Special book fair for children ‘Sishu Pustak Mela 2010' will be held in Berhampur City

A six-day special book fair for children ‘Sishu Pustak Mela 2010' will be held in the City High School ground in Berhampur from March 27. The venue of the children's book fair will also host State-level multilingual children's drama festival.

The book fair and the children's drama festival are being organised by The ‘Sishuvarta', a children's magazine published from the city. The secretary of the organising committee, Manas Das, has said “through these programmes we are trying to provide some entertaining activities to students after the examinations.”

The venue of the book fair will have two stages. One of them will be meant for discussion and seminars related to children's literature and issues related to the mental, social and physical developments of a child. The other stage will be for the drama festival. Amateur children's theatre troupes from different parts of the State will take part in the drama festival.

The organisers say the performers will enact plays in different languages, including Oriya, Hindi, Telugu and English. The inauguration of the drama festival will coincide with the International Theatres' Day on March 27.

Source : The Hindu