Brief Description-visit to a book fair
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The book fair was organised by the Booksellers and Publishers of Assam and Northeast at the Judges Field, Guwahati from 10th Jan. to 20th Jan., 2003. A strong barricade of tin sheets and bamboos fencing were erected all round the field with a grand entrance. Numerous colourful flags and decorative lights were put up all over the field. Within the enclosure there were numerous stalls put up by different publishers and booksellers. Besides, the publishers from Assam and Northeastern states, several leading publishers from other states too had set up their stalls. One evening, I visited the fair along with my friend. We were surprised to see a huge crowd at the fair. The crowd, of course, mostly consisted of school and college-going students. Nevertheless, there were a lot of children and general public. We visited many stalls and went through many books. We saw thousands of books exhibited on stands and on tables, arranged topic wise. At the entrance to each stall there was a counter for inquiry and payment. One could also get a catalogue of the books available in the stall. I was interested in getting the latest arrival on Engineering Entrance Examination, while my friend wanted to get some good books on computer software. We were not disappointed and got what we wanted and that too at a cheaper rate than what the ordinary bookstalls offer.