New Delhi World Book Fair-2020 began at Pragati Maidan in the national capital today. Inaugurating the nine-day fair, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that literature is people’s greatest friend. He said the New Delhi World Book Fair is Asia’s largest book fair in which more than 600 publishers are taking part.
The Minister further said, India has been the Vishwa Guru and the whole world has learnt from India. He said the world is facing the threat of terrorism and there is a need to follow Gandhiji’s ideas of truth and non-violence.
The minister also said that as part of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations, the theme of this fair is Gandhi: The Writers’ Writer. The theme underscores the influence of Gandhi on Indian literature and some major authors of India and abroad and also brings into focus the aspects of Gandhi as a writer, editor, journalist, publisher, printer, a mass communicator par excellence.
Eminent Gandhian Prof. Girishwar Misra was the guest of honour at the opening ceremony.
The fair will be open to the public daily from 11 A.M. to 8 P.M. Other features of the fair will include – Theme Pavilion, Authors’ Corner, Seminars, Braille Books, Children’s Pavilion and Foreign Countries’ Pavilion.
The book fair will run until the 12th of January.
