Several events to take place as a prelude to the International Women’s Day

on Mar 03, 2022

International Women’s Day is just around the corner, as a prelude to the special day, a week-long book fair is inaugurated offering a wide array of books on a range of topics at Jyotirao Phule park on Wednesday.

A heap of literary and cultural events majorly centered around women’s empowerment is going to take place at this week-long book fair, jointly organized by the Hyderabad Book Fair Society and the Telangana Book Trust.

Civil Supplies and Backward Classes Welfare Minister G Kamalakar inaugurated the fair. Telangana Sahitya Academy chairman Juluri Gowri Shankar, BC Welfare Department Principal Secretary B Venkatesham, CollectprR V Karnan, and a group of literary personalities, among others were present.

The minister said the book fair helps in fostering a culture of reading and traces out the rich literary culture of Telangana. He encouraged the denizens of the town, especially students, to fully make use of the events that feature a rich collection of around 20,000 books in nearly 50 stalls.

He mentioned that the plans are in progress to distribute a diverse range of informative books to the State-run schools in the district soon. Mr. Gowri Shankar hailed the initiative of Mr. Karnan in organizing the mega book fair in Karimnagar.

Mr. Karnan had listed out the literary and cultural events lined up as a part of the book fair which is organized in celebration of International Women’s Day.