Making books for children

Children’s Books: An Indian Story is a treasure for those interested in Indian literature, whether total immersion or a toehold; whether writers, readers, teachers, editors or publishers. It’s an erudite perspective on aspects of our kidlit (children’s literature), which is attracting more and more attention because of its interesting history, our super-multi-cultural people and layered social issues. An awesome task, achieved with excellence by two doyens in this arena, Shailaja Menon and Sandhya Rao. The range and breadth of the subject require minds that are both learned and creative, both characteristics of Shailaja and Sandhya’s characters and works.

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A whirlwind of words Lit for Life in Chennai whipped up a storm of writers, speakers, fans and foodies.

There’s a buzz every time the Jaipur LitFest comes along, and this time there was a bigger buzz thanks to the presence of Rishi Sunak who appears to carry quite

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In tune with words Creative geniuses raise our mundane lives to dizzying heights of bliss. May we never ever lose our capacity to float on the wings of inspiration.

An image doing the rounds recently on WhatsApp caught my attention. It featured Zakir Hussain, Dr Manmohan Singh

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A kind of serendipity Elif Shafak’s new novel stirs up memories and emotions nostalgic and troubling.

I am an Elif Shafak fan. This remarkable writer with over 20 novels under her belt writes in Turkish and English.

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Jaffna Eyes… through Jaffna eyes V V Ganeshananthan brings us a moving testament of a time that destroyed a people and their dreams.

It is the early 1980s. Sashi, short for Sashikala, is almost 16 and set on becoming a doctor. She has three older brothers and one younger.

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Lessons from history we refuse to learn An old book on China shocks readers into noticing how power plays out.

The English historian, Lord Acton, said in a letter to Bishop Creighton of the Church of England in 1887

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Can writers be apolitical? Tamil writer Imayam’s rhetorical question informs his stories that scratch our minds where it doesn’t itch.

It’s been a season of elections all round — with interesting results — in India, the UK, France, and Iran, for instance, and the season is upcoming in the US. It was serendipitous that I had occasion

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Hiss, Don’t Bite Stories about snakes, crocodiles and other misunderstood reptiles told with affection.

We are all familiar with shows that follow seemingly fearless individuals dig unceremoniously into the private lives, so to speak, of animals deemed to be dangerous.

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