Visitors throng the 42nd International Kolkata Book Fair in Kolkata yesterday. It is the largest attended book fair in the world with an average record footfall of 2.5mn year on year. Every year there is a focal theme country, which gets an entire pavilion to showcase its culture, traditions, food, tourism and literature through books. This year the focal theme country is France. The event which started on January 30 runs until February 10.
