Hyderabad Book Fair 2015- A Review

An Everlasting Experience

Vanisha Srinidhi

 For the first time ever, I visited the Hyderabad Book Fair with my mother. There were more than 370 stalls and the place was crowded with thousands of people, as it was the concluding day of the Fair. I could see people from different religions, of different age groups, all part of this vast crowd. 

 There were huge discounts and offers on books, magazines and novels of different genres varying from stall to stall. There were separate stalls for religious books. A free Quran was distributed and I got one for me.

 Major publications like Harper Collins Publications from Broadway, New York; Jaico Publications from Mumbai; KFI Publications from Chennai, to name a few, had set up stalls at the fair. Many organizations and institutions- the National Book Trust India (NBT), Gitam University, and ACE Engineering College, among others, also came forward with their stalls. 

There was a stall on the concept of ‘Digital Writing’, which left me fascinated. This is a part of the ‘Digital India’ project. It would surely help many people have easy access to millions of books by various authors, apart from giving them a platform to share their stories with the world.

 I bought two self-help novels – Think on These Things by J. Krishnamurthy and Discover Your Destiny by Robin Sharma for Rs.150 and Rs.100. My mother also took a book written by Dr. B. V. Pattabhiram. On the whole, the trip was an unforgettable experience.