Lucknow: Walk into the 23rd National Book Fair at Balrampur Garden on Ashok Marg and you can tell within minutes who has come for what. Some visitors drift slowly past shelves of novels and poetry. Others head straight for the stalls stacked with UPSC guides, ready to compare editions and hunt for a discount. On the seventh day of the fair, Wednesday, the second group was hard to miss. Young readers preparing for civil services, entrance tests and recruitment exams crowded the competitive-exam stalls, where Hindi and English study material…
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