8 Ways to Draw a Fish published by Tara Books follows 8 Ways to Draw an Elephant . The fish is explored from an artists viewpoint using various folk art techniques. Meena, Gond, Madhubani, Patua and Bhil are some of the art forms explored. What's in the book? The young ...
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A Beautiful Book about Truck Art from Pakistan
About This Truck Has Got To be Special Many a times, we see kids go crazy over the huge containers that rule the road. I'm sure they would have imagined what it is like to drive a big beast proudly around. Here comes the book, " This Truck Has Got ...
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A Foot Here, A Foot There: An Immigrant seeks Home
Who is an Immigrant? Some people feel a compelling push to leave their country, they move out and find home elsewhere. Some others move and realize they left home behind; they get pulled right back in. And then there's a third category, like myself, caught in a strong force of ...
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8 Ways to Draw an Elephant is an interesting mix of Indian Art traditions presented in the most adorable form, the Elephant. Targeted for ages 3 and up, this book presents interesting facts about elephants intertwining it with Indian art forms like Meenakshi, Sohrai, Mata ni Pachedi and more. Apart ...
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The Lion's Feast by Karadi Tales | Book Review
Karadi Tales ' latest book The Lion's Feast is an irreverent tale with really funny illustrations!
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One Trick to Teach Hindi to Your Child (and Have Them Enjoy it Too!)
I have been teaching Hindi classes for kids for more than 5 years and in every Hindi class I teach, there is always one activity the kids just can't get enough of. It makes them want to speak and learn more Hindi right off the bat. I have realized that ...
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An Interactive Journey Through Indian Art Movements
After Raza's Bindu , authors Ritu Khoda and Vanita Pai are back with Eye Spy Indian Art, an absolutely gorgeous and well-crafted book that takes us on a journey of the evolution of Indian Modern Art and its various movements. They start with the pre-modern phase of the Company School ...
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A Child's Window into the World of Modern Art
As a child growing up in India, art meant the Ravi Varma paintings of Gods and Goddesses hanging on our walls and in the puja room. Modern art was an alien concept. We would hear about modern artists and their exhibitions happening somewhere in South Bombay, in an accessible part ...
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A Book For Siblings - The Big Red Lollipop
I have a sister and every year when Rakshabandhan rolls around, we pretty much sit out the festival. We did not truly believe in "Rakhi" brothers and sometimes when we felt like it, we sent out Rakhis to our cousin brothers, but suffice it to say it was not an ...
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Tiranga Popsicle | Republic Day Special
We are going to celebrate our 70th Independence day this Monday. Here is a special, kids friendly recipe to celebrate the occasion - Tiranga Popsicle or Tri Color popsicle. Let the kids learn about our Flag and the color significance via this recipe. So before getting into the recipe, let ...
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