Valentine's Day adds colour to Boi Mela
Jamal Hossain, who works at a private organisation, took leave to spend Valentine's Day with his beloved and as part of the plan the couple visited the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela yesterday.
Jamal in formal dress and his girlfriend in a saree spent a couple of hours at the Bangla Academy premises and both gifted books to each other as a sign of love.
Like Jamal and his girlfriend, hundreds of couples in colourful sarees and panjabis with flowers in hands flocked to the fair premises yesterday afternoon, turning the venue into a place for happy and colourful celebration.
Though young couples made a significant of portion of yesterday's visitors, the presence of the elderly and children was also noticeable.
Fifty-nine-year old Mohammad Nayeen, a London expatriate, came to the fair with his wife Godhuly Nayeen as a part of their Valentine's Day celebration.
“I will leave the country within a few days, but the celebration of the day will remain alive in my memory throughout my life in abroad”, he said. Nayeen came from the city's Uttara.
Meanwhile, a total 132 new books arrived at the book fair yesterday.
SECOND WEEK OF THE FAIR
As the fair entered its second week, as many as 1743 new titles filled the stalls. The number was 1377 last year in the same period.
As the fair entered its second week, as many as 1743 new titles filled the stalls. The number was 1377 last year in the same period.
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