Javadekar inaugurates New Delhi World Book Fair 2019

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New Delhi : Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the 27th edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair 2019 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, on January 5, 2019. Speaking on the occasion, Javadekar said that Books and culture complement each other. Despite the growing digitalisation, the demand for books has not decreased. The culture of reading in India is increasing day by day. This is the beauty of Indian culture, Javadekar added. He further said that one’s life becomes prosper because of books not because of money because books are most precious.

Javadekar gifted the book ‘Exam Warriors’ authored by Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi to Sheikh Fahim Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Executive Chairman of the Department of Government Relations, UAE,and said that despite his busy schedule, the prime Minister is a regular reader of books.

Praising the theme of the book fair ‘Books for Readers with Special Needs’, Javadekar also inaugurated the Theme Pavilion. With emphasis on the reading needs of Children, the Theme Pavilion is projected to carry forward the idea of inclusive learning and explore various issues and dimensions of creating, producing and disseminating content for the readers.

An exclusive exhibition of 500 books including Braille books, audio books, silent books, tactile books, integrated print-Braille books, books for differently-abled, children with sight or ear impairment, austistic kids, behavioural/psychological problems/anxieties is the major highlight of the Theme Pavilion. In addition, for the first time, an International Disability Film Festival is being organized at the New Delhi World Book Fair, where over 45 documentaries from 27 countries will be screened every day.

Speaking on the occasion, Sheikh Fahim Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Executive Chairman of the Department of Government Relations, UAE,  talked about the strong ties between the two nations which goes back to many centuries, and which is growing even stronger by the day.

Prof.  Baldeo Bhai Sharma, Chairman, NBT, talked in detail about the various activities of the National Book Trust, India, including the organisation of the New Delhi World Book Fair, which started in the year 1972, according to a PIB release.