Book fair inaugurated
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 29 2014:
A week-long book fair organized under the aegis of Imphal East District Boys Scouts & Girls Guide Association was inaugurated at the Akampat Community Hall here today.
The book fair which would go on till February 3 February is being organized under the sponsorship of National Book Trust, New Delhi.
AK Sanaton Singh, Senior Journalist and K.Jayananda Sharma, State Secretary of Manipur State Scouts Union were respectively chief guest and president of the inaugural function which was also attended by Longjam Sunil, Pradhan of Singjamei Torban Kshetri Leikai Gram Panchayat as guest of honour.
K.Sarat Sharma of Educational Guide Centre Singjamei and Seram Neken, writer and regular columnist of Hueiyen Lanpao English Daily delivered lectures as resource persons on the occasion.
The resource persons stressed the importance of inculcating reading habits among the young generation so as to bring about a conscious society.
A number of important books and journals are on display in the fair.