The India Pavilion will feature nearly 5,000 titles across multiple languages, with over 20 Indian publishers participating. Visitors can also experience cultural programs, meditation spaces, multimedia expositions, and discussions highlighting India’s literary and cultural diversity.
More than 50 events will be held during the fair, including workshops and forums with 20 Indian and 50 Russian literary figures.
“Very prominent names in Indian literature will be visiting Moscow to participate in this. There will be workshops and discussion forums in which more than 70 experts will be participating,” the ambassador said.
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will present performances of Hindustani and Carnatic music as well as Rajasthani folk dance. In addition, 22 Indian books translated into Russian will be released, covering topics from yoga and Ayurveda to children’s literature.
The ambassador emphasized that the fair fits into the broader framework of India–Russia people-to-people ties, which span culture, tourism, and academia. He noted that in July, over 850,000 people attended a major Indian festival in Moscow, while later this year the city and four others will host an Indian film festival.
"Our endeavor at a broad level is to promote and facilitate greater cooperation and exchanges at the level of the societies, people-to-people ties as we say… making available to each other affordable literature in each other’s languages," the ambassador underscored.