India, Dec. 5 -- The 'Pune Book Festival', now widely regarded as a people's festival, is gearing up to take its reading movement to a global platform. As part of its endeavour to position Pune as the 'Book Capital of India', a citywide campaign titled 'Silence. Pune is Reading' will be held on December 9 with the aim of setting a world record for the largest number of people reading at the same time.

The call to join the initiative has been jointly issued by the Pune Book Festival and National Book Trust (NBT). The organising committee expects more than five lakh citizens from Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad to participate.

The reading hour will be observed between 11 am and 12 noon, inviting people across all ages, professions and locations...