The 24th edition of the Guwahati Book Fair, one of the biggest literary events in the Northeast, got under way at Maniram Dewan Trade Centre at Betkuchi on April 3 evening after a series of protests against the shifting of the fair venue from centrally-located spots.
Inaugurating the event, chief minister Tarun Gogoi said his government’s stand that a venue shift would not affect the fair’s popularity has been vindicated by a substantial rise in the number of participants.
Altogether 134 publishing firms from across the country have participated in this year’s fair against 116 last year, he said. Last year, Dispur’s decision to shift the fair venue from centrally-located spots on grounds of their vulnerability to terror attacks and to ease traffic congestion triggered opposition and conflict between the government, book lovers, publishers and intellectuals.
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