Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad International Book Festival 2025, held from 13 to 23 November at the Sabarmati Riverfront Event Centre, has set a new benchmark in popularity this year. Associated with the “Vanche Gujarat 2.0” campaign, the 11-day festival witnessed a footfall of over 8.21 lakh visitors, making it the most visited book festival not only in Gujarat but also at the national level, according to organizers. The festival was inaugurated on 13 November. The ceremony commenced with a...Read More

New Delhi: Venu Srinivasan and Sudarshan Venu of TVS Motor Company met the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in New Delhi and presented him the TVSM x Rann Utsav 2025 Coffee Table Book. The Prime Minister in a tweet stated he commended them for the effort to chronicle the beauty of Kutch and also encourage motorcyclists to go there. TVS Motor Company had in February this year, in partnership with Gujarat Tourism, curated  motorcycling experience at Rann Utsav, showcasing the region's culture, la...Read More

Ahmedabad: Speaking at a function here, union Home minister Amit Shah said he read Vidur Niti and Chanakya Niti both books that are in his library published by Sastu Sahitya Mudranalaya Trust only which he heads today. Shah recollected opening written by Mahatma Gandhi for Chanakya's book in which he said this is not granth (book), this is a granthagar(library). Shah recollected how the book had easy Gujarati translation and how it explained the meaning of what Chanakya said. Shah was speakin...Read More

By Japan K Pathak, Ahmedabad: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amitbhai Shah will launch 24 Gujarati books republished by Sastu Sahitya Mandir Trust (SSMT) on March 9. Shah has been the President of SSMT for the last two years and has written the preface for all republished books. Established in 1907, Ahmedabad-based SSMT, under the printed name of Sastu Sahitya Vardhak Karyalaya, published over 10,000 titles in the span of 116 years. Many of these titles were not republished due to weak fin...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Rajya Shala Pathyapustak Mandal has announced its decision to change certain textbooks with effect from the new academic year which is starting from June 2025-26 in accordance with the new education policy. The new text books to be in circulation include English (2nd language of class 6, Gujarati first lanaguage of class 8 and class 1, Gujarati 2nd language of class 1, Marathi first language of class 7, Maths of class 8, Science of class 8, Economics(with added new chapte...Read More