BooksWaala: India’s largest book fair on wheels visits Kohima

Kohima: Travelling book fair BooksWaala sells books at Rupees 400/- per kg

BY | Thursday, 1 August, 2024

In an age of digital landscape, two travellers, Apoorva Mayank and Rajesh Kumar Choudhary, united by their love for reading has set on the road with the passion of organising book fairs for people, young and old giving them access to all genres of books at Rupees 400/- per kilogram, spreading the joys of reading.

In an exclusive interview with Nagaland Tribune, the two aspiring travellers commented on their desire to make books accessible and affordable especially for students, “We saw that the big players in the game are a bit too costly because most of these Bookfairs’ charge Rs. 1500-2000/- per box and one has to buy the whole box. Basically, students cannot afford pricey books and so we decided that we will go by weight and people can buy a single book weighing 50 gm.”

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BooksWaala is on the road with over 2,00,000 books of all genres – Children books, mangas, comics, novels, coffee table books, bestseller books, fiction, non-fiction, etc.

Making a remarkable feat to cover the Northeast region of India, the two have successfully travelled across Assam and Meghalaya. BooksWaala is currently in Nagaland and have already visited Dimapur and Kohima.


The Kohima Bookfair was hosted from July 22-31, 2024, drawing in a remarkable crowd of almost 1000 people. In an interview, Apoorva Mayank stated that BooksWaala came with around 5 tons of books and has sold almost 2 tons.

They are set to visit Mokokchung this coming August 5-7, 2024.  He also stated that their destination after Mokokchung is Aizawl, Mizoram.

 

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