Getting to Book Fair 2024 by Metrorail: Just five years ago, if you told someone that they could commute to and from the Boi Mela in just an hour, they would have laughed at you and called you delusional.
Provangshu Sarkar, a government employee, knew exactly where he wanted to bring his wife and two little ones for a special outing: the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela. He came to Dhaka all the way from Sreemangal solely for the purpose of attending the book fair.
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It was quite a sight. The premises of the Boi Mela in Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan were packed with bookworms. They were moving from one stall to another, turning through the pages of the books available and buying them.