This is outside view of the main venue milan mela ground, kolkata, west bengal, bangla, india. Kolkata book fair 2017 has started on 25th january, 2017. Iwe shall execute the work truly and faithfully as set forth in the attached terms and conditions. The press conference dedicated to the 44th international kolkata book fair 2020. Authors corner, 25 th new delhi world book fair indias film society movement. The international kolkata book fair formerly known in english as calcutta book fair is the largest and oldest book fair in india, as well as one of the most important events of its kind in asia. The 41st international kolkata book fair was held from 25 january 5 february 2017. Kolkata literature festival teaser international kolkata book fair. Kolkata tourism kolkata tourist places kolkata travel. Events that varta trust organized or participated in. International kolkata book fair the worlds biggest.
Memories, imaginations and reimaginations of urban queer spaces in india edited by pawan dhall and gulabi baghi edited by owais dumdum swikriti society, queer ink, varta. Kolkata book fair is a 12 day event being held from 30th jan to 11th feb 2018 at the milan mela ground in kolkata, india. Police stop vhp from distributing hanuman chalisa at. Queer ink books at dumdum swikriti societys little magazines stall at 44 th international kolkata book fair 2020, including copies of queer potli. For your convenience, the international kolkata book fair 2016 has been divided into various blocks segregated by colours, to denote the set of book stalls available in that particular block. It is organized every year in kolkata by book sellers and publishers guild. International kolkata book fair jan 2020, kolkata india trade show. The first march in kolkata was organised on 2 july 1999. West bengal transport corporation wbtc is a west bengal state government undertaken corporation. This trade show is a 12 day event and will end on 07th february, 2016. Bloody scotland celebrates international crime writers from all. Kolkata was chosen as the first city to host the march owing to kolkata s history of movements for human and political rights. Old name of the event was calcutta book fair and officially it was named antarjatik kolkata boimela.
The last day of kolkata book fair on sunday saw tensed situation after police had closed the stall of viswa hindu parishad for distributing hanuman chalisa. Kolkata book fair 2017 at milan mela ground, kolkata. New delhi world book fair welcome to national book trust. Sales from the international kolkata book fair, which had dropped in 2017 as a fallout of demonetisation, are likely to witness a rebound in. It was formed by merging existing state transport agencies, namely the calcutta state transport corporation, the calcutta tramways company and the west bengal surface transport corporation.
The official focal theme country russia logo of the ikbf 2020 was. International kolkata book fair organised by the guild is the largest openair book fair under. There was also a scuffle between bjp activists and. Leftists goons atatcked vhp stall, trampled bhagwad gita. This event showcases like manufacturers, distributors, authors, publishers and so on. Previously it used to be held at the maidan, but for a few years now, it is being held at the milan mela ground, near science city. Scheduled to be held between 6 to 14 january 2018 at. International kolkata book fair the worlds biggest international. The book fair was inaugurated by honorable chief minister of west bengal, smt. The india trade promotion organisation will serve as the coorganiser of the book fair.
Here is a map of the 44th international kolkata book fair 2020 for the book. Guild press release international kolkata book fair. The objective of launching the amaravati poetic prism at the international kolkata book fair ikbf is to ensure that more people know about the anthology so that we have more poets contributing to it. Every year there is a focal theme country, which gets an.
Bengal bjp state president dilip ghosh too visited ahmadiyya muslim jamat shop and received a book. Poets recited their poems from amaravati poetic prism, 2017 at the international kolkata book fair in february 05, 2018 also. The guild helps organize various book fairs held in different parts of the. Map of 44th international kolkata book fair 2020 youtube. Dear sir, with reference to your abovementioned notice inviting tenders, iwe hereby offer to provide required services to national book trust, india. Book fairs, conferences and exhibitions sage india. Xyz violence broke out at the kolkata international book fair on saturday as anticaa protesters clashed with the police, who were seen beating them with batons after the group of left civil rights activists shouted slogans against bjp national secretary rahul sinha who had come to the venue to visit a book stall. International workshop on open source software for library management indian institute of technology, kharagpur. Bloody scotland celebrates international crime writers from all over the world on an annual basis. With a total attendance over 2 million people every year, it is one of the worlds largest book fairs. International kolkata book fair 2017 part 1 outside. The 40th international kolkata book fair started in full spirit at the melan mela prangan adjacent to science city, kolkata.
Bus service for international kolkata book fair 2019. Media in category 2016 kolkata book fair the following 200 files are in this category, out of 281 total. International kolkata book fair is the largest attended book fair in the world with an average record footfall of 2. Sales from the international kolkata book fair, which had dropped in 2017 as a fallout of demonetisation, are likely to witness a rebound in 2018. It started from 25th january and will be be over on 5th february, 2017. The new delhi world book fair, hosted at pragati maidan in new delhi, is indias oldest book fair after the kolkata book fair. The stall, having the theme no caa, no nrc, no npr, consists of an idol of goddess saraswati and stage for. The first new delhi world book fair was held from march 18 to april 4, 1972 in roughly 6790 m 2 area with 200 participants. Theme country was held on december 17, 2019 at the lalit great eastern hotel. Cover designed by graphica the workshop graphica the workshop shared a post. Kolkata book fair to showcase russian books russia beyond. Iitf 2019 online booking of few stalls for domestic participants in multi product category in hall 10 for 9 days and 4.
The international kolkata book fair and officially antarjatik kolkata boimela or antarjatik kolkata pustakmela in. Apart from having a huge variety of new, cult and rare books, its also the. He is notable for editing book series on folk culture of 64 different districts in 64 volumes and collections of. It was a grand opportunity for book readers and book lovers in kolkata to have the first crime fiction festival in the world celebrated at the second session of day 2 of the kolkata literature festival 2017. Religious bonhomie at kolkata book fair the stalls of ahmadiyya muslim jamat and vishwa hindu parishad vhp are opposite to each other, showcasing religious harmony. Cinemela 2015 a short film festival april 23, 2015.
Location, central park mela ground, saltlake, kolkata map. Police objected to the distribution of the hindu holy book after leftwing student groups visiting the book fair protested against it, and ordered the closure of the stall. Shamsuzzaman khan born 29 december 1940 citation needed is a bangladeshi academician, folklorist and writer and a former director general of bangla academy during 20092018. Kolkata bookfair and food listing there my suggestion on what to eat. Violence at kolkata book fair over anticaa protests. There are eight such colours pink, green, blue, yellow, magenta, red, sky and orange hall denoting these blocks. Everything about kolkata book fair 2020 rider escaped. According to reports, students from kolkata university were chanting anticaa, antinrc slogans outside stall number 370 of the vhp at the kolkata book fair since sunday morning, causing huge inconvenience to visitors at the venue which was packed to capacity as it was the last day and a holiday. Jago bangla has emerged as the mostvisited stall at the 44th edition of the international kolkata book fair, with more than 25,000 people visiting the stall every day. Kolkata rainbow pride walk krpw is the oldest pride walk in india and south asia.
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