A Book Fair/Ekushe Bio Mela

In Bangladesh there are two main book fairs per year the Dhaka Book Fair sponsored and arranged by the Jatio Grantha Kendero, and the Ekushe Bio Mela arranged by the Bangla Academi. The former was started from February 1st and the latter has been being held for years. Both the book fairs are famous and have attracted the attention of book lovers countrywide. Book fairs are very essential for people of such a developing country like Bangladesh. We all know that the literacy rate of our country is around 31 percent, a very small figure. Again, those who are literate seldom read books of their own accord. Such fairs, obviously, increase the number of readers and book-lovers. The nation which does not read books can not prosper. So we need to read more and more and learn accordingly. Book fairs are an excellent idea of the modern age. We all should bolster the establishment of book fairs more than two times a year. We all should buy books and read them.

A Village Fair-Paragraph

A village fair is a large gathering of the village people. It is held in an open place either on the bank of a river or in the yard of a temple or a school. Goods of different kinds and tastes are brought here for show and sale. Generally it is held on the occasion of Puja and other traditional cultural days. It is a kind of exhibition and selling centre of various useful things made by the rural artisans and craftsmen. Thus it acts like a market for cottage industries. Some traders come from far and near to sell their goods. They bring clothes of various kinds, ready-made garments, cheap fancy goods, dolls, utensils, cheap sweets and other things useful to the villagers. Fancy goods have the greatest demand in a fair. A village fair is a long-desired occasion for the village people. It promotes rural arts and crafts. So, the government should encourage the fairs but should not allow gambling and other evil things here.