Book Review - Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata by Devdutt Pattanaik
A para from the book - I had been meaning to read Devdutt Pattanaik for some time now but "life" kept happening. Then I read Devdutt Pattanaik's interview and book review here at IMC which prompted me to read Jaya and how I have enjoyed it! The book retells the ...
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Children's Books from India - A Picture-Book Publisher's View
Chitra Sounder , the author of the Farmer Falgu series, did a series of interviews on Children's Books from India with publishers, illustrators, authors and parents. She has been kind enough to let us share these interviews with us at IMC. We are reproducing those interviews as is, from her ...
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Baked Strawberry And Dates Fruit Rolls
Whenever we go to Safeway, kiddo wants to buy the fruit loops. One day I was mentioning the same to my music teacher and I was worried about the artificial sugar and the colors and she was telling why can't you try making them at home? The next class she ...
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Book Review: Pashu - Animal Tales from Hindu Mythology by Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik can as well be crowned the mythology king of India. His books are wonderful reads and each book is a treasure of tales and awesome illustrations. I must confess at the start of this review that am a big fan of his writing especially those for children. He ...
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5 Books on Indian Folk Art We Have Loved!
1. Dancing on Walls by Shamim Padamsee; Illustrations - Uma Krishnaswamy Shirvi is a little girl who lives in the Sahyadri hills. Her parents and siblings have gone out and so Shirvi is alone at home. She wants to clean up the house and decorate it for her parents before ...
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Learn how to create Warli Art - A Quick and Easy Tutorial
Parvathy is a long time Mother, Homemaker, Teacher, Artist, Student at Kalakshetra and blogs rarely at http://fromourpalette. blogspot.in/ Recently I got a chance to teach Warli Art to a class of 8-9 year olds. I was quite reluctant to take up the assignment as I always thought that primary school ...
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Book Review: Farmer Falgu Goes On a Trip by Chitra Soundar
A book on silence and sound is something that always appeals me. I am someone who loves noise. The noisier the atmosphere, the more I am productive. Even at my work place, the gentle buzz of the computers, the discussions of the teams and of course, the occasional clang clang ...
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Book Review: The Cat in the Ghat by Ambika Rao
Have you heard of the Pogeyan ? I hadn't earlier until I got this book. I must confess I had to rely on Google to tell me that the Pogeyan is a mysterious large cat which is long-tailed and has rounded ears, and uniform darkish color . This book has ...
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Book Review: We Call her Ba by Subhadra Sen Gupta
Kasturba has been one of the most intriguing characters in Indian history. She spent a lifetime with Mahatma Gandhi and is known as Ba by most people. When I grew up in Gujarat, I have heard some stories about Kasturba and we had a chapter about her in our Gujarati ...
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Author Interview: Gita Wolf, Author of Do! and Following my PaintBrush
Gita Wolf, the author of Do! and Following my Paint Brush , was kind enough to talk to us about her thoughts on encouraging indigenous artists as well as how Indian traditional tales will enrich our children. From the Tara Books site , Gita Wolf has written more than 14 ...
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