IT News
Imphal, Feb 24:
A new bookstore named People’s Book House (PBH) has been inaugurated at Manipur University, Chanchipur. The store is located adjacent to the Central Library of Manipur University.
The inaugural program was attended by researchers, faculties, social activists, journalists, advisory members, and office bearers of the National Research Centre, Manipur.
The cutting of the ceremonial ribbon was done by Wairokpam Gonen, advisor of NRC.
Commenting on the idea of a book house, the President of NRC Th. Ajit termed the book house as a collective initiative of book lovers and NRC to encourage the local publishers and writers to expand the horizon of writing culture in Manipur.
‘The idea of the Book House is to avail books on northeast India and Southeast Asian borderlands to students of Manipur to encourage students towards wider reading and research’, continued Rk Gunikanta, Secretary General of NRC.
Several students visited the bookstore after the inaugural event.
