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Minister of HRD pledges bookshops across the country It was a glorious winter sun, warm and cheerful that welcomed the hundreds of students, visitors and other dignitaries to the inauguration of the New Delhi World Book Fair 2015. Books are the repositeries of our knowledge, culture and civilization. xpressing her extreme to travel widely and announced happiness at inaugurating her Ministry's plans to launch Ethe celebration of books an initiative called ‘Shodh Yatri’ Ms Smriti Zubin Irani, Hon’ble under which a five-member team Minister for HRD, Government of of youngsters, a writer and a India said, “Government changes historian would be set up for but not a nation’s culture or travelling to trace their roots, and civilzation. India is the civilization their findings would be published that gave the world the concept by the government in the form of of ‘Vasudaiva Kutumbakam’.” a book. Passionate about books and Later, Ms. Irani also reading, Ms Irani asked if inaugurated the Theme Pavilion, NDWBF during the last 40 years Singapore Pavilion and the has given birth to a writer and Korean Pavilion. She also visited wished that we should encourage the Children’s Pavilion. as many new writers as possible Shri Narendra Kohli, eminent Ms Smriti Zubin Irani, Hon’ble Minister for HRD, Government of India and thus support good writings. author and Guest of Honour at Extending her heartiest relationship and friendship encourage trade and cooperation the inaugural session, said, “I greetings to the Guest of Honour between India and Singapore.” between the countries. am not worried about the people Country, Singapore, she said, “The And with Republic of Korea as the Addressing the hundreds of who do not read because God honour awarded to Singapore also Focus Country, she expressed hope students who had gathered there, did not create all people to read, celebrate the 50 years of bilateral that this beginning would further the minister encouraged them but am worried for people who 2

Narendra Kohli Satyanarayan Mohanty

Lim Thuan Kuan Lee Joon-Gyu

J. S. Deepak A Sethumadhavan country and a young nation, there and Chairman, NBT, India, Dr M.A. Sikandar, Director, are diverse cultures and very said, “NDWBF today attracts NBT, India, thanked the minister distinct literatures. This is what participation from across the for being with the booklovers we are trying to showcase at the world. The fair’s strength, despite her busy schedule. He also Singapore Pavilion.” diversity and its vibrant nature is thanked all the dignitaries and “South Korea is known for a contribution of publishers and the publishers, stakeholders and Samsung, LG and Hyundai, but those associated with the book media and urged the visitors to we also have a 2,000-year-old trade.” make best use of the opportunity. connection when a young princess from India came to Korea and married a Korean king,” said M. A. Sikandar Mr Lee Joon-Gyu, Hon’ble want to read but have no access Ambassador of Republic of to books.” In this context, he Korea “My dream and objective said that NBT’s efforts were is to make the peoples of two noteworthy in particular to know countries the best of friends,” that it has opened bookshops he added. Mr Lee Joon-Gyu at Metro stations in Delhi. But observed that “Even though we he said, “There are hundreds of have had economic and trade railway stations where bookshops relations, but now with Korea as could be opened and books could the Focus Country at this fair, the be made available to readers.” relationship will be more through Even at airports, he observed, books and culture.” that only English and foreign Describing the present edition books are showcased but there of the fair as the biggest, Shri J.S. are no books in Indian languages. Deepak, C&MD of ITPO said that The minister in her address took the fair act as a gateway for new note of Kohli’s suggestion and ideas and knowledge. assured him that her ministry will In his observations, Shri approach the Railway and the Satyanarayan Mohanty, Secretary, Civil Aviation ministries to set up Higher Education, Ministry such book stalls. of HRD, Government of India, In his brief address, Mr Lim said that the New Delhi World Thuan Kuan, High Commissioner Book Fair is the meeting place of Singapore in India, said that of great minds and as well as an Singapore is proud and honoured opportunity to browse and buy to be the Guest Country. With books. He was also happy to note both the countries celebrating 50 that NBT, India has driven the years of diplomatic relations, it is New Delhi World Book Fair for an appropriate time to strengthen over four decades making it a people-to-people linkages between major international event today. the countries. Speaking on the Earlier in his address Shri presentation at the fair, he said, Sethumadhavan, eminent writer “Though Singapore is a small 3

Pabitra Rabha Theatre Group “Who is the writer of our destiny? What is this fate you have given us, O Hari?” hese few lines from their where they practise their performance portray a sense performance art and also Tof suffering imposed on cultivate food required them by their predicament and the for self-sustenance. After world around. Their performance the creation of Dapon, attempts to seek equality in life. Rabha started recruiting Except for their short stature, little people into Dapon, they can sing, dance, perform, use through a network of computer etc. Overall, they are friends and supporters equally proficient and skilled. who would inform him From the play titled ‘Kinu Kou’ about dwarfs being (What to Say?), an excerpt was about the trials and struggles that call me ‘sir’. And it hasn’t been mistreated in various places and screened and concluded by an they, as dwarfs, face in their day- that long.” spaces, often in small circuses. evocative live performance at the to-day lives. A graduate of National School “Give us space… Theme Pavillion at the New Delhi In the words of Akshay, one of Drama, Delhi, Pabitra Rabha Give us life… World Book fair, 2015. The play of the performers “The problem founded Dapon (meaning ‘mirror’ We are as well as you are”. they performed is based on the life came from outside, and it hurts in Assamese), an amateur theatre These are their words through of Akshay and his fellow actors inside,” he says, but “the same group based in his native Assam. which they seek respect and in the Dapon theatre group. It is people who used to mock me now They live together on a farmland equality of treatment. 4

Adajya & Face-to-face Shri Upendra Kushwaha with its Director inaugurates Children’s Pavilion creening of Asamiya film Adajya, and face-to-face with ’m delighted to see children, their presence always give me happiness Director Santwana Bardoloi was held in the evening at the and remind me of my childhood. Spending time with children is STheme Pavilion. It is a film based on Indira Goswami’s novel Ithe best moment for me. Children rejuvenate my spirits, said Shri Dontal Hatir Uwe Khowa Howdah (The Moth-eaten Howdah of the Upendra Kushwaha, Hon’ble Minister of State for Human Resource Tusker) about three widows of a Sattradars family. Because they are Development, while inaugurating the Children’s Pavilion at Hall No. 7, widows, social and Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. He urged children present on the occasion religious dictums are imposed on them, restricting freedom of any manner and depriving them of contact with anybody. The movie is about a young widow’s fight to atleast die as per her wish. The movie was followed by a lively discussion on the metaphorical and symbolic imagery of the movie. Many interesting questions came forward on the Sattradari system which seemed to be a feudal system and the miserable plight of the to read more and widows imposed by their own society. The audience and the director more books. Shri Upendra herself had a very interactive session. The movie seeks to question Kushwaha who spent whether in the context of women things have changed or is it still the a while in watching same like the movie which was set in the year 1940’s? performances of Director Santwana Bardoloi is a practising doctor and a renowned the children from stage art-director, actor and producer. This movie was awarded the various schools Rajat Kamal and also the Best Cinematography Award in 1997. of Delhi & NCR appreciated their presentations and also had a photo- session with children present on the occasion. On this occasion, The NBT Publications, Rahul and His Dream Bat and SR Nathan: 50 Stories of My Life, a memoir of the former two- term president of Singapore, were released. Mr Lim Thuan Kuan, High Commissioner of Singapore, Shri A Sethumadhavan, Chairman, and Dr M A Sikandar, Director, NBT were also present. Later, Shri Kushwaha also visited the the Theme Pavilion and Foreign Pavilion.

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Korea Pavilion @NDWBF ’15 Book releases! anhwa comics, books on History & Art, Korean literature, ooks by three young female authors were released at NDWBF. General books – all greet the visitors to the Focus Country Published by Omji Publishing House all three books are of first MSouth Korea’s pavilion in Hall 7. Curated panels on Korea’s ten Btime authors. These included – Confess it by Parul Sharma; well-known authors - Kim Young-ha, Shin Kyung-sook, Eun Heekyung, Daughter of a Drunkard Monk by Saumya Kaushik and Trisha by Yi Mun-yol, Lee Seung-U, Kyung-raN, Jo Jung-Rae, Hen Kang, Hwang Swagnika Roy. Son-yong and Hwang Sun-mi –alongwith their books are a major attraction at the Korean Pavilion.

Engrossing workshop on graphic novels hildren had fun at the Cinteractive workshop on ‘Make your own graphic novels’ with Lalit Kumar Sharma, organized by Campfire. Here, children were taught how to draw cartoons and make their own graphic novels.

Seven UNcommoners released @ Safexpress stall book by Ridhima Verma – Seven Uncommoners was Areleased on the first day of NDWBF. She started her career with a start-up in New York and since then admired the energy and drive of entrepreneurs… especially Indians, “India is a land of entrepreneurs, I am always fascinated by their lives, which culminated in this book,” she shared. Out of seven stories that she has selected, one is of Pawan Jain, chairman and MD, Safexpress Pvt Ltd, who was also seen at the launch, “Our association with books is long through logistics. But I am happy to be featured in this book as a success story,” he said. 6

Guest of honour country Singapore @ NDWBF elebrating the 50 years of diplomatic relationships between Singapore Cand India, Singapore is the Guest of Honour country at NDWBF. The Singapore Pavilion was abuzz with activities like Children’s Art Activity by Susanna Goho and David Liew, Visual and audio media presentation of Singapore Chinese poetry by Chow Teck Seng and Drawing words by David Liew Yong ShuHoong. 7 Can pleasure reading Eminent cricketer Virender Sehwag at NDWBF help uproot the social issues? Imagine a small girl child playing outside, who is lured by a stranger, and gets trapped! And then… a deep sense of despair t is a myth that sport persons are not interested in books. We are equally intrigued with them and read books regularly. will prevail. What she I Some of the sports people have even authored a few books. should have done to We also encourage our children to read books and newspapers, told Virender Shehwag, who has won million hearts with his protect herself better? various innings in cricket. To encourage sports with studies, Is it right to raise such Sehwag has established Sehwag International School, which is a leading day-cum-boarding school in Haryana. "We have a 23 acre eco- issues with the little Mudit Mohini friendly campus. and have at present 400 students. We do offer various sports facilities with dedicated coaches," he concluded. ones? Asks Mudit are led to come up with some Mohini, director of thought provoking answers,” Vishv Books. elaborates Mudit. Big FM 92.7 at “This short-story book and the show he above is the plot of one many more in the series, deal of a story book—Stranger with such problems and social isitors to the show at the Farm—for young issues such as road rage, bullying, applauded the Radio FM T gender bias, class divide without readers (5-7 years), which is V92.7 live at the show. The about a baby female lamb who narrating any horrible and ugly Radio jockey kept the ball rolling ventures in the wild alone and is experiences, thus, striking a with interesting anecdotes and caught by a wolf. balance between exposure and songs. As a children’s books publisher, childhood innocence,” she shares. it is important to continuously “We believe that education evaluate and contemplate is the only tool which can raising such issues appropriately transform the minds of future with children. There is no point generation and bring about a brooding on ‘What is happening positive social change. We feel to this world?’ “Instead, it is that the contemporary problems required to channelise all our and social issues can be uprooted anger and helplessness towards by sublimely tackling them with finding solutions—makingyoung children so that they grow children aware and get answers up to be more confident and to their doubts through stories. informed adults,” states Mudit. Surely enough, after reading the “We publish a wide variety story, children will internalise it; of books for children: school it may happen that they come textbooks and general books. across difficult situations in their Adhering to the curriculum everyday life and the young minds guidelines and not compromising with the academic quality of the contents, in our school textbooks we subtly highlight the social issue like a child’s behavior with his/ her househelp, or with differently- abled, elders and opposite gender. We regularly meet teachers and parents to find out various problems faced by children. Then together as a team (our eminent authors, editorial and our design team) we brainstorm and try to find best possible solutions, tells Bhavna Saxena, editorial head of Vishv Books. “Our objective is that these issues should be tackled in a fun and interesting yet thought provoking manner, so that the young reader is not discouraged, fearful or burdened but imbibes the life skills and values imparted Vishv Books stand at NDWBF by books,” reiterates Mudit. 8 E-publishing: effectively complementing the printed word Pre-media service providers, an integral part of the publishing industry, across the country are offering high-quality pre-media services to publishers across the globe. Here’s more on this industry segment and trends within. At NDWBF '15, Hall 14 provides a podium for a group of e-book publishers. re-media is the term that due to good quality, timely is used in the design, delivery and of course low rates. Pcreative and publishing These pre-media service providers industries for the processes and offer and supply ready-to-publish procedures that occur between files developed on industry- the conception of original artwork standard software, delivered and the manufacturing of final on the platform of choice output channel. It is a process and ensuring that the client’s that combines creative art and requirements are met. Macmillan Education stand in Hall 14 technology to communicate the These service providers also final message to a consumer. work on e-books, e-learning revenues from developed technology yet. Some have A lot of pre-media service solutions, etc. On an average markets and are forecasted to opted for hybrid learning which providers in India have emerged e-books are 30 percent of be 10 percent of revenues in includes use of AV and laptops developing markets like India in classrooms with some online “We produce more than 8,000 with the growth anticipated learning. titles a year and all these titles to be three-fold. There are This has opened up new are available in e-formats,” early signs that e-books are avenues for publishers who, in says S Kamlesh Kumar, regional going to make a big impact turn, are utilising the services of manager, Books North, Springer in the Indian sub-continent such pre-media service providers, (India). He adds that ever since in the coming years. Flipkart, instead of investing on their own their engagement in e-books, India’s largest e-commerce in this field. In fact, India is a hub around one lakh and ninety- company and BookGanga have for such pre-media services and thousand titles have been converted into the soft formats. already ventured into e-book almost every other such service infrastructure space, selling provider is working for global e-books in India. Penguin India companies. “Infact, India has 80 has also released e-books by percent of the global pre-media Indian authors. Readers in business as a country, which may India can purchase e-books amount to $4 billion worth of from any of these retailers at business,” tells Vinay K Singh, international prices – Amazon, executive director, Thomson Apple, Kobo and Google, Digital, a division of Thomson Gardners, Sony, OLF, Apabi, Go Press (India) Ltd. Spoken/Mobcast, OverDrive, What makes India a preferred eBooks.com, IGroup and Baker destination? What is the total & Taylor. expanse of this business and In 2015, Asia will account what are the opportunities and for the second highest challenges in this segment? e-learning expenditures after North America which has Publishing industry till now shown a growth rate today… of around 10 percent in this “Growth in digital media has segment. In India, the e-learning revolutionised the world and of market is growing at a rate course the publishing industry. of almost 20 percent. Higher Authors looking for publishers education e-learning is major now have the option of self market revenue generator publishing. The publishing industry in e-learning industry today. is experiencing a paradigm shift. Right from playschools to The recent statistics related to universities, everybody is trying digital books sale and purchase, to compliment their traditional e-readers, tablets and e-book classroom training with some lending, etc. reveal that there is sort of e-learning courses as a boom in the e-books domain. well. However not all schools The rise in the sale of e-books and colleges are open to this is having a dramatic effect on

One of the newly released reference modules, which provide access to thousands of peer-reviewed texts, from Elsevier is an attraction at their stand in Hall 14. “Ranging from Biotechnology, Toxicology, Physiology and many other subjects, we continuously update these reference modules,” mentions Shweta Sethi, S&T Book, Elsevier. 9 the sale of print books,” tells forwarding and copying of the Meritnation.com, a division of naukri. Nitasha Malhotra, e-sales and e-book formats. Also there are com, is provider of reading materials marketing manager, Realty some people who advocate that for students from its website. “All the Pre-Media Service Pvt Ltd, Pune. nothing can substitute for the look contents on the website are based on CBSE Syllabus and we aim to help Pros and cons of going and feel and smell of a real book. And of course the digital books students who miss classes or doubtful digital…. need a suitable device/platform in classroom lectures,” exclaims Kumar “E-book sales do not for reading unlike the print book K Rai, manager, event, maritnation.com involve any overhead cost to the which can be read by anyone publishers/authors as compared who knows the language,” said Yet another e-resource exhibitor to the print books which involve Nitasha as a matter of fact. in Hall 14 is Datanet India, a cost of printing, binding, storing Limca Book of Records holder, and distribution. Another added Publishers on e-books… for being the largest provider The publishers were initially advantage is the possibility to add of online data socio-economic reluctant as they were not sure of interactivity in the digital version data. “Our websites provide all two things, whether e-books will of the books and make reading geographical info on districts, sell? And whether the e-books more engaging for the readers. states, towns and other related will be secure and free from E-books run over variety of devices subjects in statistical e-books,” piracy? But now the situation – tablets, mobiles, e-readers, etc. asserts, Bhupendra Singh, has changed. “Publishers do Tablet devices (iPad, Kindle Fire, manager-marketing & subscription, Datanet India. Galaxy Tab) have played a vital role not want to stay away from this in interactive children e-books,” revolution and reap the benefits E-learning: a growing helps to increase the presence of earning more revenue at low shared Nitasha. segment and hence sales of the book," told Many publishers are struggling added cost. Also readers now are Nitasha. more interested in digital formats E-learning as an industry is with adopting new processes that in the midst of massive growth. fit with their existing processes as the penetration of devices has Challenges faced… “With the cost of implementing The content services industry and deliverables. “Content is increased considerably,” added e-learning tools falling and is very competitive, with numerous now available in many different Nitasha. increase in demand for such new companies coming into the formats, depending on publisher “There are major disparities courses, more and more schools, space, increasing operational costs uptake of new technologies. in how publishers are dealing colleges, universities have added for suppliers and a continued Customers are confused about with recent technology changes. online courses and distance reduction in profit margins as why they can’t get the content Many are experimenting with learning to their programmes. customers look for the very best they want in all the ways they new models and deliverables e-learning has led to development pricing. want it. The publishing industry on a limited basis, while others of classes without boundaries and “Availability of free is at an inflection point and most are adopting a ‘wait and see’ walls. The students are benefited conversion tool and lack of publishers seem to be looking approach and not changing as the cost of such programmes awareness are the two key to the market to make a strong much at all. In the meantime, is considerably low. At the same challenges that we face today. direct statement about the new companies are stepping in time, the lecturers, presenters, Many publishers believe that direction they should take with to fill the gap between existing publishing processes and etc are also compensated for the freely available conversion outputs with products that their knowledge and skills due tools should work equally for are born-digital,” shared to large participation. Use of them and convert their books Ajay Srivastava, managing videos, audios, animations make to e-book formats without director, vPrompt eServices. learning fun and effective for the any error. We have to educate In 2013, somewhere students,” shared Nitasha. the publishers about the between a fifth and a third Publishers have also taken shortcoming of such tools as of book publishing revenue advantage of this new trend they do not produce professional in the US came from the and are getting their education e-book formats and the styling sale of e-books. Till 2013, content adapted/developed to of the book is often messed there was a growth in suit this trend. Due to the limited up. The e-books so produced their products and processes this number as more and more knowledge regarding the array of are rejected by Apple and instead of taking the lead,” told publishers were getting their features and formats available in other platforms due to invalid Ameet Chauhaan- president and backlist converted. But now this digital publishing, publishers need characters,” told Nitasha. CEO, vPrompt eServices. figure seems to be stagnated. Now the services of some specialised Business… At the same time, the publishers, authors, etc will not digital solution providers and Most of the business comes publishers/authors have to part hesitate to continue experimenting consultants. from international publishers with their revenue as commission with new kind of content.” The Standing out from the though the domestic publishers to the aggregators like Apple, recent development in digital have now started taking interest. Amazon, etc. “These platforms publishing is augmented reality crowd… Approximately 90 percent of not only provide them with a for print books. By means of But the question is - how pre-media business comes from popular distribution channel this technology, one can add an can publishers ensure that their territories across the globe but also provide technology that amazing experience to the print books are discovered in the (excluding India) with major prevents unauthorised sharing, books,” told Nitasha. online environment where shelf chunk coming from US and UK. space is infinite and titles huge? Though the e-book market is “A properly entered metadata Kolkata-based Learning Spiral is still in its infancy stage in India helps in fruitful search of the one-stop-solution provider of digi- and may have some teething book on popular search engines. content publishing solutions, be it problems also, like low e-reader Just converting to e-book and e-book designs and production, digital adoption and penetration rate, uploading it to stores online illustrations, XML conversion, and low internet penetration rate more. “In today’s digital world, the may not lead to its sales and and e-commerce transactions, Indian book publishing market is now popularity. One has to reach out etc. With a huge population, a literacy rate of 75 percent and also picking up aggressively towards the masses and the best way to growing and a steady growth of e-world. Our aim is to provide tightly integrated technology to meet do so is use internet to market infrastructure, domestic market ever growing demands in this domain,” says Ramen Saha, SBU head, your book(s). Use of social media of India is definitely going to be a digital publishing & archiving, Learning Spiral. marketing services in order to reach out to your target audiences huge digital publishing market. Hall 8, 9, 10 and 11

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Hall 14 12 “My interest in India has become a lifelong passion, which is now nurtured through books and radio” says Sir Mark Tully, a British writer, author, former bureau chief of BBC, journalist and an expert on India.

ir William Mark Tully, higher education at age of nine. I started enjoying books lately. popularly known as Mark And later when he joined the But, now I read quite a lot. I STully was a household name BBC in 1964, he again moved don’t use any devices to read in most of India for his quality back to India in 1965 to work book, I love hard copies. I even commentaries about happenings as the India correspondent. write forewords for lot of books. in India for many years….way Since 1994 he has been working So, I have to read a lot. My keen back in 1970s. Former bureau as a freelance journalist and interest in spirituality and religion chief of BBC, New Delhi, he held broadcaster based in New Delhi. keeps me busy reading and buying the position for 20 years. Tully He is currently the regular many books to read.” was awarded the Padmashree in presenter of the weekly BBC Being an author! 1992 and in 2005 he received Radio 4 programme Something Tully's first book on India the Padma Bhushan. Here Smita Understood. Amritsar: Mrs Gandhi's Last Dwivedi discovers his eternal love In companionship Battle was published in the Sir William Mark Tully for India & Indian things; radio; with books! year 1985, co-authored with I was covering on Something his reasons for continuing living in his colleague in BBC Delhi, India and why ink & paper books According to Tully, one must Understood. And that’s how it be an avid reader first, before Satish Jacob. His other works came about.” will always charm intellectuals. Raj to Rajiv: 40 Years of Indian Tully was born in Tollygunge, being an author or writer. On asking about his journey with Independence, co-authored with Loving India… British India in 1935 and spent Zareer Masani, The Heart of Tully’s love for India and early years of his childhood in books he added, “Unlike most of the people of my fraternity, India, India's Unending Journey, Indian is known world over. Most India before leaving country for India: The Road Ahead, An of his works are based on India. Investigation into The Lives of The books that he wrote on India Jesus, Mother, No Full Stops in share deep insight of a thoughtful India, etc. Sharing his experiences man without being judgmental about being an author, for so about customs, traditions, beliefs many years now, he added, “I and ways of India and its people. never wrote manuscripts in On asking about the same he short hand…I prefer expanded happily shared, “It’s my destiny form of writing. My first book to be in India and I have happily was fully complied on an old accepted it. I was born in India, in typewriter. And I have a privilege East Bengal, and spent nine to 10 of exploring virgin lands of India. years of my childhood here under I experienced entire India, which the British Raj. I always felt helped a lot in bringing out my peculiarly at home here. Almost subsequent books. I travelled all of My BBC career was spent all over with my partner Gillian here, so I do feel that it’s largely Wright.” that I am meant to be here. Telling Tales! And I have no plans to leave India as I am in love with the According to Tully, any country.” thought, expression or knowledge when put in words is an Message to all readers! inception of a new book, if taken Being a veteran, Tully shared seriously. “I have been making separate messages for publishers, a programme for BBC Radio 4 authors and readers. To book called Something Understood. publishing fraternity, he appealed, I make 30 such episodes a year, “I wish more of the books in the which are made in batches of Indian languages were translated six. I make three in India and the into English as there is some rest in the UK. It’s a discussion wonderful stuff. I feel that about matters, such as philosophy, nowadays everybody is writing poetry, religion, all sorts of things, a book. It seems funny to me, but less in the rational field and I believe that one should never more in the intuition field. So, I write a book, if there’s no reason am writing something every day,” he added. to write it.” And sharing a story about And for readers, he added, his last published book titled “Buy more books and read more Non-Stop India, he said, “A very books as there is no substitute to talented editor came to see me good books. And charm of holding and said she was interested in a book in hand and smell of ink my programme and asked me to and paper will always augment write a book about the subjects the process of book reading.”

14 Women In Publishing work is reflected in my publishing “There are consistently good work.” On JLF… On asking about genesis of JLF, writers in Indian literature,” which began in 2006, she shared, “It was a self born phenomenon… –says Namita Gokhale, author, publisher and director Jaipur Lit Fest in beginning we had small audience of 40 people. We invited 18 people multifaceted personality, a passionate publisher and one to speak, out of which two dropped Namita Gokhale has been of the founding members of the out. So, we had to get emergency Aassociated with Indian Jaipur Literature Festival. Donning replacements. Even then, it was a publishing for around four decades. many hats, she has proved that brilliant and beautiful festival… She is one of the stalwarts, who passion for books and literature but that particular intimacy has are working hard to make Indian has infinite potential. “Unless I am been lost over the years. The regional literature accessible to multitasking, am incomplete…just greatest thing about JLF is the everyone. Smita Dwivedi discovers like a jigsaw puzzle, which is in the quality of audience. From Nobel her unwavering urge to follow process of assembled. So, rushing laureates to local language writers, cross-currents…everlasting affair about in different directions has Man Booker Prize winners to with books and multitasking…of become a part of my personality. debut novelists, every January course in the field of literature. I do believe that as we grow older, the most remarkable, witty, Up till now Namita has written six we slow down a little; but I wish sensitive and brilliant collection of novels, a collection of short stories, I could do fewer things with more authors come together for five and several works of nonfiction, all attention rather than more things days of readings, debates and in English. Her first novel -Paro: with less attention,” she shared. discussions at the beautiful Dreams of Passion, 1984, a satire Diggi Palace in Jaipur.” graduation and that was a turning on the Mumbai and Delhi elite Book Affaire “As clouds of buzzing creative point in my life. This led to the caused uproar due to its candid On asking about the inception energy gather around Jaipur, inception of a film magazine called sexual humour. Gods Graves and of this everlasting affair with readers from around the world Super, which successfully ran Grandmother - an ironic fable books and literature, she added, arrive for this annual pilgrimage, for eight years. And from here, I about street life in Delhi was “I always had a love for literature to attempt to make sense of our learnt to appreciate the power of adapted into a musical play. She and books; in my school days, multiple and changing worlds popular culture and learnt a lot was diagnosed with cancer when it was equally divided into love through the prism of literature. about publishing. That had really she was just thirty-five and her for books and arts and I wanted The Jaipur Yatra will continue to husband died a few years later. to be a painter. But life has its characterised most of the things that I did after that.” celebrate books and ideas, readers The experience of illness and loss own momentum and I became a and writers, in an open, joyous and can be seen in her later books, A literature student and sadly that Art of Literature! spontaneous space, and to uphold Himalayan Love Story, The Book aptitude for art totally withered. Publishing is Gokhale’s the spirit of democratic debate and of Shadows and Shakuntala, the Despite being a topper, I was other love. The Namita Gokhale dialogue,” she further added. Play of Memory. Namita is also held back in my third year in Editions, a signature imprint published in association with Roli On a Concluding Note! Books, introduced some notable According to Namita, curiosity titles including Rashna Imhasly is one of the greatest qualities in “SHOW DAILY” – official newsletter during New Delhi World Book human being and reading a well Fair 2015 – February 14-22, 2015, is jointly published by Director, Gandhy’s The Psychology of Love and Neelima Dalmia Adhar’s written book is a way to enter National Book Trust (NBT), India & All About Book Publishing another reality and expand one’s (ABP) and printed at Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd, Sahibabad. Biography of her Father, RK Dalmia. She has conducted two horizon. “Today, we are exposed to Editorial Team: NBT – Binny Kurian; Production – R Shahjahan. memorable writers’ retreats in so many types of narratives, be it films, TV or internet; still book is ABP – Varsha Verma, Smita Dwivedi, Jyaneswar Laishram, Shailendra Landour, with Roli Books, for unique in its own way. Reader has Kumar, Sunita Arora, H Pandey, Sanjeev Kumar. the Namita Gokhale editions. She is passionately committed to work hard to understand a good Disclaimer: The views expressed in the signed articles do not necessarily to showcasing and translating book, not just author,” she said. reflect the official views of the NBT and ABP. the best of Indian writing and Further asking about her engaging the vibrant Bhasha views on changes in publishing languages of the Indian sub- world, “As we grow older all continent in a creative dialogue changes look negative, it’s a state with each other and the rest of the of mind, I would rather look at world. She is one of the founder the positive changes. The greatest directors of Yatra Books which thing that has happened is the co-publishes with Penguin Books democratisation of publishing. in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and other Technology has made publishing Indian languages including English available to anybody who has in a ground breaking series. a voice and can share it. I Further explaining about her think self publishing is of great achievements, she added, “I believe importance and at the same time in deep roots in all that I do… the curator model has its own Like studying the subject with strengths. And they are not at all depth, at the same time believe contradictory to each other. It’s that unless it is accessible to the like cinema and TV…they both popular imagination, it loses a are complementing each other. very important dimension. I prefer Also, there are consistently good whimsical, marginalised voices writings in Indian literature. I wish and make them accessible to I could contribute to translate people who may not normally have across all Indian and international appreciated it. My interdisciplinary languages,” concluded Namita. 15 Through the lens... 16

Bringing Korea to India! Author's Corners his year South Korea is the Country of Focus, which is participating with a T12-member delegation led by Mr. Koh Young-soo, the president of Korean Publishers Association. A select list of about 200 books published in Korea would be the focus of attraction. The books displayed mostly are children’s books, comics, contemporary literature and books on history, art and culture of Korea. Mr Kim Kum Pyoung, Renate Reichstein, rights director of Verlagsgruppe A multilingual Rachna Path was organised by Director of Korean Cultural Center expressed Oetinger, the second largest publishing house of Sahitya Akademi during NDWBF 2015. This his happiness for South Korea being Focus children’s books in Germany; Judith Habermas, literary evening was chaired by Ganga Prasad rights director at DuMont Buchverlag based in Vimal. Authors and Poets present included Country at the Fair. He said that book lovers Colonge, Germany, Manuel Carcassone, the most Anupam Kumar (Assamese), Paul Lyngdoh will also get an opportunity to interact with famous French Publisher, Emma House, director (English), Upendra Kumar (Hindi), Gobind two million-seller authors of Korea. of Publisher Relations, The Publishers Association Basumatary (Bodo) and Amar Mudi (English). There was Korea traditional music ‘Gugak’ are discussing "Get Caught Reading: For non-Adults performance, which was loved by all. Also Only?", The discussion was chaired by Binny Kurian Indian students presented a warming musical of NBT, India.

A multi-language reading (Bahubhashi Pathan) organised by Sahitya Akademi at Sahitya Manch in Hall-8.

An interaction with the eminent author Shombit Sengupta at Authors’ Corner ‘Reflection’ in Hall-10 organised by Sage Publications.

symphony as well. At Korean Author’s Corner Divik Ramesh, formerly visiting professor (ICCR) Hankuk Uninversity of Foreign Studies Seoul, Korea discussed Kyung-Sook Shin’s work, Maa Ka Dhyan Rakhna (Please Look after Mom), organized by Korean Publishers Association. The evening concluded with Focus Country Korea’s Opening Reception organised by KPA and KCC. A discussion of panel of authors, bloggers and poets on the topic ‘Digital Yug Me Lekhan Ka Sach’ organised by Bhartiya Jananpith, Delhi at Lekhak Manch in Hall-12.

A discussion on the topic ‘Badalte Parivesh Me Sahitya ki Bhumika’ organised by NBT, India at Sahitya- Manch in Hall-8. 17

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