The cancellation of its legendary book fair was a blow, but this most literary of. Location, central park mela ground, saltlake, kolkata map. In this festive time, another attraction is the 7th kolkata literature festival, which is a glory of the book fair. Theatre director texts lewd messages at bengal govt workshop, faces action the information and cultural affairs department headed by chief minister mamata banerjee had to cancel a.
I ve reached the city in time for the 33rd annual kolkata book fair, the. With 56 stalls of 34 publishers, the first kolkata book fair was organised on march 5, 1976, at the ground opposite academy of fine arts, beside victoria memorial. In 1997, six days into the fair, a massive fire broke out at the venue, reducing 1, 00,000 books to ashes. Its chief minister mamata banerjee is dubbed the bestselling author with a. A massive fire in 1997 burned over 100,000 books and caused one. Bitter memories of 1997 flashed in the minds of book lovers and publishers when a fire broke out at the book fair on saturday morning. West bengals newly appointed chief minister mamata banerjee inaugurated the kolkata book fair on 24 january 2012 at 4.
Two hindi comedy plays and local poets, writers and. The example of the frankfurt book fair a commercial trade fair of books. The 44th international kolkata book fair inaugurated on january 28th january 2020. A fire broke out at priya cinema, one of kolkatas oldest and most popular movie theatres, on sunday night. International kolkata book fair the worlds biggest international. All of a sudden, we all woke up to a burning sensation, said a. Archie turns into archina archie, the iconic comic book character, will be getting a sex change and metamorphosise into archina, in a new spinoff to the popular series. Kolkata book fair witnesses fire the book lovers of kolkata witnessed a fire break out in milan mela grounds on saturday morning. Sonakshi sinha shoulders an otherwise sloppy film sonakshi sinha plays the protagonist in sunhil sippys adaptation of saba kazmis karachi. Inaugurated by the french philopher, jacques derrida, the fair was also a witness to a massive outbreak of fire, engulfing it completely. Joke triggered scream that shook writers kolkata news. Who was the officer who laughed at juthika atta at writers buildings on monday. The fair, which runs for 12 days each winter, claims to be the largest non. Earn cash for the school or get double the profit with scholastic dollars.
A much awaited play at the national drama festival 2015 was sharman joshi productions raju raja ram aur main, starring the bollywood actor and direct. The fair was inaugurated by the then state education minister, mrityunjay bandyopadhyay. West bengal chief minister mamata banerjee will inaugurate this fair. The event is expected to be attended by kolkata mayor, firhad hakim, state fire and emergency services department minister sujit bose, state. The kolkata book fair has not been without its share of mishaps and controversies. We woke up to burning sensation, recount survivors ananthpur ap. However, the organisers were quick enough to act and four fire engines were immediately put to use, thereby, extinguishing the fire within five minutes. The best books and stories brought to life with unforgettable characters. Calcutta book fair in english, and officially antarjatik kolkata boimela or antarjatik kolkata pustakmela in romanized bengali, bengali. Mimi chakraborty during arindam sils birthday party and. This years kolkata book fair is significant in one particular way.
The arabian nights of kolkata and other stories eminent contributors on. It is a unique book fair in the sense of not being a trade fair the book fair is. Kolkata dist book fair to start from monday the statesman. On february 3, 1997, a stall at the 33rd kolkata book fair at maidan caught fire and burned down onethird of the entire complex.
Priya cinema fire moviegoers escape fire at kolkatas. Son of ranjit kumar and prativa rani choudhury sinha. Sharman joshi stages raju raja ram aur main in kolkata. Mimi chakraborty during arindam sils birthday party and the 50 days celebration of his film ashche abar shabor in kolkata. It was gobinda chandra mondol, senior pa to special. Background sinha, drew was born on december 2, 1951 in calcutta, india. Kolkata book fair caught fire on february 3, 19 years ago. Fiction and non fiction here is a list of top20 best selling english fiction and non fiction books for the month of november 2008. Drew sinha born december 2, 1951, indian chemical and. But the flames were doused within minutes, before it could spread to any book stall. This year the fair was totally demolished by a violent outburst of fire on the 6th day.
A secure, cashfree way to shop the fair with yearround shopping online. More than 100,000 books were charred in the fire and one person named jiten seal died from a heart attack during the stampede. According to fire officials, the blaze broke out at a coffee shop at. Fire at book fair, hindu hostel kolkata news times of. The fire broke out on the sixth day when the footfall had reached a crescendo. Jeffery tambor also returns as george bluth despite allegations of sexual harassment against him on his other show, transparent, which he denies but which led him to. In 1997, six days into the fair, a massive fire broke out at the venue, reducing 1,00,000 books to ashes.
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