Hyderabad Book Fair Drew a Large Throng
he 35th edition of the Hyderabad Book Fair began on December 22, with hundreds of citizens queuing up to enter the large fairground of Telangana Kalabharathi (NTR Stadium), Hyderabad, where the exhibition was inaugurated, and ended on January 1, 2023. This year's edition drew roughly 40,000 visitors per day, with crowds exceeding a lakh on weekends, and featured 340 stalls, up from 270 the previous year.
In the fair, Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Information Technology (IT), Government of Telangana, launched a stall of the Digital Media Wing of Telangana Government that is launching 'Telangana Digital Repository', where knowledge about the region will be available to future generations, much like a sounding board before the full rollout. While buyers visited each of these stalls, a variety of cultural activities, including slam poetry, dances, vocal performances, and book launches, were held on a stage set up in the center of the fair. In Hyderabad, a diverse range of book dealers from throughout the country packed their shelves.