Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob 2019.
About Apeejay Bangla SahityaUtsob Apeejay Bangla SahityaUtsob (ABSU), India’s first Bangla Literary Festival (ieUtsob in Bangla) created by the nearly 100 year old Oxford Bookstore in 2015,honours the rich literary tradition of the Bangla language by making it increasingly visible and accessible, building an audience for Bangla books and creating a culture of readership among the new generation. The Utsob is the pioneer of initiating an interactive platform for the voices of Contemporary Bangla Literature at the national and international stage. ABSU not only showcases all aspects of Bangla literature, literary expressions and its impact on various art forms but also aims to encourage youth and familiarize them with the Bangla language. Among eminent personalities who have graced the Utsob in the last four editions are renowned authors like Sankha Ghosh, Shirshendu Mukherjee, SanjibChattopadhaya, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, SamareshMajumdar, Pracheta Gupta, RanjanBandhopadhyay,