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Why is New Year’s Day on 1st January?

Why is New Year’s Day on 1st January?

Why is New Year’s Day on 1st January?

By Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee

Category: Perky Parrot Books
ISBN: 978-93-89136-84-5
MRP: 450
Illustrated by: Shreya Duggal

What’s so special about 1st January, anyway? Why do we do
countdowns and have fireworks on 31st December every year? For
that matter, how come the whole world welcomes New Year’s Day
on the same day? OR DOES IT?
Find answers to the mysteries of calendars and dates hidden within
the pages of this book.
Take a trip around the world to figure out how similar or how
different ideas of time can be.
Along the way, take a dip into the deep universe of astronomy to
understand why we celebrate New Year’s Day on 1st January. Scan
the QR codes to find extra exciting facts and videos!

Why is New Year’s Day on 1st January?
Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee

Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee taught English Literature at Gauhati University for ten years and Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University for five years. He then joined Sahitya Akademi’s Eastern Regional Office at Kolkata as its Secretary. After putting in a decade there, he shifted to Delhi and worked as the Director of the National Book Trust, India for a five-year tenure. Later, he also worked as the Editor of Sahitya Akademi’s prestigious journal Indian Literature for five years and Director of K. K. Birla Foundation, New Delhi for six years. Currently, he functions as the Editorial Director of Niyogi Books. An accomplished translator from Bengali into English and vice versa, his English translations of fictions of Mahasveta Devi, Sunil Gangaopadhyay, and Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay have been well received. He has also translated a short story collection of U. R. Anantamurthy and a novel by Viswas Patil into Bengali. Recipient of the best translator’s award from IBBY Congress, Mr. Bhattacharjee has also edited a collection of stories of displacement from Assam.

Size: 229mm x 229mm
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