in the space of quality management. This is world’s most esteemed award in this space. The award will be given out in May 2014 in Dallas in the USA. This book provides a roadmap on how to embrace, improve and profit from Lean. It has the capacity to revolutionize both your business and your bottom- line. The book also provides first-of-their-kind tools which have been pioneered by the author and can come handy in any operational excellence endeavour. Debashis Sarkar is today considered among the world’s leading quality practitioners whose work in the space of lean thinking and customer performance improvement has been taken notice by the world. He is a global authority on Lean Management and his work in the space has been adopted by improvement practitioners across the world. He is credited to have pioneered the adoption of lean management practices by service industry just not in Asia but world over. 15

My house is a second home to Himalayan birds and monkeys. During my days in hills, I came ‘My words are my world’ closer to nature and when I came to live up here in the mountains - says magical wordsmith – Padma Bhushan Ruskin Bond that nature began to play a greater part in my stories and ‘Any form of writing which comes straight from the heart without any writing. If I am writing, I am actually studying nature. I still prejudices or intentions to please others becomes timeless’… is a suc- love to explore flora and fauna in cess secret in Ruskin Bond’s world, who had written his first novel hills. - The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen, and even after 55 SD: Now young readers have years, it has never been out of print. Smita Dwivedi (SD) in conversa- many alternatives to books, how can we keep them close to tion with him discovers his views on hills, trains, ghosts, nature, ani- books? mals and romance, which are indispensable part of all his writings… Ruskin: The only way is to read books yourself. Once parents and beyond. Excerpts. have this habit of reading and buying books, kids will naturally uskin Bond has been SD: Tell us something about pick up books to read. When I recently conferred with yourself as a person? was younger, we didn't have any RPadma Bhuhan award. Ruskin: Well! It is impossible publishers, especially for children's He is an Indian author of for me to describe myself books, there was a void. As British descent , who was born without books. They are my first someone who has grown up in Kasauli, and spent most of love, besides I love nature and passionately wanting to be his growing up years in Shimla, Indian food. Hills have always a writer, there is a sense of Dehradun, Jamnagar, Mussourie mesmerized me, so I chose “Queen responsibility you feel towards and London. He started writing of Hills” to be my abode, way your readers. So we should always early and when he was all of back in 1960, when it was not promote books to kids. 17, he wrote his first novel, The invaded by commercialization. I Room on the Roof, which won the do not like today’s films, but I SD: What keeps you going, how do you get so many stories ideas? Ruskin Bond at Authors’ Corner Ruskin: My stories are “I have been writing since the past 60 years, since I was in school”, getting shorter as I am growing mused Ruskin Bond, the celebrated children’s writer. He was older (Laughs), now I am not speaking at an interactive session held at the Authors’ Corner — Ruskin Bond at Ratna Sagar stand writing much. But my keen ‘Conversations’ — in Hall 12. interest in people around me With an audience of over 200 people comprising both children and boarding school in Shimla. This is my sole inspiration to write adults, the Authors’ Corner was alive with questions being asked was the time in my life when since beginning. All my stories from the youngest reader to the oldest fan. Ruskin Bond answered books became my friends. The were actually derived from my all with a patience to match interjected with anecdotes, his friendship that happened by real life incidents. Some of experiences and humour. default so early in my life is still the adventures of Rusty I also On being asked by a young girl to give tips for being a good writer going strong. Moreover, all the enjoyed; there was The Night like him, he said that one should read a lot, keep writing and most seeds of my literary thought Train at Deoli where I used to important: never give up. Patience and perseverance is the key, he process were sown during my see a very attractive girl on the added. childhood. platform with a basket selling While talking the books he has written and the various genres he fruits; and there was also The has dabbled with, he said that he loved writing for children. SD: What inspired you to Room on the Roof where a young write? chap was dealing with his issues Ruskin: Actually Rudyard of adolescence. Perhaps, Our Kipling was an inspiration, but Trees Still Grow in Dehra was the there were several others like collection of short stories, which Bates, Maugham, Barrie to name I adapted from my childhood…I a few, who actually made me want beautifully imagined and crafted to write. Kipling of course has cameos of my family, friends, always been an inspiration. and various other people who SD: Who is your favorite left a lasting impression on author or a genre? me. So, very often stories Ruskin: I am a voracious emerge from little incidents. reader, I love to read. And it’s Sometimes, they are partly John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial do watch television. And I love to really difficult for me to single autobiographical, but when I sit Prize in 1957. He received the wander in mountains and watch out an author or a poet or a down to write, they run away from Sahitya Akademi Award for his birds and animals, I also try to genre. I am a lazy writer and I me and become fiction. short story collection, Our Trees converse with them. love writing short stories, but it is SD: Message to young Still Grow in Dehra. He was difficult to put all your thoughts awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 SD: You are most celebrated budding authors and children’s author. How was into one single story. As far as writers…. for contributions to children's genre goes 'ghost stories’ is my your childhood? Ruskin: “Well we have literature. He has written over favorite. 500 short stories, essays, poems, Ruskin: I had a lonely lot of writers now, we need novels and children books etc. childhood. My father died when SD: Are you an animal lover more readers” (Laughs aloud). Today, he is enjoying a stress- I was eight or nine and my as there so many birds and Be good and do good, you will get free life in the lap of nature at parents were already separated. animals in your stories? success. Read more to write more. Landour with his adopted and For schooling, I was sent to a Ruskin: Yes, I am a big-time (Based on an interview by extended family. animal lover, I always had pets. AABP a while ago.) 16 Through the lens...

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In this edition of the New NDWBF this advanced books Delhi World Book Fair, NBT’s e-book year include on computer will be launched on 17 Feburary 2014 at certain special science, a function to be held at Seminar Hall 1, sections on engineering Hall No. 8, Pragati Maidan. Shri Pallam children’s books, and other Raju, Hon’ble Minister for HRD, Govt. of learning toys for technical books, India is to launch the first e-book. kids and ‘live’ we bring out An apex body established by the teaching sessions.” some attractive Government of India in 1957 to cultivate - Madan Singh Bisht, senior titles on tutorials for competitive the reading habit and promote book branch manager, S. Chand & examinations like railways, culture, NBT publishes books in 18 major Company Pvt Ltd banking and others which we find Indian languages as well as other minor “One reason visitors taking keen interest.” languages. Now NBT is entering into the which makes me – Raza Khan, vice president- e-book format to cater to the needs of tech-savvy audience. feel happy about publishing, higher education, Within the next few months, NBT’s e-books and animated children’s this book fair Vikas Publishing House books will be available for purchase and download on the Trust's app this year is the “What we are showcasing here and e-book store. As part of this digital initiative, NBT’s digital books show schedule are predominantly of books will be available on various operating systems and devices. After installing the app, users can register their profiles and make which comprises on spiritual purchases from the NBT catalog using debit cards, credit cards and two Saturdays teaching online banking. All purchased eBooks are securely stored on NBT cloud and two written by infrastructure and can be re-downloaded or used simultaneously on up Sundays. We can pull students and well-known to four devices using the same user-id and password. working professionals on these four Japanese The digital solutions are being implemented and maintained for holidays.” author, Ryoko NBT by leading digital content solutions provider, Ninestars Information - G Radhakrishnan Nair, sr Okawa. Most Technologies Ltd. executive-publishing, IK of our books International Publishing House are in English, “We use this fair as a platform to but some are stage our new range of titles such now translated into Hindi for the as Education convenience of Indian readers.” as Freedom – Yoshihiro Mori of Positive translated Future Learning by Subransu “We use Maitra, NDWBF as Arunachal a strategic by Peter Van platform Ham and just where we can introduced introduce Security, Governance and our range of Democratic Rights – Essays on books covering the North East edited by KS subjects of Subramanian. And we announce all kinds. 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Quiz competition Auditorium II, Hall No 18 1.45 pm Ltd, New Delhi How to Publish with Poland 12 Noon to On Polish books for adults and children and co-financing of the Discussion Auditorium – III, Hall No 18 Amazon Sellers, Bengaluru 15.00- 16.00: translation of Polish books in India 1.45 pm by Magdalena Dębowska (polishrights.com), Jadwiga Jędryas (Two 2.00 pm to Om Books Nternational, New Book Release Auditorium I, Hall No 14 Sisters publishing) and Elżbieta Kalinowska (the Polish Book Institute) 3.45 pm Delhi 2.00 pm to Bharatiya Jnanpith, Book Release Auditorium II, Hall No 18 Launch of Olga Tokarczuk’s ‘Wardrobe’ and Andrzej Stasiuk’s ‘Tales of 3.45 pm New Delhi Galicia’ in Hindi 17.00 -18.00: 2.00 pm to with Olga Tokarczuk, the publisher Rajkamal Prakashan, the translators Discussion Auditorium – III, Hall No 18 Amazon Sellers, Bengaluru Maria Skakuj Puri and Monika Browarczyk 3.45 pm 4.00 pm to Book Release Auditorium I, Hall No 14 Adar Prakashan, Panchkul Theme Pavilion, Hall No. 7E 5.45 pm 5.00 pm to Tribute to Farooq Auditorium (First Floor), Kathasagara: Celebrating Children's Literature NBT, India 6.00 pm Shaikh Hall No 7 Pre–Lunch Post–Lunch Kathasagara Evening 4.00 pm to Symposium on Royal Embassy Of (11.00 am to 1.00 pm) (2.00 pm to 4.30 pm) (5.30 pm to 7.00 pm) Auditorium II, Hall No 18 5.45 pm Saudi-Indo Culture Saudi Arabia, New Delhi  11.00 am to 1.00 pm:  2.00 pm to 3.00 pm: Talk  Children’s Interaction with 4.00 pm to Illustrating is Fun! A on Science Communication for an Author-Illustrator duo: Discussion Auditorium – III, Hall No 18 Amazon Sellers, Bengaluru 5.45 pm Workshop with Tiril Children/ Jadu Nahin Yah Vigyan Hai Sher Jung Garg (Author) and 06.00 pm Valeur (Norwegian (Vigyan Prasar, AWIC, Debashish Deb (Illustrator) Book Release Auditorium I, Hall No 14 Vitasta Publishing Company Author/Illustrator) Department of Adult Continuing to 7.45 pm (A&A Book Trust) Education & Extension) 6.00 pm to Taxmann Publication Pvt. Book Release Auditorium II, Hall No 18  11.45 am: Release of  3.00 pm to 4.30 pm: Panel 7.45 pm Ltd, New Delhi the Book ‘The Good Discussion on Issues in 6.00 pm to Books Guide’ by Contemporary Indian Children’s Discussion Auditorium – III, Hall No 18 Amazon Sellers, Bengaluru Dr.M.M.Pallam Raju, Literature 7.45 pm Hon’ble Minister of (University of Delhi) HRD, Govt. of India  4.30 pm to 5.30 pm: (Embassy of Norway Counselling Session ys[kd eap ds dk;ZØe % gkWy Øekad 18 & NBT) (NBT, India) le; dk;ZØe vk;kstd  6.30 pm to 7.30 pm: Yaad Sheher: Vartika Nanda in conversation with Neelesh Mishra (NBT, India) 11 ls 12 cky lkfgR; ubZ pqukSfr;ka vkSj laHkkouk,a izdk’k euq banzizLFk izdk’ku * There will be Screening of Films on Shankar, Pulak Biswas and Harekrishna Devsare everyday in the evening cts rd dh iqLrd ij laokn] oDrk & cky Lo:i jkgh] ‘ksjtax xxZ] fnfod jes’k] jes’k rsyax] ;ksxsUnz nÙk ‘kekZ Kidz Bubble: Hall No. 7 12 %1 dgkfu;ka fj’rksa dh % cnyko le; d]s oDrk & jktdey izdk’ku 11.00 am to 12.00 noon Drawing Competition 12.00 noon to 1.00 pm Story Telling cts rd ukeoj flag] fiz;n’kZu] vYiuk feJ] ftrsUnz JhokLro Centre Stage Organised by NBT, India 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Extempore speech 1 ls 2 chloha lnh esa vacsMdj dk loky & rqylhjke] ctjax n[ky izdk’ku 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm Puzzle cts rd fcgkjh frokjh] lqHkk”k xkrkMs vkSj v’kksd ikaMs;0 ¼fnYyh½ 11.00 am to 12.00 noon Mosaic painting 12.00 noon to 1.00 pm Thread painting Organized by Macaw Books and NBT, Art Corner 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Leaf printing 2 ls 3 j?kquanu ‘kekZ dh dforkvksa ij laokn & eueksgu] veu b’kkjk India 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm Collage-making cts rd izeksn jkor] uhjt izdk’ku x`g 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm Wax resist painting ¼fnYyh½ Crafts Corner 11.00 am to 12.00 noon Mask-making 12.00 noon to 1.00 pm Waste recycling crafts 3 ls 4 lkr lqjksa ds chp* lquhrk cqf)jktk] iafMr tljkt] fganh egksRlo Organized by Macaw Books and NBT, 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Papier mache cts rd iafMr fcjtw egkjkt ls ¼vk;kstd & India 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm Origami ;rhUnz feJ dk laokn ok.kh izdk’ku@ 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm Leaf craft jk- iq- U;kl½ Creative Corner 11.00 am to 12.00 noon Story Telling 12.00 noon to 1.00 pm Paper Folding 4 ls 5 ¼lkfgfR;d i=dkfjrk dk orZeku ifjn`’; vkSj mEehn dh izLrqfr 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Clay Toys Organised by NBT, India cts rd mEehn½ oDrk & eSustj ikaMs;] eerk dkfy;k] ¼fnYyh½ 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm Drawing Competition yhyk/kj eaMyksbZ] vf[kys’k] ftrsUnz JhokLro 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm Fruit & Vegetable-Clay Fun Corner 11.00 am to 12.00 noon Paper Toys 5 ls 6 ledkyhu dFkk lkfgR; dk orZeku lkfgR; & latho] f'kYik;u 12.00 noon to 1.00 pm Flower Making cts rd iadt fc”V] vYiuk feJ] foosd feJ ¼fnYyh½ 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Best use of Waste Organized by SARD & NBT, India 6 ls 7 jaxdehZ vkSj flus dykdkj ih;w”k feJk ls ckrphr jktdey izdk’ku 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm String Puppet 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm Finger Puppets cts rd Authors' Corner: Reflections, Hall No. 10-11 7 ls 8 ys[kd ls fefy, & ofj”B lkfgR;dkj Mk- ujsUnz jk"Vªh; iqLrd cts rd dksgyh U;kl Time Author Organiser 11:30 to 12:30 Shuchi Naum Diamond Pocket Books Sahitya Manch: Hall No. 8 12:30 to 1:30 Ziya us Salam Om Books International Time Event Organiser 1:30 to 2:30 Vinod Nair Om Books International 3:00 to 4:00 Amit Shankar, Joygopal Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd. NORTH-EAST AND NORTHERN POET’S MEET Poddar & Shwetabh Gangwar Poet/speakers: Kaustubh Moni Saikia, Binod Sahitya 2.00 p.m. to Basumatari, Vijay Verma, Desmond L. Kharmawphlang, 4:30 to 5:30 Arpita Das and Friederike Barakat German Book Office Akdemi & 6.00 p.m. MondiraGhosh, Robin S. Ngangom, Kailash Vajpeyi, 6:00 to 7:00 Rajiva Wijesinha Sri Lankan Embassy and NBT India Sefali Debbarma, Kshetri Rajen, Thailow Mog, Amarjeet NBT, India Kaunke, Tarsem, Ashar Hashmi. Desaj: Festival of Tribal and Folk Performing Arts of India Organised by Sangeet Natak Akademi & NBT, India SamanvaySangat: Samanvay: Lal Chowk (Near Hall No. 6) 6.00 pm onwards 6.15 p.m. to Prose/Poetry IHC Indian 7.15 p.m. Speakers: K. Satchidanandan, Sudhir Chandra, Mamta Languages’ Programme Performing Troupe Sagar, Brinda Bose Moderator: Giriraj Kiradoo Festival FAKIRI SONGS, West Bengal Nurul Islam Khan & Group, Nadia KALARI, Kerala Nithya Chaithanya Kalari, New Delhi Author's Corner: Conversations, Hall No. 125

MAMORE PUJA (JHUMAR), West Bengal Lok Chhanda Cultural Unit, West Bengal Time Author Organiser LEPCHA MUSIC, Sikkim Sonam Tshering Lepcha & Group, Kalimpong 12:00 to 1:00 Yashodhara Lal HarperCollins Publishers MAYUR BHANJ CHHAU, Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi Chhau Project, Baripada 2:00 to 3:00 Bina Kapoor Vishv Books Karan Lal Nat with Bhojpuri Natya Kala 3:30 to 4:30 Biswaroop Roy Chowdhary Diamond Pocket Books HIRNI BIRNI KI KATHA, Bihar Parishad, Bihar 5:00 to 6:00 Musharraf Alam Zauqi Alami Urdu Media Trust GOND TRIBAL DANCE, Andhra Pradesh Bharat Folk Arts Academy, Hyderabad 6:30 to 7:30 Neelesh Misra Vani Prakashan