A record number of over 300 poets will recite their poems at the Agartala Book Fair on Saturday and Sunday. "The poets are from at least 10 linguistic backgrounds who will participate at the 35th edition of the fair," Tripura Rabindra Parishad secretary Kalyan Gupta said. ALSO READ | Nearly 60 per cent of children like reading for fun: Study They are from across the state and also some women. Gupta, along with another poet, Bidhan Roy, is coordinating the programme. ALSO READ | Cuttack poet bags Kanhaiya Lal Sethia Award for Poetry Besides Bengali, poems in different tribal languages are also in the list. The Tripura government's Information and Cultural Affairs (ICA) Department has been organising the book fair since 1981. See what else is making news in lifestyle, here ICA official Debashish Lodh said that the government has been providing transportation allowance to the participating poets from faraway places. Publishers and book sellers from New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, besides Tripura have set up 121 stalls at the fair. For the first time no publishers and book sellers from Bangladesh were seen taking part. A record number of books — about 400 titles are expected to be published.
