ITANAGAR, Apr 23: A slew of events, including book fair, ‘Book corner’, exhibition of paintings etc were organized at Roing in Lower Dibang Valley district to celebrate the World Book Day on Tuesday.
The World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day, or International Day of the Book, is an annual event organized by the UNESCO to promote reading, publishing, and copyright. The World Book Day was first celebrated on 23rd April 1995.
“Achievers in life have built their future by reading wide and well. Hence, take to extensive reading,” exhorted Lower Dibang Valley district Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar Sain while inaugurating the World Book Day celebrations jointly organised by the Lohit Youth Library Network and the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Roing.
“Where there is darkness, you cannot find sun, and where the community doesn’t have the habit of reading, it would continue to be fallen,” stated Sain quoting a Hindi poem.
The SP further encouraged the participants especially the students to do extensive reading of biographies for personality development, instead of confining themselves to just textbooks.
Explaining the vital importance of reading campaign activities, the coordinator of Lohit Youth Libraries, S Mundayoor outlined the various activities the library network has been conducting over the last 12 years to reach good books to those students, teachers and parents who did not have access to such reading materials.
Earlier welcoming the guests, the Principal of the Roing Kendriya Vidyalaya, Deepak Kumar said that the school will be glad to organise more programmes in Roing to promote the reading habit among the youth.
Later, SP Sain after making round of the book exhibition put up by Lohit Libraries, declared a gift of books worth Rs 5,000 each to the Kendriya Vidyalaya and the Shemrock Primary School, Roing for participating in the World Bok Day celebrations.
A range of excellent books of NBT India, TERI, New Delhi, Tulika, Chennai, Eklavya, Bhopal, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, Kalpavriksh, Pune and Ektara, Bhopal were on display.
A special attraction was a Book corner on the Missile Man of India and former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, by a local book lover and an exhibition of paintings by youth of Roing. Several officers, parents, teachers and students visited book exhibition arranged by the volunteers of Dibang Youth Library.