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New Dwhli (The Hawk): Paris Book Festival witnessed a broad and diverse range of literary and cultural activities at the India Pavilion. India was the guest of honour country in the Paris Book Festival. Day 1 started with a cultural program ‘Morning Ragas - Melodies of India’ performed by classical vocalist Ms. Aparna Shreedhar which was followed by a discourse on Cultural Communication to Children through Translation. Chaired by Prof Govind Prasad Sharma, Chairman, NBT with panelists Shri Yuvraj Malik, Shri Suddhasattwa Basu, Ms. Gaelle Benacchio, Smt Sudha Murty, Ms Valerie Goudart, the discussion revolved around the ten Indian books for children published by NBT-India which was translated in French. The session was moderated by Shri Kumar Vikram, Senior Editor NBT. In the second session of the day, panellists Smt Sudha Murty, Shri E.N. Nandakumar, Shri Chamu Krishna Shastri, Mr Daniel Negers discussed the multi-lingual and multi-cultural dynamic that the Indian society offers to a writer. The session was moderated by Shri Sudeep Nagarkar. Next session focused on Women Writers and their Creative Sphere in which Ms. Alka Saraogi, Ms. Kumud Sharma and Ms. Kathleen Scarboro talked about thecreative work being done by and issues concerning women writers. The two epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata, are the two pillars of Indian civilisation and have always given the audience a new insight and understanding about human life. In the session on “Interpreting Indian Epics for the Contemporary Readers/Audience”, Shri Anand Neelakanthan, Shri Vikram Sampath and Acharya Balkrishnan discussed the various characters of these epics and their relevance today. Shri Jitendra Kumar Soni moderated the session. In the session on“Emerging Trends in Chil ...