The lively Dhaka (Bangladesh) Book Fair is entering it\’s second week:
School debate, recitation, musical soiree and seminars on various aspects of reading among the public [has] made the festival one of superior standard . . . January 9 till 11 will feature three seminars on book reading at 4:30 in the evening. Entitled \’Hundred years\’ library\’, a discussion-based event would be held at 3:30 pm on January 12 where representatives of 14 different ancient libraries of the country are to attend.
The fair venue has simply become a wonder spot both for readers and authors as well for the publishing houses. Over the past few days any regular visitor could observe a massive cross-section of people swarming in with a wide variety of demand on books and literary publications, on a diverse range of topics and themes . . .
Stalls from Iran, India and Japan have pulled a major section every day and especially, the Iranian pavilion sponsored by the Embassy in Bangladesh could be regarded as a star attraction in the middle of the festive venue. Inclusion of multi-media based audio-visual unit seemed to bring elation in the whole atmosphere . . .
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