We are happy to announce that National Book Agency Private Limited (NBA) will start its online book store (e-commerce website). Comrade Biman Basu will inaugurate it on 7th November at 4: 00pm. The programme can be seen live from National book Agency Facebook page
We will sell not only NBA books, but also books from other publications, particularly left and progressive books in Bengali,English and Hindi. For the time being the books will be available within India only.
This new venture could not have been possible without the guidance and active cooperation of Left Word comrades and particularly the young comrades from Hyderabad who spent their valuable time for this. This comradely gesture has encouraged us immensely.
I request you all to please follow the site and give your suggestion so that we can improve.
Regards
Aniruddha Chakravarti
Director
Website : nbabooks.in
Will be accessible from 7 November after inauguration.
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