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The Delhi Weekend Book Bazaar wasinaugurated by Prof. Dinesh Singh,

Vice Chancellor of University of Delhi atSri Venkateswara College Grounds, SouthCampus. He said, “Books make adifference. We must understand thesignificance of books as they change thecourse of life.” Giving the example ofMahatma Gandhi he said, “when Gandhijiwas in South Africa he was not sure whichcourse of action he should take and afterreading the book Unto This Last by Ruskinhe came back to India and startedmovement for freedom.” He alsorequested educational institutions,universities and colleges to be part of suchBook Fairs.

Dr. Hemlatha Reddy, Principal of Sri

Venkateswara College who was the Guestof Honour on the occasion, said “Thereis enormous need of book bazaars. Youththese days do not read books apart fromtheir curriculum based books. The bookdisplay will help students to look atrecently published titles apart from theircurriculum based books. In this bookbazaar we will find many reader-friendlybooks and readers can enrich theircollection of books.”

Earlier, Shri M.A. Sikandar, Director,NBT welcomed the guests and referringto the results of the National YouthReadership Survey, said that reading habitsamong youth have increased. India hasbecome a knowledge hub and thepublishing industry has a pivotal role to

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play. He said that NBT is planning to enterthe e-book market. He also spoke aboutthe various activities of NBT to promotebooks and reading habit especially amongyouth and children. He invited peoplepresent on the occasion to participate inthe forthcoming 20th New Delhi WorldBook Fair to be held from 25th Februaryto 4th March 2012. Ms. Farida M. Naik,Joint Director(A&F), NBT also spoke onthe occasion.

Around 40 well known publishersparticipated in the three day extravaganzaheld from 4th November to 6thNovember 2011 and displayed a widerange of books, offering huge discountson books.

The first day of bazaar was filledwith festivity, fun and fervour as severalcultural programmes were organized byNBT where students from Gyan PrabhaSchool of Performance, Indirapuramand Vivekanand College, University of

Delhi participated. Aninstrumental performance onSarangi by well known artistsMd. Ayub and Ghulam Wariswas also held. During the day,a book quiz was alsoorganized by NBT in whichthe students of SriVenketaswara Collegeparticipated in large number.

On the second day, aninteractive discussion on the topic“Careers in Fashion” was organized inwhich well-known fashion designers andconsultants Ms. Ashima, Mr. Ajay Mehra,Mr. T.K. Hume and Ms. Garima interactedwith students who wish to pursue careerin fashion industry.

The evening of the second day of theBook Bazaar was dedicated to humour andentertainment. A session on Hindi SatireReading was organized presided over byDr. Narendra Kohli. Hindi writers whoparticipated include Shri Alok Puranik,

Shri Awinash Vachaspati, Shri PremJanmejay, Shri Harish Naval and Ms.Sarojini Preetam. The session focused oncurrent issues which enthralled the peoplepresent on the occasion.

A Session on Storytelling in Hindi wasconducted on the third day where writersin Hindi, Shri Uday Prakash, SahityaAkademi Award winner, Shri PratapSehgal, the recipient of Maithali Sharanaward, Shri Mahesh Darpan, well-knownauthor and journalist, and Ms AkanshaPare Keshav, feature editor of themagazine Outlook participated. Dr. GangaPrasad Vimal, well-known author,presided over the function.

NBT in association with KathakKendra, Ministry of Culture,Government of India, organized apresentation of Indian classical danceKathak by renowned artist Mulla Afsarand presentation of Indian classical musicon Tabla and Pakhawaj etc.

As part of the NationalBook Week celebrations,special book exhibitionswere also organised byNBT in and around 50schools in Delhi andNCR.

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number of revolutionary exiles like LalaHar Dayal. This book is a short history ofthe genesis and rise of the movement, itstransnational dimensions, romance ofpatriotism, limitations and illusions,tremendous sacrifices and its legacy thatinspired Bhagat Singh and otherrevolutionaries.

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Veteran freedomfighter K Madhavan(b. 26 August 1915)is the lone survivorwho participated inthe historical Saltand GuruvayoorSatyagrahas. Asteadfast Gandhianand later a staunchCommunist, who

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sphere of life, the book will serve as awakeup call to all patriotic forces to joinhands and protect the secular democraticfabric of our country.

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This collection oftwenty sciencefiction short storiesbrings to thereaders, for thefirst time in Englishtranslation, a timespecimen ofscience fictionwriting inAsamiya. With an

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A valuablecontribution to theunderstanding ofthe making ofIndian Diasporacommunity in theCaribbean Islands,I am a Dream to MyVillage is muchmore than anautobiography of an

individual’s accomplishments—it is anautobiography of the vagaries ofcolonialism; a life, culture and societyundergone unprecedented metamorphosis;struggle between identity and survival,between nightmare of the past and thedream of the future. But what comes outstrikingly is the hope in life, faith instruggle and sense of enduring will anddetermination. As the author puts it sovery tellingly: ‘Along my journey I haveexperienced human existence in all itsforms; from abject poverty to that of anilliterate and triumphed over thosevicissitudes and misfortunes with fortitudeand optimism.’

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A training course in Book publishingwas held in Chennai form 8-18

November 2011 in collaboration withNational Instructional Media Institute(NIMI) and the Book Sellers andPublishers’ Association of South India(BAPASI) at NIMI campus.

The course was inaugurated by Shri.Sashi Kumar, eminent media personalityand Chairman, Asian School ofJournalism. Speaking on the importanceof the written word, Shri Sashi Kumarsaid, “Writing democratised anddeheirarchised the society”. And as far astechnology is concerned, Shri Sashi Kumarsaid that it is bound to interpret new waysof reading and writing. And therefore, “Weare living in interesting times thinking ofwhat will the written word brings us”. He

Sircar, Ms. Indira Chandrashekhar, Ms.Subhashree Krishnaswamy, Shri. BalbirSingh, Shri. Kalyan Banerjee, Shri. K. S.Padmanaban, Shri. N. K. Bhattacharjeeand Shri. Bikram Das.

Shri. Ramakrishnan, eminent writerand Shri. Vijay Shankar, editor, Frontline,were the guests of honor at the valedictoryfunction. In his address Shri.Ramakrishnan talked about the pioneeringefforts of individuals whose diligence,enterprise and love for the written wordhad shaped Tamil publishing today. Ms.Farida, Joint Director, (Admn & Fin) NBTalso spoke on the occasion. Latercertificates were awarded to theparticipants.

The course was coordinated by Shri.Sumit Bhattacharjee, Asst. Director, NBT.

lauded the efforts of NBT in organisingsuch courses throughout the country.Others who spoke on the occasionincluded Mr. Chokkalingam, President,BAPASI and Mr. Manivannan, Director,NIMI.

About 45 participants were benefitedby the course in which various aspects of

publishing was discussed by eminentpublishing professionals. The facultyinculded Shri. Sridhar Balan, Ms. RadhikaMenon, Ms. Jyoti Pandalai, Ms. SudhaSatish, Dr. Jayaganesh, Dr. PazhaAdhyaman, Ms. Sandhya Rao, Ms.Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Shri.Radhakrishnan, Shri. ‘Crea’Ramakrishnan, Ms. Manisha, Ms.Vinutha Mallya, Shri. Tamojit Roy, Ms.Padmaja Anant, Shri. Subir Roy, Shri. PB O O K S R E C E I V E D

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This intellectualbiography of Tagoreportrays him as a manwho was deeply sceptical,self-critical, tormentedby conflicts in his ‘innerlife’, aware of thehistorical significance ofhis times and who

continually interacted with adversaries andfriends across the world; someone whobuilt on the heritage of the nineteenthcentury renaissance in India and becameone of the makers of the modern Indianmind.

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This volume throws lighton various questions:How did the BritichCommittee of the IndianNational Congress cameinto being? What were itsobjects and methods ofwork? What kind of arelationship it had with

the national organisation in India? Howdid the moderates and extremists view theBritish Committee? When and why theCommittee was disbanded? What wasCommittee’s contribution to the strugglefor Swaraj?

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This book is theunfolding of the spiritual‘rags to riches’ story of ayoung man from Kerala,who by sheer dedicationand sincerity, evolvedinto Sri ‘M’, a living yogi.In simple prose, Sri Mshares his fascinating

travels across the Himalayas and back,profound knowledge of Upanishadicphilosophy and deep spiritual insights bornout of his experiences, promising thereader a unique and thought provokingjourney.

As part of the National Book Weekcelebrations, the National Book Trust,

India in association with the PuadhiPunjabi Sath, Mohali organised a one-dayprogramme for children at Shivalik PublicSchool, Mohali, Punjab on 16 November2011.

The inaugural session was presidedover by Dr Dharampal Singhal. Thedignitaries present on the dais includedShri M.A. Sikandar, Director, NBT; DrBaldev Singh ‘Baddan’, Chief Editor &Joint Director, NBT; Shri D.S. Bedi,Director, Shivalik Public School; ShriSukhchain Singh Bhandari, Director,Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Akademi; DrKashmiri Lal Zakir, Vice-Chairman,Haryana Urdu Akademi; Shri ManmohanSingh Daun and Shri Sukhdev Madpuri.On this occasion, Puadhi Punjabi Sath,Mohali extended a special honour to ShriM.A. Sikandar, Director, NBT.

A book release function was also heldwhere eighteen titles in Punjabi forchildren, published by the NBT, werereleased. The released books were namely:Saheli, Ajube, Chatrai da Puraskar, Neem

Baba, Faisla ate Purab diyan HorKahaniyan, Baghiad da Nachna, Dard daRishta Ate aur Kahaniyan, Ki Hoya, Ravan,Nevla bhi Raja, Bulbul ate Munnu, Jungalde Dost, Gulle Awas, Pyara Dost, JeelaniBano diyan do Bal Kahaniyan, Amb WaliChidi, Bans da Ghar, and Choti Keedi diBaddi Dahwat. Dr Baljeet Singh presenteda paper on the books released.

The inauguration was followed by anexhibition of paintings by school childrenfrom eight different schools of Mohali.Later students enacted a playand danced to the tune ofbhangra. A Children’s KaviDarbar was also held where 25students from twelve differentschools participated andpresented their poems. This

programme concluded with children beinggiven books as prizes.

In the Meet-the-Author programme,Shri Sukhdev Madpuri and ShriManmohan Singh Daun, popular children’swriters, interacted with the children. APoet’s Meet was held later where SurjitMarjara, Manjeet Kaur Ambalwi, AtmaSingh Chitti, Darshan Banoor, KomalSingh, Mahendra Singh Manpuri, SiriramArsh, Daljeet Kaur Daun, Dr GurminderSiddhu, Dr Manjeet Indra, BaburamDiwana, Surendra Gill, Devinder Preet,Paramjeet Param, Surjeet Artist, BhagwanSingh Deepak and Shivnath.

NBT also organised a book exhibitionfrom 12 to 29 November 2011 at ShivalikPublic School, Mohali; Paragon SeniorSecondary School, Mohali; Ropar;Navashahar; Khanna and Sarhind.

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National Book Trust, India in associationwith Kendriya Punjabi Lekhak Sabhaorganised a programme in Punjabi Bhavanat Punjabi Akademi, Ludhiana on 23October 2011.

Three titles in Punjabi published by theNBT, India were released, namely SantSingh Sekhon diyan Chaunviyan kahaniyan,Santokh Singh Dheer diyan ChaunviyanKahaniyan and Sat Bharati Sant. Shri M.A.Sikandar, Director, NBT and spoke about

B O O K R E L E A S E F U N C T I O Nthe activities of the NBT. Dr Baldev Singh‘Baddan’, Chief Editor & Joint Director,NBT discussed the books released. Theothers who spoke on the occasion includedDr Chanchal Chauhan, Secretary, JanvadiLekhak Sangh and chief guest at thefunction, and Dr Dalip Kaur Tiwana,Saraswati Samman awardee. ShriSukhchain Singh Bhandari, Director,Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Akademi; DrGurbhajan Gill, Chairman, PunjabiSahitya Akademi; Dr Tejwant SinghMann, Chairman, Kendriya PunjabiLekhak Sabha; Shri Jagdev Singh Jassowal,Chairman, Vishva Sabhyacharak Manch;Dr Dipak Manmohan, Director, WorldPunjabi Centre, Punjabi University andProf. Anup Virk, Head, Kendriya PunjabiLekhak Sabha were also present.

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At the Faizabad Book Fair, organisedby Narayan Das Khatri MemorialTrust, from 2-6 November 2011,National Book Trust was awarded thefirst prize for best stall and maximumsales. The NBT team was awarded amomento.

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NAT IONAL BOOK WEEK AT CUTTACK

As part of the National BookWeek celebrations, the National

Book Trust, India organised a two-day literary programme at Godhra,Gujarat in association with theGodhra Sarvjanik Shikshan Mandalon 20 and 21 November 2011.

“Books are of two types, thosewhich awaken your soul and otherswhich entertain and relax you. Butthese are the times when we requirebooks that need to stir us to dosomething,” said Shri Praveen Pandya,well-known poet and playwright whilespeaking at the inauguration of theprogramme, which was held in theChandramrit Hall of the New Era School,

Godhra on 20 November 2011.Smt Nayna Shah, popular children’s

writer talked about the importance ofbooks in our life. She said that thoughchoosing the right book is a tedious taskbut one can be sure that if it is an NBTbook, it has to be the best.

The inauguration was presided overby Shri Sharad Kumar Shah, Head,Godhra Sarvjanik Shikshan Mandal whothanked NBT for organising the event.Others who spoke on the occasionincluded Shri Dakshesh Shah, Principal,M&M Shah School and Shri MiteshDesai, Principal, New Era School.

On 21 November 2011, NBT’smobile van exhibition was held atvarious corners of the Godhra city.A large number of school childrenvisited the van and bought books oftheir choice along with the teachersand principals of their schools.

The evening saw a Poet’s Meetwhere Chinu Modi, KhalilDhantejvi, Pradeep Pandya, RishabhMehta, Hardwar Goswami, Vinod

Gandhi, Gayatri Mehta and Geeta Pandyarendered their poems to a packed hall.

The programme and exhibition wascoordinated by Shri Bhagyendra Patel,Gujarati editor, NBT.

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Celebrating the National Book Weekin Andhra Pradesh, NBT, India

organised a book release function at KarimNagar on 15 September 2011.

Translations of ten new Telugu titlesunder the Nehru Bal Pustakalaya seriesThe Last Ticket and Other Stories, Nonaand the Rain, Adventures of Ghanada,Chanda Ginti Boolgaya, Dragon Tsunami,Tiltil ka Sahas, The Bird of Mind, Goluki

As part of the National Book Weekcelebrations, a two-day programme

was organised at Mandi, HimachalPradesh by the National Book Trust, Indiain association with Himachal KalaSanskriti Bhasha Akademi, Shimla on 15and 16 November 2011, at the ConferenceHall, Office of the Deputy Commissioner,Mandi.

The year 2011 being the birthcentenary year of eminent writers Agyeyaand Shamsher, four titles in Hindi onAgyeya and Shamsher published by theNBT were released along with threepopular science titles in English by ShriIshwar Das Dhiman, Hon’ble Ministerof State for Education, HimachalPradesh. Commending NBT’s efforts andcongratulating it for organising such aprogramme at a place like Mandi, theHon’ble Minister was of the opinion thatsuch functions give a positive direction

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to the society. “I feel that the freedom ofour country owes a tad to the revolutionarywritings of great Indian writers, poets andthinkers,” Shri Dhiman added.

The titles released were namely,Shamsher Bahadur Singh: SankalitKavitayen, Agyey: Pratinidhi Nibandh,Agyey ki Pratinidhi Kahaniyan, Agyey kiPratinidhi Kavitayen, Basic Biotechniques,Primer on Characterising Biodiversity andPrimer on Forest Biodiversity. The book

release function was followed by adiscussion session where Dr SatyapalSehgal and Dr Vijay Vishal presentedpapers on the books released and whereDr Rekha, Murari Sharma, GangaramRaji, Sunder Lohia, KrishnachandraMahadeviya, Chandra Rekha Dadhwal,Vikram Musafir, Prakash Badal, YadvendraSharma and Dinu Kashyap participatedin the discussions.

The following day Dr Sanjeev Thakurpresented a paper on the released popularscience books in English. Later a QuizCompetition on science based topics forchildren was held, in which four studentseach from eight schools of Mandiparticipated. DAV, CPS Mandi wasadjudged the winner in the competition.The function concluded with prizedistribution to children.

The program was coordinated by Ms.Uma Bansal, Hindi editor, NBT

“Books can change an ordinaryindividual into extraordinary and

can transform him into a divinebeing. Students can scale new heightin the domain of knowledge andimagination by reading books otherthan their preserved text books,” saidShri Mahapatra Nilamani Sahu, aconnoisseur of Qdia literatureinaugurating the Book ReleaseFunction organized by NBT, India incollaboration with Ravenshaw CollegiateSchool, Cuttack, one of most respectableand oldest educational institutions ofOdisha on 16th November 2011 tocelebrate the National Book Week in theState.

The honorable speaker Dash Beahur,another prominent children’s litterateur inhis speech epitomised that “Books caninspire a person to uphold the truth in allsituations of life.” Among other eminentspeakers Dr Rajkishore Parhi, a formerPrincipal of Navoday Vidyalay and oneprominent children’s author, Dr SaratKumar Biswai, the Director, Mass

Education, Odisha and Shri BrundabanSatpathy, Inspector of Schools, Cuttackwere present. All of them unanimouslyopined that books are the unfailing friendsof life and they unravel the truth of lifeand the world. Our increasing interest inreading of books can help our literature,culture and society flourish in a great

measure. They also extolled the role ofNBT in the promotion andpopularisation of children’s Literature.

Sixteen books for childrentranslated from English and otherIndian languages into Odia, publishedby the Trust under Nehru BalPustakalay series were released by theGuests together with ten students. Abook exhibition of NBT publications

was also organised. There was a goodresponse especially from the students inbuying books that spoke volumes of theirkeen interest in reading.

Dr Manindra Mohanty, a researcherin the field of Odia Children’s literature,presided over the Meeting. Shri PumaChandra Mishra, Headmaster,Ravenshaw Collegiate School welcomedthe gathering gave the welcome speech andShri Jayant kumar Das, an Asst. Teacherof the school offered the vote of thanks.The function was attended by more thansix hundred students from far and nearalongwith a host of eminent children’slitterateurs of Odisha.

N B W A T K A R I M N A G A RDaputi, Kyuon? and Rintu and HisCompass were released on the occasion.

Chief Guest of the function Shri B.Venkataratnam, Vice-Chancellor, KakatiyaUniversity, Warangal, released the books.Dr. Vadeepally Krishna, noted children’swriter presided over the function and Dr.Malayasri, children’s writer, was the Guestof Honour.

Others who spoke on the occasionincluded NBT TeluguAdvisory Panel MemberDr. Nalimela Bhaskar, ShriDasari Venkataramana,Dr. V. Triveni andtranslators of the books MsRani Prasad, ShahanazFatima and Sri ItaChandraiah.

Dr. Pathipaka Mohan,Telugu Editor of the Trustorganised the event.

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She was associated with NBT as a Mem-ber of the Advisory Committee. NBTconveys its condolences to the bereavedfamily.

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NAT IONAL BOOK WEEK AT CUTTACK

As part of the National BookWeek celebrations, the National

Book Trust, India organised a two-day literary programme at Godhra,Gujarat in association with theGodhra Sarvjanik Shikshan Mandalon 20 and 21 November 2011.

“Books are of two types, thosewhich awaken your soul and otherswhich entertain and relax you. Butthese are the times when we requirebooks that need to stir us to dosomething,” said Shri Praveen Pandya,well-known poet and playwright whilespeaking at the inauguration of theprogramme, which was held in theChandramrit Hall of the New Era School,

Godhra on 20 November 2011.Smt Nayna Shah, popular children’s

writer talked about the importance ofbooks in our life. She said that thoughchoosing the right book is a tedious taskbut one can be sure that if it is an NBTbook, it has to be the best.

The inauguration was presided overby Shri Sharad Kumar Shah, Head,Godhra Sarvjanik Shikshan Mandal whothanked NBT for organising the event.Others who spoke on the occasionincluded Shri Dakshesh Shah, Principal,M&M Shah School and Shri MiteshDesai, Principal, New Era School.

On 21 November 2011, NBT’smobile van exhibition was held atvarious corners of the Godhra city.A large number of school childrenvisited the van and bought books oftheir choice along with the teachersand principals of their schools.

The evening saw a Poet’s Meetwhere Chinu Modi, KhalilDhantejvi, Pradeep Pandya, RishabhMehta, Hardwar Goswami, Vinod

Gandhi, Gayatri Mehta and Geeta Pandyarendered their poems to a packed hall.

The programme and exhibition wascoordinated by Shri Bhagyendra Patel,Gujarati editor, NBT.

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Celebrating the National Book Weekin Andhra Pradesh, NBT, India

organised a book release function at KarimNagar on 15 September 2011.

Translations of ten new Telugu titlesunder the Nehru Bal Pustakalaya seriesThe Last Ticket and Other Stories, Nonaand the Rain, Adventures of Ghanada,Chanda Ginti Boolgaya, Dragon Tsunami,Tiltil ka Sahas, The Bird of Mind, Goluki

As part of the National Book Weekcelebrations, a two-day programme

was organised at Mandi, HimachalPradesh by the National Book Trust, Indiain association with Himachal KalaSanskriti Bhasha Akademi, Shimla on 15and 16 November 2011, at the ConferenceHall, Office of the Deputy Commissioner,Mandi.

The year 2011 being the birthcentenary year of eminent writers Agyeyaand Shamsher, four titles in Hindi onAgyeya and Shamsher published by theNBT were released along with threepopular science titles in English by ShriIshwar Das Dhiman, Hon’ble Ministerof State for Education, HimachalPradesh. Commending NBT’s efforts andcongratulating it for organising such aprogramme at a place like Mandi, theHon’ble Minister was of the opinion thatsuch functions give a positive direction

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to the society. “I feel that the freedom ofour country owes a tad to the revolutionarywritings of great Indian writers, poets andthinkers,” Shri Dhiman added.

The titles released were namely,Shamsher Bahadur Singh: SankalitKavitayen, Agyey: Pratinidhi Nibandh,Agyey ki Pratinidhi Kahaniyan, Agyey kiPratinidhi Kavitayen, Basic Biotechniques,Primer on Characterising Biodiversity andPrimer on Forest Biodiversity. The book

release function was followed by adiscussion session where Dr SatyapalSehgal and Dr Vijay Vishal presentedpapers on the books released and whereDr Rekha, Murari Sharma, GangaramRaji, Sunder Lohia, KrishnachandraMahadeviya, Chandra Rekha Dadhwal,Vikram Musafir, Prakash Badal, YadvendraSharma and Dinu Kashyap participatedin the discussions.

The following day Dr Sanjeev Thakurpresented a paper on the released popularscience books in English. Later a QuizCompetition on science based topics forchildren was held, in which four studentseach from eight schools of Mandiparticipated. DAV, CPS Mandi wasadjudged the winner in the competition.The function concluded with prizedistribution to children.

The program was coordinated by Ms.Uma Bansal, Hindi editor, NBT

“Books can change an ordinaryindividual into extraordinary and

can transform him into a divinebeing. Students can scale new heightin the domain of knowledge andimagination by reading books otherthan their preserved text books,” saidShri Mahapatra Nilamani Sahu, aconnoisseur of Qdia literatureinaugurating the Book ReleaseFunction organized by NBT, India incollaboration with Ravenshaw CollegiateSchool, Cuttack, one of most respectableand oldest educational institutions ofOdisha on 16th November 2011 tocelebrate the National Book Week in theState.

The honorable speaker Dash Beahur,another prominent children’s litterateur inhis speech epitomised that “Books caninspire a person to uphold the truth in allsituations of life.” Among other eminentspeakers Dr Rajkishore Parhi, a formerPrincipal of Navoday Vidyalay and oneprominent children’s author, Dr SaratKumar Biswai, the Director, Mass

Education, Odisha and Shri BrundabanSatpathy, Inspector of Schools, Cuttackwere present. All of them unanimouslyopined that books are the unfailing friendsof life and they unravel the truth of lifeand the world. Our increasing interest inreading of books can help our literature,culture and society flourish in a great

measure. They also extolled the role ofNBT in the promotion andpopularisation of children’s Literature.

Sixteen books for childrentranslated from English and otherIndian languages into Odia, publishedby the Trust under Nehru BalPustakalay series were released by theGuests together with ten students. Abook exhibition of NBT publications

was also organised. There was a goodresponse especially from the students inbuying books that spoke volumes of theirkeen interest in reading.

Dr Manindra Mohanty, a researcherin the field of Odia Children’s literature,presided over the Meeting. Shri PumaChandra Mishra, Headmaster,Ravenshaw Collegiate School welcomedthe gathering gave the welcome speech andShri Jayant kumar Das, an Asst. Teacherof the school offered the vote of thanks.The function was attended by more thansix hundred students from far and nearalongwith a host of eminent children’slitterateurs of Odisha.

N B W A T K A R I M N A G A RDaputi, Kyuon? and Rintu and HisCompass were released on the occasion.

Chief Guest of the function Shri B.Venkataratnam, Vice-Chancellor, KakatiyaUniversity, Warangal, released the books.Dr. Vadeepally Krishna, noted children’swriter presided over the function and Dr.Malayasri, children’s writer, was the Guestof Honour.

Others who spoke on the occasionincluded NBT TeluguAdvisory Panel MemberDr. Nalimela Bhaskar, ShriDasari Venkataramana,Dr. V. Triveni andtranslators of the books MsRani Prasad, ShahanazFatima and Sri ItaChandraiah.

Dr. Pathipaka Mohan,Telugu Editor of the Trustorganised the event.

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She was associated with NBT as a Mem-ber of the Advisory Committee. NBTconveys its condolences to the bereavedfamily.

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A training course in Book publishingwas held in Chennai form 8-18

November 2011 in collaboration withNational Instructional Media Institute(NIMI) and the Book Sellers andPublishers’ Association of South India(BAPASI) at NIMI campus.

The course was inaugurated by Shri.Sashi Kumar, eminent media personalityand Chairman, Asian School ofJournalism. Speaking on the importanceof the written word, Shri Sashi Kumarsaid, “Writing democratised anddeheirarchised the society”. And as far astechnology is concerned, Shri Sashi Kumarsaid that it is bound to interpret new waysof reading and writing. And therefore, “Weare living in interesting times thinking ofwhat will the written word brings us”. He

Sircar, Ms. Indira Chandrashekhar, Ms.Subhashree Krishnaswamy, Shri. BalbirSingh, Shri. Kalyan Banerjee, Shri. K. S.Padmanaban, Shri. N. K. Bhattacharjeeand Shri. Bikram Das.

Shri. Ramakrishnan, eminent writerand Shri. Vijay Shankar, editor, Frontline,were the guests of honor at the valedictoryfunction. In his address Shri.Ramakrishnan talked about the pioneeringefforts of individuals whose diligence,enterprise and love for the written wordhad shaped Tamil publishing today. Ms.Farida, Joint Director, (Admn & Fin) NBTalso spoke on the occasion. Latercertificates were awarded to theparticipants.

The course was coordinated by Shri.Sumit Bhattacharjee, Asst. Director, NBT.

lauded the efforts of NBT in organisingsuch courses throughout the country.Others who spoke on the occasionincluded Mr. Chokkalingam, President,BAPASI and Mr. Manivannan, Director,NIMI.

About 45 participants were benefitedby the course in which various aspects of

publishing was discussed by eminentpublishing professionals. The facultyinculded Shri. Sridhar Balan, Ms. RadhikaMenon, Ms. Jyoti Pandalai, Ms. SudhaSatish, Dr. Jayaganesh, Dr. PazhaAdhyaman, Ms. Sandhya Rao, Ms.Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Shri.Radhakrishnan, Shri. ‘Crea’Ramakrishnan, Ms. Manisha, Ms.Vinutha Mallya, Shri. Tamojit Roy, Ms.Padmaja Anant, Shri. Subir Roy, Shri. PB O O K S R E C E I V E D

RRRRRabindrabindrabindrabindrabindranath anath anath anath anath TTTTTagoragoragoragoragore: Ae: Ae: Ae: Ae: An In In In In Interprnterprnterprnterprnterpretation;etation;etation;etation;etation;Sabyasachi Bhattacharya; 978-0-670-08455-5; Rs. 499.00; Penguin BooksIndia Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre,Panchsheel Park, New Delhi-110017

This intellectualbiography of Tagoreportrays him as a manwho was deeply sceptical,self-critical, tormentedby conflicts in his ‘innerlife’, aware of thehistorical significance ofhis times and who

continually interacted with adversaries andfriends across the world; someone whobuilt on the heritage of the nineteenthcentury renaissance in India and becameone of the makers of the modern Indianmind.

The British Committee of the IndianThe British Committee of the IndianThe British Committee of the IndianThe British Committee of the IndianThe British Committee of the Indiannational Congress (1889-1921)national Congress (1889-1921)national Congress (1889-1921)national Congress (1889-1921)national Congress (1889-1921); PrabhaRavi Shankar; 978-93-80188-09-6; Rs.900.00; Bibliophile South Asia, C-127Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi-110017

This volume throws lighton various questions:How did the BritichCommittee of the IndianNational Congress cameinto being? What were itsobjects and methods ofwork? What kind of arelationship it had with

the national organisation in India? Howdid the moderates and extremists view theBritish Committee? When and why theCommittee was disbanded? What wasCommittee’s contribution to the strugglefor Swaraj?

Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master: AApprenticed to a Himalayan Master: AApprenticed to a Himalayan Master: AApprenticed to a Himalayan Master: AApprenticed to a Himalayan Master: AYYYYYogiogiogiogiogi’’’’’s As As As As Autobiogrutobiogrutobiogrutobiogrutobiographyaphyaphyaphyaphy; Sri M; 978-81-910096-0-6; Rs. 500; Magenta Press,Cauvery Towers, College Road,Madikeri, Kodagu-571201

This book is theunfolding of the spiritual‘rags to riches’ story of ayoung man from Kerala,who by sheer dedicationand sincerity, evolvedinto Sri ‘M’, a living yogi.In simple prose, Sri Mshares his fascinating

travels across the Himalayas and back,profound knowledge of Upanishadicphilosophy and deep spiritual insights bornout of his experiences, promising thereader a unique and thought provokingjourney.

As part of the National Book Weekcelebrations, the National Book Trust,

India in association with the PuadhiPunjabi Sath, Mohali organised a one-dayprogramme for children at Shivalik PublicSchool, Mohali, Punjab on 16 November2011.

The inaugural session was presidedover by Dr Dharampal Singhal. Thedignitaries present on the dais includedShri M.A. Sikandar, Director, NBT; DrBaldev Singh ‘Baddan’, Chief Editor &Joint Director, NBT; Shri D.S. Bedi,Director, Shivalik Public School; ShriSukhchain Singh Bhandari, Director,Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Akademi; DrKashmiri Lal Zakir, Vice-Chairman,Haryana Urdu Akademi; Shri ManmohanSingh Daun and Shri Sukhdev Madpuri.On this occasion, Puadhi Punjabi Sath,Mohali extended a special honour to ShriM.A. Sikandar, Director, NBT.

A book release function was also heldwhere eighteen titles in Punjabi forchildren, published by the NBT, werereleased. The released books were namely:Saheli, Ajube, Chatrai da Puraskar, Neem

Baba, Faisla ate Purab diyan HorKahaniyan, Baghiad da Nachna, Dard daRishta Ate aur Kahaniyan, Ki Hoya, Ravan,Nevla bhi Raja, Bulbul ate Munnu, Jungalde Dost, Gulle Awas, Pyara Dost, JeelaniBano diyan do Bal Kahaniyan, Amb WaliChidi, Bans da Ghar, and Choti Keedi diBaddi Dahwat. Dr Baljeet Singh presenteda paper on the books released.

The inauguration was followed by anexhibition of paintings by school childrenfrom eight different schools of Mohali.Later students enacted a playand danced to the tune ofbhangra. A Children’s KaviDarbar was also held where 25students from twelve differentschools participated andpresented their poems. This

programme concluded with children beinggiven books as prizes.

In the Meet-the-Author programme,Shri Sukhdev Madpuri and ShriManmohan Singh Daun, popular children’swriters, interacted with the children. APoet’s Meet was held later where SurjitMarjara, Manjeet Kaur Ambalwi, AtmaSingh Chitti, Darshan Banoor, KomalSingh, Mahendra Singh Manpuri, SiriramArsh, Daljeet Kaur Daun, Dr GurminderSiddhu, Dr Manjeet Indra, BaburamDiwana, Surendra Gill, Devinder Preet,Paramjeet Param, Surjeet Artist, BhagwanSingh Deepak and Shivnath.

NBT also organised a book exhibitionfrom 12 to 29 November 2011 at ShivalikPublic School, Mohali; Paragon SeniorSecondary School, Mohali; Ropar;Navashahar; Khanna and Sarhind.

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National Book Trust, India in associationwith Kendriya Punjabi Lekhak Sabhaorganised a programme in Punjabi Bhavanat Punjabi Akademi, Ludhiana on 23October 2011.

Three titles in Punjabi published by theNBT, India were released, namely SantSingh Sekhon diyan Chaunviyan kahaniyan,Santokh Singh Dheer diyan ChaunviyanKahaniyan and Sat Bharati Sant. Shri M.A.Sikandar, Director, NBT and spoke about

B O O K R E L E A S E F U N C T I O Nthe activities of the NBT. Dr Baldev Singh‘Baddan’, Chief Editor & Joint Director,NBT discussed the books released. Theothers who spoke on the occasion includedDr Chanchal Chauhan, Secretary, JanvadiLekhak Sangh and chief guest at thefunction, and Dr Dalip Kaur Tiwana,Saraswati Samman awardee. ShriSukhchain Singh Bhandari, Director,Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Akademi; DrGurbhajan Gill, Chairman, PunjabiSahitya Akademi; Dr Tejwant SinghMann, Chairman, Kendriya PunjabiLekhak Sabha; Shri Jagdev Singh Jassowal,Chairman, Vishva Sabhyacharak Manch;Dr Dipak Manmohan, Director, WorldPunjabi Centre, Punjabi University andProf. Anup Virk, Head, Kendriya PunjabiLekhak Sabha were also present.

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At the Faizabad Book Fair, organisedby Narayan Das Khatri MemorialTrust, from 2-6 November 2011,National Book Trust was awarded thefirst prize for best stall and maximumsales. The NBT team was awarded amomento.

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play. He said that NBT is planning to enterthe e-book market. He also spoke aboutthe various activities of NBT to promotebooks and reading habit especially amongyouth and children. He invited peoplepresent on the occasion to participate inthe forthcoming 20th New Delhi WorldBook Fair to be held from 25th Februaryto 4th March 2012. Ms. Farida M. Naik,Joint Director(A&F), NBT also spoke onthe occasion.

Around 40 well known publishersparticipated in the three day extravaganzaheld from 4th November to 6thNovember 2011 and displayed a widerange of books, offering huge discountson books.

The first day of bazaar was filledwith festivity, fun and fervour as severalcultural programmes were organized byNBT where students from Gyan PrabhaSchool of Performance, Indirapuramand Vivekanand College, University of

Delhi participated. Aninstrumental performance onSarangi by well known artistsMd. Ayub and Ghulam Wariswas also held. During the day,a book quiz was alsoorganized by NBT in whichthe students of SriVenketaswara Collegeparticipated in large number.

On the second day, aninteractive discussion on the topic“Careers in Fashion” was organized inwhich well-known fashion designers andconsultants Ms. Ashima, Mr. Ajay Mehra,Mr. T.K. Hume and Ms. Garima interactedwith students who wish to pursue careerin fashion industry.

The evening of the second day of theBook Bazaar was dedicated to humour andentertainment. A session on Hindi SatireReading was organized presided over byDr. Narendra Kohli. Hindi writers whoparticipated include Shri Alok Puranik,

Shri Awinash Vachaspati, Shri PremJanmejay, Shri Harish Naval and Ms.Sarojini Preetam. The session focused oncurrent issues which enthralled the peoplepresent on the occasion.

A Session on Storytelling in Hindi wasconducted on the third day where writersin Hindi, Shri Uday Prakash, SahityaAkademi Award winner, Shri PratapSehgal, the recipient of Maithali Sharanaward, Shri Mahesh Darpan, well-knownauthor and journalist, and Ms AkanshaPare Keshav, feature editor of themagazine Outlook participated. Dr. GangaPrasad Vimal, well-known author,presided over the function.

NBT in association with KathakKendra, Ministry of Culture,Government of India, organized apresentation of Indian classical danceKathak by renowned artist Mulla Afsarand presentation of Indian classical musicon Tabla and Pakhawaj etc.

As part of the NationalBook Week celebrations,special book exhibitionswere also organised byNBT in and around 50schools in Delhi andNCR.

Ghadar Movement: A Short HistoryGhadar Movement: A Short HistoryGhadar Movement: A Short HistoryGhadar Movement: A Short HistoryGhadar Movement: A Short HistoryHarish K. Puri978-81-237-6282-1; Rs 90.00

The GhadarMovement, a novelstruggle for thefreedom of India,was launched inNorth America in1913 by thecombined efforts ofSikh migrantworkers fromPunjab and a small

number of revolutionary exiles like LalaHar Dayal. This book is a short history ofthe genesis and rise of the movement, itstransnational dimensions, romance ofpatriotism, limitations and illusions,tremendous sacrifices and its legacy thatinspired Bhagat Singh and otherrevolutionaries.

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Veteran freedomfighter K Madhavan(b. 26 August 1915)is the lone survivorwho participated inthe historical Saltand GuruvayoorSatyagrahas. Asteadfast Gandhianand later a staunchCommunist, who

believed in a synthesis of Marxism andGandhism, K Madhavan ventured intopolitics at the tender age of 12. Born inan aristocratic family, he chose to live aSpartan life and participated in veryurgent socio-political-religious reformmovements of the times—the nationaliststruggle, the Communist Movement,agitation for the Temple EntryProclamation Act, revolt against the janmisystem and so on. Given the present daysituation of conflict and turmoil in every

sphere of life, the book will serve as awakeup call to all patriotic forces to joinhands and protect the secular democraticfabric of our country.

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This collection oftwenty sciencefiction short storiesbrings to thereaders, for thefirst time in Englishtranslation, a timespecimen ofscience fictionwriting inAsamiya. With an

astounding variety of themes, each storyin this anthology is an emgagingportraiture of an imaginary scientificreality, be it the human cloning, theportable smell absorber, the modesty meter,and so on. However, all the stories areenlivened by human values and emotions.

Basic BiotechniquesBasic BiotechniquesBasic BiotechniquesBasic BiotechniquesBasic BiotechniquesP. Cheena Chawla978-81-237-6332-3; Rs 80.00

Biotechniques arethe basic tools ofbiotechnology in theform of analyticaltechniques that areintegral in achievingpractical results inthis field. Theprotocols ofbiotechniques arewell defined and

minor alterations in them can yielddifferent results, which are predictable withpractice. To appreciate the precision ofthese protocols, an understanding of thescientific principle underlying the variousbiotechniques is crucial, as it is thecornerstone for creative troubleshooting

of technical challenges in biotechnology.This book, a stepping stone for enablingeasy understanding of most commonlyused techniques in a biotechnologylaboratory, is a must-read for all youngbiotechnologists and general readers.

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A valuablecontribution to theunderstanding ofthe making ofIndian Diasporacommunity in theCaribbean Islands,I am a Dream to MyVillage is muchmore than anautobiography of an

individual’s accomplishments—it is anautobiography of the vagaries ofcolonialism; a life, culture and societyundergone unprecedented metamorphosis;struggle between identity and survival,between nightmare of the past and thedream of the future. But what comes outstrikingly is the hope in life, faith instruggle and sense of enduring will anddetermination. As the author puts it sovery tellingly: ‘Along my journey I haveexperienced human existence in all itsforms; from abject poverty to that of anilliterate and triumphed over thosevicissitudes and misfortunes with fortitudeand optimism.’

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The Delhi Weekend Book Bazaar wasinaugurated by Prof. Dinesh Singh,

Vice Chancellor of University of Delhi atSri Venkateswara College Grounds, SouthCampus. He said, “Books make adifference. We must understand thesignificance of books as they change thecourse of life.” Giving the example ofMahatma Gandhi he said, “when Gandhijiwas in South Africa he was not sure whichcourse of action he should take and afterreading the book Unto This Last by Ruskinhe came back to India and startedmovement for freedom.” He alsorequested educational institutions,universities and colleges to be part of suchBook Fairs.

Dr. Hemlatha Reddy, Principal of Sri

Venkateswara College who was the Guestof Honour on the occasion, said “Thereis enormous need of book bazaars. Youththese days do not read books apart fromtheir curriculum based books. The bookdisplay will help students to look atrecently published titles apart from theircurriculum based books. In this bookbazaar we will find many reader-friendlybooks and readers can enrich theircollection of books.”

Earlier, Shri M.A. Sikandar, Director,NBT welcomed the guests and referringto the results of the National YouthReadership Survey, said that reading habitsamong youth have increased. India hasbecome a knowledge hub and thepublishing industry has a pivotal role to

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In the year 2012, the much awaited New Delhi World BookFair (NDWBF) is entering the 40th year of its ‘foundation’.The NDWBF, first organized in 1972, is scheduled to have its20th edition from 25 February-04 March 2012 (Halls 1-14)at the sprawling Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Organized byNational Book Trust, India, an autonomous organisationfounded in 1957 by the first Prime Minister of the countryShri Jawaharlal Nehru under the Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment (then Ministry of Education), Govt of India asthe national body for book publishing and book promotion,the NDWBF has a lot of exciting opportunities to offer to theparticipants and the visitors.

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NATIONAL BOOK TRUST, INDIANehru Bhawan, 5, Institutional Area, Phase-II,

Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110 070Phone: 011-26707700

E-mail: nbtindia@nbtindia.org.in / dd-exh@nbtindia.org.inWebsite: www.nbtindia.org.in

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