The Walking BookFairs at TISS in Deonar

The Walking BookFairs was present at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Deonar on 25-26 January.

27 Jan 2016 | By PrintWeek India

The Walking BookFairs truck parked at the TISS campus Pic courtesy: Walking Book Fair FB account

A long journey with the loved books that enables thousands of others to undertake theirs by diving into the realm of literature is something that India is witnessing for the first time at the 'Walking BookFair'.

The Walking BookFairs has been travelling across nine other states and various cities in Maharashtra, making its stop in Mumbai on Monday.

The book truck has a bookshop where people can buy books at a 20% discount. The truck, with 4000 books, doubles up as a free library for all at the venue. The collection boasts of titles across all genres, including translations of some foreign authors.

The journey of the book truck started on December 15 last year from Bhubaneswar and the nine states that it has covered include village schools, beaches and dhabas. "So what if you cannot travel to a library, the library can surely travel to you," said Misra, in a conversation with a daily.