“There are a lot of visually challenged people in Delhi but they are unaware of this stall. We did not publicise it much,” says R N Yadav, the stall keeper and the press operator of the All Indian Confederation of the Blind Braille Press, the biggest Braille press in India. According to Yadav, though no visually challenged person has visited his stall, some people have shown interest in the books.

“More than a dozen people have taken our brochures. They are mostly people associated with blind schools who want to learn what kind of books are available in the market,” says Yadav.

In order to draw more crowds, the prices of the books have been slashed by 75 per cent and one can purchase books for as low as Rs 3. Among the latest addition in the list of books are the Harry Potter series, which are available for Rs. 74 each. Other well known books include stories by Shakespeare, Oliver Twist and Aesop’s Fables. Also, the stall no.208 in Hall 6 has textbooks from class six to twelve.

The stall was set up as a joint initiative between the AICBBP and the National Book Trust to encourage more visual challenged people to read books, both academic and otherwise. J L Kaul, the General Secretary of the All India Confederation of Blind says that despite the low turnout he is happy. “This was our first initiative. From next time, I am sure more people will visit us,” he says.