Batata, Pao and All Things Portuguese

Vaishali Shroff's 'Batata, Pao and All Things Portuguese' is a new graphic novel for children. It takes the reader on a journey that spans 500 years when India was under Portuguese rule! While we only speak about the British Raj and the Mughal invasion, no one speaks about what happened in India after the Portuguese colonised it.

But people and places in India still remind us of an era gone by. Says Vaishali, "I look around in Mumbai and right from the East Indians to the baobab trees to churches to my favourite vada pavs, all remind me of Portuguese origins. This book serves as an eye-opener for kids who are absolutely unaware of Portuguese India between 1498 and 1961." A great book for history and food lovers too!