Many foreign publishers also refuted the claims and said

they were selling the books on reasonable rates. "First there are more charges, we are charged Rs 1 lakh rupees for stall, whereas at every other book fair the rate does not exceed Rs 50 to 55 thousand for the stall," said A M Faheem, owner of Al-Hasanat Books, Indian distributor of Pakistan based-publisher of Children's Publication. Faisal Faheem, representative of the Children's Publication, further said that cost of transportation, customs and other charges incurred on these these books add up to prices on the books in the Indian currency. "Most of our books have MRP in dollars and pounds. While we calculate in pounds and dollars, then accordingly convert them in Indian currency," he said adding that the stall gives discount of 20 to 25 percent on all books. Meanwhile, publishers from Nepal and Sri Lanka were also seen to be selling books for the amount printed on them in their currency but charging customers in Indian rupees. National Booksellers and Publishers Association of Nepal (NBPAN) representatives were also seen selling their books on Nepalese currency. "Some books have MRP in dollars and Nepalese rupee too. We sell it according to the Dollar MRP, while as those books which don't have MRP in dollars, are sold on Nepalese MRP," said Keshav Khatrey, Representative of all book Publishers from Nepal in World Book Fair. Bangladeshi stall owner were also selling their books in Takka MRP without converting it to Indian Rupees. When contacted Maharukh Mohiuddin, Director University Press Ltd. Dhaka, an official from stall, refused to comment on the issue. At the Sri Lanka stall, the official representative was missing but the salesperson present at the stall informed