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14. You are Sujay, a staff reporter of “The Telegraph”. I
Write a report in 100-125 words covering the
Book fair organised in Barpeta in the month of
January by the learning publishers of the
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The 20th World Book Fair 2012 has just started in New Delhi's Pragati Maidan from 25th Feb till 4th March 2012. I got to know about the Fair about a week before it was to start off. Hence was able to adjust my travel plans to ensure I could attend at least Day1.
The inauguration for the Book Fair was slated at 10.30am. We figured that most of the stalls wouldn't be even up and functional if we went in early. So we set off from Gurgaon at around 12.30pm. By Metro, we took the Yellow Line (starting at Huda City Center) till Rajeev Chowk, and then shifted to the Blue Line that was headed to Vaishali/Noida City Center.
The entire trip took us an hour and a half, so it was around 2pm that we got out of the Metro Station at Pragati Maidan.
Pragati Maidan, which mean Field of Progress, was built in 1982 over an area of 150 acres. It hosts around 18 exhibition halls, several buildings, eateries and open performace spaces and compounds. It hosts around 70 national and international exhibitions each year. The most prominent of them are the India International Trade Fair, World Book Fair and the Auto Expo.
When one steps out of the Metro Station, one has to head to the back of the station to reach Gate No 10, which is the entrance to the Fair. We didn't know that and enquired from some people who were standing outside the station. guess they were there for another trade fair (travel related) and directed us outside the Main Gate towards Gate No 18. The only good thing was that we weren't the only ones that were confused... there were many more with us in that particular boat!!!