Katwa, 20 Jan 04 : The 16th Katwa Book Fair started from today. The fair was inaugurated by Nahera Bibi, a new literate women. "We don't want to project the fair as a place only to trade books. We want that new literate persons (under the "Literacy for Everyone" effort) should take an active interest on books & the fair. Maybe they will not be able to buy books, but we want them to come to the fair & interact with books" said Shri Tushar Pandit, Joint Secretary of the fair.

The inaugural function was addressed by  Subrata Gupta, District Magistrate, Burdwan, Shri Rabindranath Chatterjee, Sadhana Mallic, M.L.A.s from Katwa Sub-Division and many more eminent personalities.