Even on the week days, the enthusiasm of the book lovers has not diminished, especially the school children who are not only buying books but are also participating in events being organised for them.
National Book Trust, India in association with School of Translation Studies and Training, IGNOU organised seminar on Diversity and Dialogue: Translation among Indian languages. The seminar was by Prof Kim Do’young. Prof M Aslam, vice chancellor, IGNOU presided over the function. A Sethumadhavan, chairman, NBT and Dr MA Sikandar, director NBT were also present on the occasion.
The seminar was divided into three sessions — Indian linguistic Scenario and Culture of Translation, Translating Oral Discourses: An Inter-language Dialogue and Creating New Worlds: Translating Children’s literature in Indian languages. The speakers on the occasion were K Satchidanandan, Ashok Vajpayee, Ranjit Kumar Dev Goswami, Ganesh Devy, Esther Syein, Vandana Tete, Geeta Dharmarajan, T Kikuchi and Divik Ramesh.
Sahitya Manch saw many literary events including Indo-Czech Writer’s Meet, Gujarat Se Gujarat Tak and Samanvay Sangat. The Indo-Czech Writer’s Meet was a forum where speakers read out excerpts from their works, shared their views on literature and shared that literature helps people of different countries to know each other better. A Sethumadhvan, chairman, NBT, inaugurated the meet and welcomed the authors from India and Czech Republic. He said, “literature has no barriers. It always helped countries to forge new relationship and start a new chapter in cultural exchange. Books unite countries and culture.” He congratulated Sahitya Akademi for taking such initiatives. Some speakers on the occasion were K Sreenivasarao, Martin Vopenka, Uday Prakash and Sukrita Paul Kumar.