# 35th New York International Bengali Book Fair opens in US 2026-08-10T12:58:46+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The 35th New York International Bengali Book Fair 2026 opened on Friday at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in New York, drawing writers, publishers, artists and Bengali-speaking communities from across North America. Organised by the MuktoDhara Foundation under the theme 'The More Books, The More Life', the four-day fair runs till May 25. Inaugurating the event, economist Rehman Sobhan said Bangladeshis have become a visible community in the US and will emerge as an integral part of American society. He stressed preserving accurate historical discourse on Bangladesh's Liberation War. Sobhan received the MuktoDhara Lifetime Achievement Award. Publishers from Bangladesh and Kolkata are taking part. ## Coverage - millenniumpost.in Tags: Bengali Book Fair, diaspora, Liberation War, MuktoDhara Foundation, New York, Rehman Sobhan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/35th-new-york-international-bengali-book-fair-opens-in-us/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/35th-new-york-international-bengali-book-fair-opens-in-us/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.