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The first edition of The Bengal Chamber Literary Meet celebrated the joy of reading

The Telegraph gets you the details

The Telegraph Published 26.05.23, 09:04 AM
Subir Chakraborty, president, The Bengal Chamber, and managing director and chief executive officer, Exide Industries Ltd, addressed the audience at the inaugural session. He talked about the evolution of mankind and storytelling mediums. “We keep doing a lot of festivals and I like it because we feel happy and it connects us. I remember Irrfan Khan in a debate in Calcutta Club and he said Calcutta is the only city where so many people can congregate to hear a debate,” said Chakraborty.

Subir Chakraborty, president, The Bengal Chamber, and managing director and chief executive officer, Exide Industries Ltd, addressed the audience at the inaugural session. He talked about the evolution of mankind and storytelling mediums. “We keep doing a lot of festivals and I like it because we feel happy and it connects us. I remember Irrfan Khan in a debate in Calcutta Club and he said Calcutta is the only city where so many people can congregate to hear a debate,” said Chakraborty.

Calcutta added another literary meet to its calendar and this time the initiative has been taken up by The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The one-day festival, The Bengal Chamber Literary Meet: Celebrating Literature, was organised to encourage the wonderful tradition of reading and writing books. Held at Arts Acre, New Town on May 12, the lineup included some of the biggest names from the literary circuit including authors Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and Devdutt Pattanaik, poet Srijato and writers Pracheta Gupta and Moumita. Highlights.

Satyam Roychowdhury, chairperson, education committee of The Bengal Chamber and chancellor, Sister Nivedita University, addressed the audience at the inaugural session

Pictures: Rashbehari Das

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