The sun is about to set, while the drops of winter falls off our mind, inauguration bell calls the book lovers of Arambagh sub-division in the playground of Arambagh High School where Hooghly district book fair is being held. Eminent Bengali novelist Abul Basar enkindles the lamp to get lights of knowledge to the children of wisdom this evening.
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| Naren Dey, MIC, Agriculture & Consumer Affairs |
In a thought provoking speech Naren Dey, MIC, Agriculture & Consumer Affairs expresses his deep concern over the increasing addiction of young generation to audio-visual entertainment instead of book reading. Unless the trend is somehow changed, our cultural future will be gloomy in near future, he opines. Prof. Sudarshan Roy Chowdhury, MIC, Higher Education requests people to pass their leisure times with books while addressing the dignified audience assembled to view the opening ceremony of the Arambagh Book Fair jointly initiated by the Raja Rammohun Library Foundation and the department of Library Services of the Government of West Bengal.
Sitting on a nicely decorated stage where cut outs of the great poet Rabindranath Tagore and scientist Prafulla Chandra Roy are garlanded as a tribute to their 150 years of birth, Abul Basar reveals the dynamic personality of Tagore which makes the listeners spell bound including Shakti Mohan Malik, MP; Binoy Dutta, MLA; Santasree Chatteree, Ex-MP; Mozammel Hosain, Karmadhakshya, Hooghly Zila Parishad; Gopal Kach, Chairman, Arambagh Municipality; Ashima Kundu, Sabhapati, Arambagh Panchayat Samity and others. A book of poems written with the mournful personal experience by Saraswati Bhin is unveiled here. Sub-divisional Magistrate Arindam Niyogi has also graced the occasion. Pradip Saha, Sabhadhipati, Hooghly Zila Parishad has presided over the entire ceremony.
It being a holiday, the commoners already come here in good number and start purchasing books from the stalls like National Book Trust, National Book Agency, Sahitya Academy, Anima Prakshani, Ebong Mushaera, Arambagh Times, Patra’s etc. In the evening of each date till 18 December, the visitors will experience many a good cultural programme presented mainly by the local artistes. Reported by: Bhaskar jyoti Bera.
