World Book Day celebrations were
held here on Tuesday in an effort to take the reading habit to school children
and common people. On the eve of World Book Day (April 23), two ‘book day’
celebrations were organised, one by Directorate of Public Libraries and the
other by Bharathi Puthakalayam.
Directorate of Public Libraries
along with Directorate of School Education organised book day functions at
Devaneya Paavanar Library, Anna Salai. The function witnessed distribution of
prizes to school students who won essay writing competitions, distribution of
library membership cards to new members and felicitation of patrons of the
library.
Speaking at the function, Dr
Vaigaichelvan, Minister for School Education, said, “A man will lose his wealth
and property any time. But the knowledge that an individual has acquired
will not leave him.”
In her address, D Sabitha IAS,
Principal Secretary, Department of School Education said, “The government has
decided to have a separate section for children in libraries. Before the month
ends, we aim to have more than 10,000 members for libraries all through the
State. But, we crossed over than 46,000 memberships on World Book Day
alone. Also, we got 1,700 patrons (funding and support) for the libraries on
the same day.”
Another event was organised by
Bharathi Puthakalayam, a noted book publishing house, at the Lady Willington
Institute of Advanced Study in Education, on the sidelines of the ‘Chithiral
New Year Book Festival.’
The event titled ‘Thamizhagame
Vaasippom’, had lectures by Pazha Adhiyaman and professor K
Bharathi on the works of two famous litterateurs Ku Azhagirisamy and Rajam
Krishnan, respectively.
In his address, writer Pazha
Adhiyaman said, “One who reads Ku Azhagirisamy’s short stories will be absorbed
by the characters of the stories. His stories will suit everyone and the
readers can match the stories with their experiences. More than his essays, the
short stories are being well received by his readers and critics.”
Professor K Bharathi in her speech
said, “Rajam Krishnan worked hard for each of her novels. For instance, for her
biographical novel Padhaiyil Padintha Adigal, which portrayed the life of
Manalur Maniamma, who actively participated in agrarian struggles held in
Thanjavur, she visited the whole region but did not get any information about
Maniamma.” Bharathi went on, “Whenever Rajam Krishnan puts her soul while
writing a novel, the information pertaining to the novel comes automatically to
her in unexpected ways.”After the event, poetry reading was held in which more
than 60 poets participated.
thanks: Indian Express
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