STORY plays host to Kolkata Literary Meet

On Friday, former Cabinet Minister and author Jairam Ramesh talked about the birth of Telangana during the launch of his book ‘Old History New Geography -Bifurcating Andhra Pradesh’.

The book, from Rupa Publications India, narrates the history of Andhra Pradesh as a linguistic unit that brought together the Nizam's territory, Rayalseema and Telangana and how modern politics redrew India's map, explained Jairam Ramesh while conversing with historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee.

'The Ocean of Churn' by Sanjeev Sanyal, published by Penguin India, was launched on Saturday.

The book described how the Indian Ocean shaped Indian history.

Sanyal drew on evidence from remote archaeological sites, ancient inscriptions, maritime trading networks and half-forgotten oral histories. References to adventurers, merchants, explorers, monks, pirates and many others added colour to the narrative.

Despite the heavy rain, avid fans and readers turned up on Sunday to hear the mother-daughter duo, Nabaneeta Dev Sen and Nandana Sen discuss about the book of poems ‘Make up your mind’.

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A collection of ‘25 poems about choice’, it is a compilation of much-awarded author and academic Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s select Bengali poems translated into English by actor, writer and child rights activist Nandana Sen.

A session of simultaneous reading of poems in Bengali and English was followed by a discussion about poetry, what inspires a poet, what to do when one suffers from a writer’s block, etc.

According to Nabaneeta Dev Sen, one of the best ways to get over the block is to translate any good piece of literature.

About STORY: There are a total of four STORY outlets in West Bengal. They are in Elgin Road; Diamond Plaza Mall, Nager Bazar; Avani River Side Mall, Howrah and Junction Mall, Durgapur.

The flagship bookstore of STORY, was launched on April 15, 2014, in Kolkata. It claims to be eastern India’s largest standalone bookstore covering an area of 15,000 sq feet.

STORY also helps students of Future Hope, an NGO in Kolkata that provides home and school for street children, by training them at various stores during summer internships. It also raises funds and donates books, gifts and toys to various charity organisations.

‘Share a Story’ initiative collected 10,000 books and handed it over to Future Hope and Mukti Rehabilitation Centre. STORY contributes books for the annual Carnival and Jumble Sale at IICP (the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy).

Eventually a pilgrimage for all book-lovers Story has a massive collection of books of all genres and a dedicated floor for children.

Through innovative technology and outstanding customer service, Story provides more than 50000 titles. The best basket of collectible pens and writing accessories is available in the Pen & Ink section.

The art street section offers art material and accessories, gift it! section has bountiful of special gift items, greetings section boasts of a wide range of all reasons greeting cards whereas the paper shop and stationery section has a comprehensive range of house paper and stationery materials of different kinds.

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