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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan connected Thursday (November 14, 2025) stressed the transformative powerfulness of books, calling them a “catalyst successful life,” and urged the younger procreation to make a stronger speechmaking habit.
Mr. Pradhan, on with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, inaugurated the Ahmedabad International Book Festival 2025 and the Food for Thought Fest astatine the Sabarmati Event Centre.
Speaking astatine the event, the Minister praised Gujarat’s bequest successful acquisition and intelligence pursuits, describing it arsenic an “intellectual State” that has agelong been astatine the forefront of speechmaking and teaching traditions.
“I congratulate the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the National Book Trust (NBT) for consistently organising singular publication fairs successful the city. This year, they person elevated it to a planetary level, with information from implicit 300 publishers crossed India,” helium said.
Highlighting the value of blending accepted speechmaking with technology, Mr. Pradhan said the younger procreation should clasp some printed and integer formats. He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had ever promoted the room and literate movement, some during his tenure arsenic Gujarat Chief Minister and present arsenic the country’s leader.
“The publication just volition assistance nurture speechmaking habits among the youth,” helium said, adding aboriginal connected X that the lawsuit would further fortify the room question and speechmaking culture.
Encouraging radical to attend, helium wrote, “I invitation everyone, particularly the radical of Ahmedabad, to enactment successful this solemnisation of books, authors, culture, creativity, and culinary experiences.”
Mr. Pradhan and CM Patel besides visited the Food for Thought Fest, which volition tally until 16 November. The publication festival, portion of the Vanche Gujarat 2.0 initiative, volition stay unfastened from 13 to 23 November.
The nutrient festival is being organised by the AMC successful collaboration with the South Asian Association for Gastronomy (SSG). Ahmedabad Mayor Pratibha Jain, Municipal Commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani and respective dignitaries were besides contiguous astatine the inauguration.
