The 36th Calcutta Book Fair was inaugurated on Wednesday afternoon (Jan.25) by the chief minister of Bengal Mamata Banarjee at Milon Mela off Eastern Metropolitan Bypass.Italy is the focal theme at Book Fair 2012. Each year the organizer of the fair Publishers and Book Sellers Guild selects a Theme Country and authors from that country are invited to read excerpts and discuss their works.
The biggest book fair in Asia, the annual Calcutta Book Fair is a popular cultural event in the city that attracts publishers,writers, buyers and book lovers from all over India and aboard.The fair now not only confined to books only.It includes food market, exhibitions,and other forms of entertainment.The Calcutta Book Fair (25 January to 7 February 2011) is a public book fair which receives over 2 million visitors.The Calcutta Book Fair comprises over 600 temporary pavilions which are run by publishers and booksellers.
Saraswati Puja is a day when devotees prey Saraswati, the goddess of the arts (January 28). The color yellow has a special significance during this festival.
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