A Tour of 19th National Book Fair....

 Chhattisgarh Literature Festival and 19th National Book Fair 

Chhattisgarh Literature Festival and 19th National Book Fair was organised in Raipur from 13th to 21st March 2021 from 12 noon to 10:00 pm everyday at Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium, Budha Talab, Raipur.

Books from 40 publishers from all over the country were available in 60 stalls with more than 20,000 titles. Books were available in languages such as Hindi, English, Urdu and reigonal languages such as Chhattisgarhi etc.

Books of different genres such as literature, self - help, motivational, devotional etc were available for all age groups. 

One of the attraction was the Ramayan in audio format, named "Bolti Ramayan" presented by Faizabad's Team. They presented other epics too in audio format.

On 14th March, the second day, the famous actor Annu Kapoor visited the Fair. A Talk Show was also organised with him in the evening the same day. Two books were also released named "Aalam Ara" which is based on the movie "Alam Ara", India's first sound film released in 1931, and the second book named "Rang Kunj" was also released.

A collection of books were available ranging from "Humayun Nama" by Gulbadan Begum to 2020's Booker Prize Winner book "Shaggie Bain" by Douglas Stuart. Many historical books, some even 100 year or more old were also up for grabs. Many short story books from different countries such as Russia, Africa, Spain etc were also up for sale.

Art Exhibition-

A separate section within the fair premises was given to the artists for "Art Exhibition", to display their work for sale. Many beautiful and antique art pieces were accessible, range starting approximately from Rs 1000/- from artists all over the country.

The elegantly presented artworks stole the heart of all. The mesmerising artworks mainly  included abstract and devotional paintings.
People visited the event even from distant cities such as Bhilai, Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund etc.

Here are some of the beautiful paintings from the exhibition.....

 I personally loved the book collection and art pieces available. It was just like "Heaven" for all the book and art lovers. By the way, it was my first book fair. It was the second golden opportunity for me after lockdown, to indulge in to the world of books. There is an abundant number of book readers and book lovers in the city and it was clearly visible from the number of people present in the book fair. At last, this fair strengthened and deepened my interest in book reading.

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Reference : Articles published in the newspaper "Dainik Bhaskar" from 13th to 21st march  And the Event Review by Archit Ojha.