HAFLONG: Noted writer Arup Kumar Dutta inaugurated the Assam Book Fair in the presence of Power Minister Nandita Garlosa, District Commissioner Simanta Kumar Das, Secretary Publication Board Assam Pramod Kalita, and others at Haflong on Sunday.
The inaugural ceremony was started with the lighting of the lamp by Chief Guest Arup Kumar Datta, who was accompanied by Minister Garlosa and others. The Book Fair is organized by the Publication Board of Assam, Higher Education Department Government of Assam, at Haflong on the premises of Cultural Institute Hall.
Dutta, in his inaugural speech, appealed to the guardians and the students to nurture the habit of book reading since the habit of book reading is very important in the lives of human beings. Minister Garlosa, who initiated the holding of the book fair at Haflong after decades, requested that the students get the essence of books while visiting stalls during the seven-day book fair and also spend the days with the books. In his welcome speech, Secretary Publication Board Assam Pramod Kalita said that the Publication Board Assam is a literary organization under the Higher Education Department Government of Assam. The Publication Board of Assam was born on May 2, 1958.
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