Feluda, Tintin, Sukumar Ray, Rabindranath Tagore keep young readers busy at the International Kolkata Book Fair
In pics: From Feluda to Tintin - Children’s choicest reads at the Kolkata Book Fair
Young readers make the most of Friday at the ‘Boi Mela’ adding books to the cart
My Kolkata Web Desk
Published 07.02.25, 07:19 PM
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Book Fair haul without Feluda adventures is impossible! The classics like ‘Pahare Feluda’ by Satyajit Ray to a special memoir like ‘Feludar Prothom Topshe’ by Siddhartha Chatterjee - for a Prodosh C Mitter fan, these books are a must for the collection
Photographs by Soumyajit Dey
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The best of then and now - ‘Sera Baro Sukumar’ and ‘Lyej’ by Debarati Mukhopadhyay are unputdownable reads for young bibliophiles
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Narayan Debnath’s ‘Sera Bantul the Great Samagra’ celebrates the best works of an icon of Bengali graphic novels
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The love for the three musketeers - Tintin, Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus is perhaps an heirloom, passed from generation to the next
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Popular books like ‘Radharani’ by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and stories of Nante Fante by Narayan Debnath in English translation are popular picks by young readers who want to delve deeper into Bengali literature, overcoming the language barrier
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Sukumar Ray’s ‘Abol Tabol’, Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar’s ‘Thakumar Jhuli’ to ‘Rabindranath Tagore's ‘Sahaj Path’ - books that are the foundation stones of children’s literature keep the interest of new-age readers piqued
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With the Kolkata Book Fair coming to an end on February 9, budding bibliophiles made the most of the Friday, adding their favourites to the personal libraries
