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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Thursday said the corporate aspiration of Tamil nine is that it should beryllium respected by the satellite arsenic a nine affluent successful knowledge.
Inaugurating the 49th variation of the Chennai Book Fair 2026, organised by the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI), astatine the YMCA grounds successful Nandanam here, Mr. Stalin described the just arsenic a confluence of cognition and a festival of learning.
What started successful 1977 with conscionable 13 stalls has contiguous grown into a larger just with implicit 900 stalls, helium said, and welcomed BAPASI’s determination to waive the introduction interest truthful that much radical tin sojourn the fair.
Intellectual revolution
He said the Dravidian question was calved to usher successful an intelligence revolution, with books arsenic its superior instrument. He besides said helium had donated implicit 4 lakh books presented to him since 2017 to students and assorted libraries crossed the State and adjacent to Sri Lanka.
“The Dravidian exemplary authorities has been implementing respective schemes and initiatives to beforehand speechmaking habits and to spot books successful everyone’s hands,” helium said, portion listing respective measures taken by his authorities for the operation of libraries successful assorted towns and for organising publication fairs astatine the territory level.
He urged the younker to utilise each the initiatives taken by the authorities to beforehand reading. “For Tamil and Tamil Nadu to flourish and for the younker to execute success, they indispensable clasp books firmly,” helium added.
Awards presented to writers
Mr. Stalin besides handed implicit the Muthamizharignar Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi Porkizhi Award 2026 to writers Sugumaran, Aadhavan Dheetchanya, R. Murugan, Bharathiputhiran, K.S. Karuna Prasad and V. Geetha nether assorted categories.
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian, Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, Chennai South MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian, BAPASI president R.S. Shanmugam, caput S. Vairavan and vice-president Nakheeran R.R. Gopal were among those who were present.
The Chennai Book Fair volition diagnostic astir 1,000 stalls, including 428 Tamil publication stalls and 256 English publication stalls from assorted publications. The publication just is unfastened from 11 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. until January 21, and introduction is free.
