The Fifth Mayurbhanj Book Fair is going to commence here on Friday (December 16). The 10-day-long fair, which is being held at the local Police Ground, will conclude on December 25.
While Mayurbhanj Collector Rajesh Prabhakar Patil and North Odisha University Vice-Chancellor Dr Prafulla Kumar Mishra will be the chief guest and the chief speaker, respectively, at the inaugural function, Mayurbhanj SP R Prakash and Mayurbhanj DRDA PD Subham Saxena are to attend at the closing ceremony as the chief guest and the chief speaker, respectively.
The book fair’s theme this time is “Pilaa Padhiba, Desha Badhiba” (Children will read and the country will grow). Kendrapada litterateur and journalist Akshay Pani will be specially felicitated on this occasion, according to Mayurbhanj Pustak Mela president Padmanabh Sahu.