{"id":226293,"date":"2025-01-28T18:12:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/mamata-banerjee-inaugurates-48th-kolkata-international-book-fair\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:12:22","slug":"mamata-banerjee-inaugurates-48th-kolkata-international-book-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/mamata-banerjee-inaugurates-48th-kolkata-international-book-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamata Banerjee inaugurates 48th Kolkata International Book Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Inaugurating 48th Kolkata International Book Fair<\/a>, with Germany as the focal theme country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee<\/a> said on Tuesday stressed on the strong relationship between India and Germany and said our iconic hero Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose<\/a> had a deep connection with Germany.Banerjee said, “Our great hero Netaji had a deep connection with Germany. her daughter also stays there. The relationship between two countries is strong.” This year Germany s the focal theme country inKolkata International Book Fair, with Ambassador of Germany in India Phillip Ackermann<\/a> and Director of Goethey-Institute (South Asia) Marla Stukenberg present at the inauguration ceremony today. <\/p>\n

“The footfall in this year’s Kolkata International Book Fair will be around one crore,” Banerjee said. Last year, the Kolkata Book Fair had 27 lakh footfall and earned Rs 30 crore.<\/p>\n

“Despite digital space, books are essential parts of our lives and our inspiration,” she said. The 48th Kolkata Book Fair was inaugurated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Phillip Ackermann said, “Kolkata is intellectual and artistic hub of the country. Kolkata Book Fair is inspired by the Frankfurt Book Fair and it competes the circle as Germany becomes the theme country of this year’s book fair. Chief Minister herself is a writer, poet and painter.”<\/p>\n


In this year’s Book Fair, three books written by Mamata Banerjee were launched.
author Abul Bashar was conferred “GUILD LIFETIME LITERARY AWARD” worth Rs 2 lakh at the inaugural ceremony.<\/p>\n

Apart from Germany, other countries which are participating in this year’s book fair include USA, UK, France, Russia, Nepal, Spain, Peru, Argentina, Guatemala, Costa Rica and other Latin American countries. <\/p>\n

Eminent Bengali author Abul Bashar, Kolkata Corporation Firhad Hakim; state Fire & Emergency Services Minister Sujit Bose, State Minister for Agriculture Sobhondeb Chattopadhyay, President of Publishers & Booksellers Guild Tridib Kumar Chatterjee, Honorary General Secretary-Publishers & Booksellers Guild Sudhanshu Sekhar Dey, Speaker off State assembly Biman Bandopadhyay, among others, were present at the event.
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