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The Kerala Legislative Assembly Library has a history of over a century. The library is celebrating its centenary. You all know the history regarding the Legislative Library. The Legislative Library is a library which has a great collection of precious books. Since this Centenary celebration, the membership of the library, which was limited to members of the Legislative Assembly, is now open to the general public. As a part of Centenary celebration an International Book Festival is being organized from January 09 to January 15, 2023. As we know, knowledge is our greatest wealth. Even a syllable has a fire in it. Fire is light, light is energy and energy is power. And so we need that power. Definitely, knowledge is what we need most. But one thing we see today is that today's young generation is becoming addicted to drugs and internet. We need strong awareness against it. Reading will certainly give us a special feeling. Therefore, the Legislative Assembly is writing a new history by giving membership to the general public, as well as to students and youth, which was only given to the members of the Legislative Assembly. It will help us to deliberately look at our own consciousness. Our young generation are definitely going through a new era. We hope, Assembly Library will inspire them. So we are working hard to make this International Book Festival a great event. This book festival will be something special as more than a hundred publishers will be participating. Various seminars, symposiums and debates with literary figures have been organized in this book festival. I have no doubt that all of it will help us to gain new knowledge and develop our intellectual consciousness. We feel self-satisfaction when we make our desires, thoughts and dreams come true. For such substantial desires and thoughts, there should be inner light of knowledge. For knowledge, Reading is a must. Without that reading our mind is empty. If we want to transform that empty mind into one that can take us to the peaks of knowledge, we must have broad reading. I think we can reach the heights in our life if we read such precious books. So it is a great step by the Legislative Library in its Centenary, to open to the public and to conduct such an eventful International Book Festival. There will be several programmes and cultural events also. I request you all, an active participation to make this book festival a grand success. Your participation and presence is what makes it successful event. I also request everyone to take the advantage of this unique opportunity to meet many new writers and interact with great personalities. I also urge everyone to take advantage of this unique opportunity to meet many new writers and interact directly with people in the social and cultural spheres. So we request once again to make this book festival a grand success.