Silchar: There is no substitute for books. To cultivate the habit of reading, a collective effort is necessary. Nowadays children and adults alike are drawn more toward mobile phones and social media. In this context, parents must take the initiative to attract the younger generation toward books.

On Friday, at the residence of language activist Paritosh Pal Choudhury in Subhas Nagar, Silchar, these points were emphasized at a meeting of the 33rd Silchar Book Fair Committee. The meeting was chaired by committee chairman Haran Dey, where it was unanimously decided that the 33rd Silchar Book Fair will be held at Bipin Chandra Pal Auditorium. The traditional 33rd Silchar Book Fair will be inaugurated on December 14 at 4 pm at the Bipin Chandra Pal Auditorium.

The office bearers of the 33rd Silchar Book Fair Committee are as follows:

Chairman: eminent journalist Haran Dey

President: former Vice-Chancellor Professor Dilip Chandra Nath

Working President: Swarnali Choudhury

General Secretary: Biplab Pal Choudhury

Vice Presidents: Sadhan Purkayastha, Subir Bhattacharya, and Goshtolal Das

Joint Secretaries: Gautam Talukdar and Bahar Uddin Choudhury

Cultural Secretary: Santosh Chanda

Assistant Secretaries: Rajib Pal Choudhury, Pradip Das, and Biswajit Acharya

Publicity Secretaries: Joy Roy, Ranu Dutta, and Raju Choudhury

Literary Secretaries: Shukla Bhattacharya, Mridula Bhattacharya, Mita Das Purkayastha, and Arjun Choudhury

Executive Members: Panna Lal Chakraborty, Barindra Kumar Das, Pompa Pal Choudhury, Pranab Kanti Das, Tanmoy Chakraborty, Narendra Das, Biswajit Bhattacharya, Ramapada Bhattacharya, Shrabani Sarkar, Enam Uddin Laskar, among others.

Patron: Bijoy Krishna Nath
Advisory Panel: Minister Kaushik Rai, poet and journalist Atin Das, MP Parimal Suklabaidya, MLA Dipayan Chakraborty, Babul Hore, Kasturi Hom Choudhury, Shankar Dey, and Vivek Poddar.

At the meeting, the welcome address was delivered by General Secretary Biplab Pal Choudhury. He informed that this year’s book fair will feature publishers from Kolkata, Guwahati, Agartala, along with local publishing houses. An appeal will be made to the district administration and the state government’s Department of Culture for financial support. He also called upon citizens from all walks of life to extend their cooperation to make the book fair a success.

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