New Delhi: The Anand Vihar Namo Bharat station has become a literary destination with the presence of book lovers participating in the continuous 10-day StoryBox book fair.

The book fair is organized in one of the key transport stations of the area, offering more than 20,000 original books, including multiple genres and age groups. The book fair commenced on August 14 and will go on till August 23 between 9 AM and 10 PM.

One unique aspect about this fair is that it offers a book purchasing concept that involves boxes. This implies that instead of buying individual books, visitors can pick out a box and load it with however many books can be accommodated in the box.

There are two types of boxes; StoryBox Mini and StoryBox Biggie. There are both fiction, non-fiction, classic and children books in Hindi and English languages. Such a large selection of books has helped draw people from diverse backgrounds such as families, students and commuters.

Other features of this literary event include the meeting with authors and book signings. Pre-order options and other literary activities have also been included as part of the attractions for the visitors.

The event has provided a perfect chance for the commuters to stop for a while and browse books on their way. There has been a huge number of families and students coming to the place to go through new titles and find something different.

Moreover, the choice of Anand Vihar has made it easy for people traveling from various means of public transportation to attend the book fair. Since Anand Vihar is a multimodal junction which serves as a hub for many commuters from various parts of Delhi-NCR, this has allowed the book fair to reach out to a varied audience.

This has been one of the attempts made by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation as part of the efforts to give life to Namo Bharat Stations.

Since StoryBox is open till August 23, the Anand Vihar Namo Bharat Station has something rare for its passengers in store during their routine commutes: an opportunity to stop and pick up a book to read.