The Art and Book Junction

Stories help us know our traditions. When such stories blend mystery, adventure, and fantasy, they create a special kind of magic. What happens when such magic is created in the life of an eleven-year-old boy who thinks the town he lives in is ordinary, and nothing exciting ever happens there? A story is born where tradition meets imagination.

“Brighter days are ahead”, “ the light is coming” We live in an era where we dream of living forward. Days focused on shaping our tomorrows, but there were days when every day felt like a discovery, and days when we lived for simple pleasures, and we call them our good old days.  Lalitha Ramanathan transports us to those days through a fictional tale called Kanmani and Co.

This story by Mahasweta Devi is about Moyna a ten-year-old girl from the Shabar tribe and her never-ending Why’s!

Dotted Lines is a visual autobiography of Bhil artist Bhuri Bai and it is told through drawings of Bhil art, India's oldest tribal art form

If someone asks me What will be the sweetest surprise for you? my reply will always be Receiving Gifts. It makes us feel special. And even more special when we receive surprise gifts from special ones. Gifting is always a self-fulfilling experience. This story Surprise Gifts written by Asha Nehemiah, illustrated by Sujata Bansal and published by CBT Publication gives us such an experience. Surprise Gifts written by Asha Nehemiah Synopsis: Aunt Farida lives in a place which is

Name of the Book: Dev and Ollie Kite Crazy! Author: Shweta Aggarwal Illustrator: Somnath Chatterjee Festivals are a celebration of life, which brings happiness amongst the people.  India is a country of unique festivals, and this book Dev and Ollie is  based on one such festival on kites called Uttarayan, celebrated in some parts of India, but its magnitude can be seen most in the state of Gujarat Uttarayan - Rise against the wind (A colourful Canvas of the sky) Storyline  De

Name of the Book: Hanuman's Ramayan Retold By: Devdutt Patnaik Pictures: Nancy Raj Publisher: TulikaBooks (Our Myths Series) A book about  Ramayan the epic.  Raavan the king of Lanka kidnaps Sita, the wife of Ram (prince of Ayodhya) and how Ram rescues her with the help of hanuman is the story or to be precise the version that we have always heard and is said to be written by Valmiki.  But there are more than three hundred versions as per Google and this story is one such ver