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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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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The cover of the book | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In 1930, Demathi Dei Sabar, a tribal girl in Nuapada district in Odisha, was only 16 years old when she heard that her father was wounded by a gun shot in the village Saliha. She was out on the fields, working with 40 other tribal […]
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An illustration from the book | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At the upcoming Bangalore Literary Festival (December 3 and 4), alongside the likes of workshops and lectures by children’s authors Bijal Vachcharajani, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, and Honey Irani is a book launch, Look Ma, No Hands! authored by Vikram Agnihotri. While this may seem like […]
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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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Bengaluru-based children’s books illustrators Priya Kuriyan and Rajiv Eipe people their pages with relatable characters and the occasional Malayali grandma Bengaluru-based children’s books illustrators Priya Kuriyan and Rajiv Eipe people their pages with relatable characters and the occasional Malayali grandma I am at Lightroom Bookstore, a much-loved independent children’s bookstore on a quiet street in […]
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