Tara Books to Art1st, interactive books for children are increasingly engaging with form

Tara Books to Art1st, interactive books for children are increasingly engaging with form

In A Book is a Bee (Tulika Books), Lavanya Karthik writes: “A Book is a Bee, Buzzing in your head, With things to say. A Book is a Tree, With branches to climb, To see the world around.” Much has been written about the metaphorical forms a book takes: they are doors, windows, and yes, […]

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This children’s book on Mahabalipuram explores the Shore Temple and other stone sculptures

This children’s book on Mahabalipuram explores the Shore Temple and other stone sculptures

The Shore Temple in Mamallapuram | Photo Credit: B VELANKANNI RAJ On a crescent-shaped beach where waves build along the coastline stands the ancient Shore Temple, some 60 kilometres South of Chennai. The lone survivor from a row of temples that once dotted the sands of Mamallapuram, it is one of the oldest structural monuments […]

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Children’s books illustrators Nina Sabnani and Durgabai Vyam are introducing India’s indigenous art and craft to a new generation

Children’s books illustrators Nina Sabnani and Durgabai Vyam are introducing India’s indigenous art and craft to a new generation

Highlighting the art and craft of indigenous India, children’s books illustrators Nina Sabnani and Durgabai Vyam use everything from digna to embroidered saris to create stories with a global resonance  Highlighting the art and craft of indigenous India, children’s books illustrators Nina Sabnani and Durgabai Vyam use everything from digna to embroidered saris to create […]

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