“Boi ar bikri kora jabe na [it would be difficult to run book business],” said Mr. Bandyopadhyay. Now, online sales are up by about 10% but our College Street counter sales is still zero,” Mr. Das said. “There are about 2,000 publishers and booksellers in College Street. The support is only for the publishers located in College Street, where the damage is to the tune of ₹5 crore, he said. The boi-para, however, is looking forward to support from both the State and Central governments to revive Bengal’s most prestigious business of books.

Source: The Hindu June 05, 2020 14:36 UTC