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Annual Subscription Rs 5.00; 50 paise per copy February 2015 • Vol 33 No. 2 Contents New Delhi World Book Fair 2015 Suryodaya: Emerging Voices from KEY FEATURES Northeast India 3 Guest of Honour Country Cuttack BPC Inaugurated 3 Indore Book Fair 4 Kannada Books Released 4 Singapore is the Guest of Honour Country Book on Food Security at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2015. Launched As part of its presentation, Singapore 5 will participate with a large delegation of Cuttack Book Fair publishers, writers and scholars. Besides, an 6 exhibition of some its recent publications, NBT Publications of the Month the special Singapore Pavilion will host 7 a number of panel discussions, writers’ Books Received meets, business round tables and cultural 7 elhi in February. With a weather that programmes. Adieu Dis simply pleasant, the city wakes up 8 to the first murmers of an approaching Focus Country spring. It is also the time when it hosts one of the most happening book events in ICK OF THE ONTH P M the world. The New Delhi World Book Fair. 14-22 February 2015, is a fortnight when publishers, authors, readers and all A first for New Delhi World Book Fair, those associated with the book industry the Focus Country programme is an converge at the exhibition grounds of initiative to facilitate dialogues, establish Pragati Maidan, to experience some of the relationships and boost trade between most exciting writings that have appeared Indian publishers and their foreign across the world, as well to hear the voices counterparts. This year South Korea is the behind these writings, and participate in Country of Focus. A select list of about conversations, discussions and workshops. 200 books published in Korea would be The Indian Publishing industry has the focus of attraction. Korea is known been registering a steady growth for the across the world for its high quality art last many decades. The New Delhi World and illustrated books for children. There Book Fair provides a unique business will be a special display of internationally opportunity of doing business with this awarded illustrated books and art works. growing book industry. It is also an ideal The books displayed will mostly be Care of Small Pets venue for promoting titles, co-publising children’s books and Manhwa (Comics), Geeta arrangements and facilitates exchange of contemporary literature and books on 978-81-237-7335-3; Rs 180 copyright. history, art and culture of Korea. The Korean presentation will also New Delhi Rights Table Children’s Pavilion include a delegation of ten representative contemporary writers who will be interacting with the visitors, poetry reading sessions, discussion of contemporary Korean literature, demonstration of Hangul- the Korean Calligraphy and cultural programmes. Theme Programme A business conclave for trading content, the New Delhi Rights Table (NDRT) is now an important event for both Indian One of the most visited places at the Fair and foreign publishers. In its third is the Children’s Pavilion. Thousands edition, the NDRT offers B2B match of school children from schools visit making sessions between publishers in a the Children’s Pavilion, to participate refreshingly new business ambience. The in various activities like drawing unique format enables the participants to competitions, story telling sessions, skits, book their own Rights Table, meet each meet your favourite authors, discussions, other and present their products and ideas. etc. Besides, the Pavilion also showcases As the trading floor for content, the some of the best of recent publications for NDRT acts as facilitating platform to children from across the country. trade with some of the best contents from Separated by the chicken neck corridor India as well as from across the world. from the main land, the north eastern This year over 70 participants from India part of India is one of the most beautiful and abroad have registered for the Rights regions of the country. A land of diversity Table event. reflected in its peoples, languages, cultures and cuisines. Authors’ Corners This year the New Delhi World Book Fair will focus on writings that have emerged from the north eastern The NDWBF is organised by NBT part of India. Housed in a specially India. The ITPO is the co-organiser of the designed pavilion, the theme presentation, Fair. Doordarshan, Delhi Metro, Sahitya Suryodaya : Emerging voices from Northeast Akademi and BIG 92.7FM are the Event India, will bring to you a rich corpus of A book fair is not just a celebration of Partners. writings from the region. Besides, the books but rather at its heart it celebrates pavilion will also host a series of panel authors. The NDWBF hosts hundreds of discussions on various aspects of writings, authors, both established and emerging, films and history of the region as well as writing not only in English and Hindi performances. but also in Indian languages. This year Spread over an area of 36,000 sq.m. CEO Speak too some of the wellknown writers both with about 1500 participants, loads of popular and critically acclaimed will conversations and scores of discussions, engage in lively banters with the visitors. seminars, book releases, workshops, The coming together of both the author activities and cultural performances, the and audience makes conversations at the NDWBF promises to be a grand affair and Fair livelier. Now that you have heard your a treat for students, writers, booklovers and author, you can buy their books! those associated with the book industry. Among the key networking events is the Happy Reading! CEO Speak. Over 100 CEOs of various publishing houses and organisations in the book trade, come together to share and exchange ideas about Indian and International book trade. The event is organised over the Breakfast hosted by Chairman, NBT. 2 NBT NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2015 Suryodaya: Emerging Voices from Northeast India hink Northeast. And the first image strong sense of tradition, a rich legacy of Tthat flits to the mind’s eye is the folklore and a perceptive understanding of land that greets the first rays of the sun. today. A picture postcard collage of rivers, snow- Today, we take a leaf out of its literary capped peaks, verdant valleys and a mosaic diversity and invite you to the world of of multicultural India. A land that as much letters from this region. In presenting defines diversity as it is in turn defined Suryodaya: Emerging Voices from Northeast by it. A diversity that speaks through its India as a theme programme at the New peoples, languages, cultures and cuisines. Delhi World Book Fair 2015, the NBT And through its vibrant traditions of India will focus on a rich corpus of writings music, arts and performances, both oral from the region, the land and its peoples. and written. Also, the emergence of a host Come, wake to an intellectual spread of of writers and scholars and their writings is of our country but it also creates a vivid literary works, performances, workshops not only a part of the literary imagination and exciting literary landscape reflecting a and discussions. Cuttack BPC Inaugurated Utkal Sahitya Samaj, Cuttack. Dr. Bijayanand Singh, President, Utkal Sahitya Samaj and the Guest of Honor at the function expressed his deep sense of gratitude to NBT for the tremendous interest and The opening of the Cuttack Book enthusiasm it has address, Dr. M.A. Sikandar, Director, “Promotion Centre in Odisha is a red- shown in setting-up the BPC at Cuttack. NBT India focussed on the need of letter day for the readers of Cuttack because He told that it opened up a new chapter reading books and appealed for support many useful and essential books will now in the literary history of Odisha and and cooperation of the writers, translators be readily accessible at affordable prices,” expressed hope that it would be a centre of and publishers for the promotion and said Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra, Jnanpith attraction for the booklovers and add glory popularisation of NBT publications. More awardee poet and the former Chairman to the literary heritage of Utkal Sahitya importantly he added that it would not of NBT India. With the opening of this Samaj. only promote the NBT books but also act Centre, Dr Mahapatra felt that “NBT will Presiding over the function Prof as a literary hub to foster reading culture be playing an important role in carrying Dasarathi Das, noted critic of Odia throughout the state. Dr Sikandar was also its books to remote areas of the state”. literature, in his address praised the efforts felicitated by the Utkal Sahitya Samaj. He was inaugurating the Cuttack BPC of NBT in opening such an institution in Dr. Pramod Sar, Odia editor, NBT on 26 December 2014, at the premises of the state. “The culture and civilization of coordinated the function. a country can be known by the books it has produced. Books sharpen our vision, ennoble our mission, hone our imagination. He concluded his speech by saying that the opening of BPC at Cuttack is like the landing of the sacred Ganga on Odisha’s soil to purify our consciousness by a holy dip,” said Prof. Das. Earlier, in his welcome FEBRUARY 2015 NBT NEWSLETTER 3 Indore Book Fair book revolution is the need of Prof. Surendra Bihari Goswami, A the hour for reaching books Shri Kailash Pant, Ms Surbala, to every home,” said Ms Sumitra Dr Meenakshi Swami, Shri Vinay Mahajan, Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Jhelawat, Shri Gulab Sharma, Sabha. She was speaking at the Dr Satyanarayan Sattan, Prof. inauguration of Indore Book Fair. Suryaprakash Chaturvedi and Shri “We must make sure that we speak Sushil Joshi.