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Books are man’s best friends, HBF Hanamkonda
The crowded Hyderabad Book Fair (HBF) stalls here prove that going digital does not mean that people gave up on books. “With the changing times, readers’ taste may have changed but the patronage to book reading is intact,” says HBF Society president Juluru Gowrishankar.
Hanamkonda: The crowded Hyderabad Book Fair (HBF) stalls here prove that going digital does not mean that people gave up on books. “With the changing times, readers’ taste may have changed but the patronage to book reading is intact,” says HBF Society president Juluru Gowrishankar.
The book fairs are not just a facility that dispenses a space to showcase the books of various publishing houses, he said, exclusively speaking to The Hans India. “The very face of book fair concept is changed in last three years. The book fairs organised in Hyderabad in December were like an annual fiesta.”
The ongoing book festival in Hanamkonda is the first ever organised by the HBF that successfully organised 30 book festivals in Hyderabad. This was as part of the HBF society’s plan to reach out the booklovers in all 31 district headquarters in the State.
The public response to HBF book festivals in last three years is phenomenal with the number of visitors nearly touching 10 lakh every year, Gowrishankar said.
Stating that response was good to all kinds of books, he said that people’s interest in buying books of competitive examinations has grown leaps and bounds. This development augurs well for the people, he said, terming it as the promotion of ‘Jnana Telangana’.
Sahitya Akademi award winner and novelist Ampasayya Naveen, who visited the book festival on Wednesday, said: “Since the times of Kakatiya and even before, Warangal retained the fragrance of literature. The array of books available at the 50-odd stalls put up by various publishing houses likely to inculcate the reading habit among people.”
Meanwhile, some of the representatives of the stalls said that due to lack of publicity and the heat wave prevailing in the region has had its impact on the number of visitors to stalls.
Basiri Sambasiva Rao, a retired Telugu lecturer and poet, said: “Books are mankind’s best friends. The solace the books give us is beyond narration. Despite the rapid pace of technological advances, the popularity of printed publications is intact.”
Meanwhile, Thursday is the last day for the ongoing book fair at the Government School grounds abutting Kakatiya Degree College in Hanamkonda.
