Lucknow News: Interest is also being seen in Buddhist and Dalit literature

Lucknow. The aim of creating a humane and egalitarian society with which Dalit literature is being written was also seen in the 21st National Book Fair being held at Balrampur Garden. Buddhist and Dalit literature is available in abundance at many stalls of the fair.

At the stall of Bahujan Literature, there is a new edition of Jyotiba Phule’s Gulamgiri book published in 1873, while under the Har Ghar Abhiyan, books like Har Ghar Samvidhan, Har Ghar Gautam Buddha and Har Ghar Ambedkar by Dr. ML Parihar are being sold at low prices. Here, the book Dhammapada is being given as a gift along with the book Constitution of India.

From the stall of Gautam Prakashan, book lover Balkrishna Rawat bought books including what Congress and Gandhi did for the untouchables. At this stall, books like Mahanayak of Samajik Kranti, Mahapurushon Ke Anmol Vachan, Bahujan Sahitya Kosh, Father of Indian Music and Art, Dalit Pichhde and Satya Asatya by Shyam Bihari Verma are also attracting the attention of readers.

Samyak Prakashan’s stall also has books like Maharaj Bijli Pasi’s Historiography, Jannayak Karpoori Thakur, Bahujan Veeranganas, India’s Ancient Geography, Phoolan Devi, Truth of Caste Census, True History of Emperor Ashoka, Concept of Human Liberation in Hindi Dalit Literature.

Long queue of book releases on the stage

On the literary stage of the fair, writer Ashutosh Singh released Amit Tiwari’s book Banku and Shweta Upadhyay’s book Kavita Si Ladki and Nibandh Sa Ladka on behalf of Bodhras Prakashan. Saraswat Samman Samaroh was organized by Manjusha Parishad under the chairmanship of Dr. Amita Dubey and conducted by Kumar Taral. In the ceremony, Prof. Harishankar Mishra was awarded the Dr. Sarla Shukla Smriti Samman and Alka Pramod were honoured with Manas Manjusha Samman.

On this occasion, Dr. Manju Shukla’s book ‘Janme Hain Raghubar Avadh Maa’ was released in the presence of Vijay Kumar Tripathi and Apoorva Awasthi. The joint story collection of writers, Amrit Manthan, published this year by Abhivyakti Sanstha, was also released. A seminar on the topic of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri, two pioneers of India, was organised by Vasundhara Foundation in collaboration with Rakesh Srivastava, under the chairmanship of Padma Shri Dr. Vidya Bindu Singh. Akhilesh Srivastava Chaman, Anandvardhan Singh, poet Naresh Saxena and journalist Sudhir Mishra expressed their views.

Children ran a cleanliness drive

On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, 32 children of Gadhdhar Abhyudaya Project Ramakrishna Math gave the message of cleanliness by running a cleanliness drive in the fair premises on behalf of the Publication Department. In collaboration with Jyoti Kiran, Aastha, Mahi, Meenakshi, Shikha, Payal, Moni Mishra and Nitin of MDA Dance Academy performed dance on songs like Naino Wale Ne…. In the evening, a seminar was organized by Vision Care on the topic of entrepreneurship opportunities.

Today’s Programs

– Literary Event: Vani Prakashan

– Cultural Program: Surbhi Cultural Group

– Startup Lit Fest

Book Discussion: Sunil Dwivedi

Seminar: Sundaram Sansthan

– Program by Rajkamal Prakashan

Courtesy: Hindi News