Kolkata book fair in 2021 to be dedicated to Bangabandhu
Kolkata book fair committee has decided to dedicate its next book fair to Bangladesh's Father of the country Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS. Kolkata Book Fair Committee Chairman Tridib Kumar Chattopadhyay revealed the information on the last day of the 12-day's 44th Kolkata Book Fair in SBI Auditorium at Salt lake Central Park Monday.
"The 45th Kolkata book fair in 2021 will be focused on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangladesh will be its focal theme country," Chattopadhyay said. It really is mentionable that for a lot more than 2 decades, the last day of the Kolkata book fair has been focused on Bangladeshi writers and books, which is recognized as 'Bangladesh Day'.
Organizers said the last day of the fair has been observed as Bangladesh Day because of Bangladeshi visitors and buyers' interest to it. Bangladeshi persons crowds at Bangladesh Pavilion every year, but this year, the number of visitors was greater than recent years, they said. This year, the theme of the Bangladesh day was 'Bangabandhu at birth centenary and materialization of his dream - Sonar Bangla'.
A seminar happened to mark your day where State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid was present as the chief guest.
"Bangabandhu may be the name of an ideal, a dream… He is the greatest Bangalee of all time," he said in his speech. Khalid also invited all to become listed on the much anticipated Mujib Year celebration. Bangladesh National Museum Chairman Shamsuzzaman Khan presented the key note paper in the seminar.
"Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman outlined an application to implement his dream 'Sonar Bangla' to build an exploitation free society a long time before the independence of Bangladesh. But unfortunately, he was brutally assassinated. In spite of this, the implementation process of his dream is never halted," he said.
"His (Bangabandhu) worthy daughter and our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is materializing his unfulfilled dream rapidly," Shamsuzzaman added.
Former Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor, Director General of Bangla Academy Habibullah Siraji, Director of Bangladesh National Book Centre Minar Masnur and Professor Gautam Bhadra were also present, amongst others, in the seminar.
