Interactions, workshops, readings, World Book Fair in city got it all
9 Feb 2013 7:00 AM IST
K V Thomas, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, visited the World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan on Friday.
Thomas visited the Theme pavilion and Children and Youth pavilion. Irshad Kaptan, a young artist, also made his sketch on the spot at the Illustrators’ Corner.
Thomas then visited the Book Art exhibition by students of Delhi College of Art. Appreciating the pavilions, Thomas said, ‘Highly informative, and it also brings out the hidden talents of our young children.’
An interaction on the topic How to Crack JEE was held at the Authors Corner at with M S Chouhan and Manish Singhal, authors of the books for preparing for engineering entrance exams. They interacted with readers and gave them tips to prepare. They also talked about current changes in the pattern of examinations.
Joygopal Podder, author of murder mysteries such as A Million Seconds Too Late, Vanished, Merchants of Dreams and Beware of the Night, interacted with book lovers at Authors Corner.
Poddar has written 14 novels within a span of two years. He said he started writing murder mysteries because he liked reading them.
In another session, Amit Shankar, author of the book Flight of the Hilsa also interacted with people.
A panel discussion on Future of Good Books was organised at the Children and Youth Pavilion.
Shyam B Menon, Vice-Chancellor of Ambedkar University was the chief guest on the occasion.
Arvind Kumar, former Director of NBT and Chandra Sadayat, NCERT, were other speakers on the occasion.
Menon, comparing his days as a student in 1960s with the current scenario, said, ‘As a college student, I used to spend a lot of time in the library. Apart from reading books, students were involved in other activities including discussions on several topics, rehearsing for theatre and so on.’
He opined that these days libraries were losing their prominence, as youths were spending more time preparing for entrance exams, and they hardly had time to read books apart from their curriculum.
‘Whenever I think of good books, I immediately think about the future of children’, said Kumar. He said, ‘When we go to remote areas, then we understand the importance of books, as children in these areas have no access to them. In government schools, libraries have sub-standard books and do not attract children towards the reading habit.’ He also said, ‘There is a need to prepare a guide for parents and children to select good books.’
Earlier, MA Sikandar, Director of NBT, welcomed the guests present on the occasion. Sikander said, ‘NBT has started working on setting up guidelines to select good books for libraries, schools and so on. He said 39 scholars and experts were working on the project.’
An informative session on Books and Careers for the physically-Challenged Youth was organised by the Directorate General of Employment and Training, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India in the Children and Youth Pavilion.
Thomas visited the Theme pavilion and Children and Youth pavilion. Irshad Kaptan, a young artist, also made his sketch on the spot at the Illustrators’ Corner.
Thomas then visited the Book Art exhibition by students of Delhi College of Art. Appreciating the pavilions, Thomas said, ‘Highly informative, and it also brings out the hidden talents of our young children.’
An interaction on the topic How to Crack JEE was held at the Authors Corner at with M S Chouhan and Manish Singhal, authors of the books for preparing for engineering entrance exams. They interacted with readers and gave them tips to prepare. They also talked about current changes in the pattern of examinations.
Joygopal Podder, author of murder mysteries such as A Million Seconds Too Late, Vanished, Merchants of Dreams and Beware of the Night, interacted with book lovers at Authors Corner.
Poddar has written 14 novels within a span of two years. He said he started writing murder mysteries because he liked reading them.
In another session, Amit Shankar, author of the book Flight of the Hilsa also interacted with people.
A panel discussion on Future of Good Books was organised at the Children and Youth Pavilion.
Shyam B Menon, Vice-Chancellor of Ambedkar University was the chief guest on the occasion.
Arvind Kumar, former Director of NBT and Chandra Sadayat, NCERT, were other speakers on the occasion.
Menon, comparing his days as a student in 1960s with the current scenario, said, ‘As a college student, I used to spend a lot of time in the library. Apart from reading books, students were involved in other activities including discussions on several topics, rehearsing for theatre and so on.’
He opined that these days libraries were losing their prominence, as youths were spending more time preparing for entrance exams, and they hardly had time to read books apart from their curriculum.
‘Whenever I think of good books, I immediately think about the future of children’, said Kumar. He said, ‘When we go to remote areas, then we understand the importance of books, as children in these areas have no access to them. In government schools, libraries have sub-standard books and do not attract children towards the reading habit.’ He also said, ‘There is a need to prepare a guide for parents and children to select good books.’
Earlier, MA Sikandar, Director of NBT, welcomed the guests present on the occasion. Sikander said, ‘NBT has started working on setting up guidelines to select good books for libraries, schools and so on. He said 39 scholars and experts were working on the project.’
An informative session on Books and Careers for the physically-Challenged Youth was organised by the Directorate General of Employment and Training, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India in the Children and Youth Pavilion.
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