Put yourself into the world you create: Veer Devgan

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A fourth-generation Army brat, 16-year-old Veer Devgan changed seven schools in his childhood before finally finding his roots at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, where he is a student of Class XII. His debut book, What to Do if There is a Murderer in Your Family?, is inspired by his love for soap operas and family […]

The power of a good story remains unchanged: Lavanya Karthik

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As a child, Lavanya Karthik spent all her time writing stories in her school notebooks and drawing the pictures to go with them. She is now a slightly older child, still making up stories and drawing pictures. You can find her wandering about the bylanes of Mumbai, nibbling on chocolate, chatting with street dogs and […]

Technology is just one more way to connect with the kids: Likla Lall

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Likla writes for children of all ages. She has published with Art1st Books- look out for ‘Art is a Verb’, a fun take on grammar through art, and ‘Somnath Hore: Wounds’. She’s currently making her way back to a dance and movement practice. She’s one of the speakers at the Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival 2022, […]

Creating classics: Kayva Gokhale, creator at Amar Chitra Katha

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Kayva Gokhale the junior sub-editor at the iconinc Amar Chitra Katha, is going to be at the Bookaroo Children’s Festival 2022 to be held in Vadodara from 19th to 20th November 2022. Her sessions include one on scripting for comics and another on fantastic folktales. Excerpts from an interview with the creator. Let’s talk a […]

Introducing reading to children with Vaishali Shroff

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Vaishali Shroff is an award-winning children’s author, script writer, and columnist based in Mumbai. Her popular works include The Adventures of Padma and a Blue Dinosaur, Raindrops, Ari, The Missing Bat, The Strange Case of Nayantara, The Boy in the Dark Hole, There’s a Leopard in My House, among others.  She will be participating at […]

Bring your child to the world of stories at Bookaroo Delhi 2022

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Dates: November 26th and 27th, 2022 Time: 11 AM to 4:30 PM National Rail Museum, Chanakyapuri  Following the roaring success of the 13th edition in November last year comes Bookaroo’s  40th edition overall and the 14th in Delhi. With over 7,900 visitors thronging the splendid  and picturesque National Rail Museum last time, it was heartening […]

“A story can begin anywhere, in a stray thought or something I read”

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Varsha Seshan is a childrens writer, classical dancer, and teacher. She has a Master’s degree in English Literature from Jadavpur University Kolkata in 2009, winning two medals for Shakespeare studies. Varsha works with schools and publishers to conduct teacher training programmes, especially for English Language Teaching, reading and creative writing, both online and offline. Some […]

Finding wonder in the everyday: Mala Kumar on writing for children

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Mala Kumar is the author of over 40 picturebooks for children including Up the Mountains of India, Crazy Mazy Maths Puzzles, I Want that One, Paper Play, Happy Maths series, Rupaiya Paisa Series, Sir M Visvesvaraya: The Man Who Built Dams, Bridges and a Nation, among many others. She will be attending the Bookaroo Children’s […]

A magical weekend: Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival is back

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Dates: November 19th and 20th (Saturday and Sunday)Venue: Art District, Alembic City, VadodaraTiming: 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM 33 Speakers | 57 sessions | Unlimited Fun Storytelling, Workshops, Books, and Art & Craft for 4–14-year-olds As the world heads towards normalcy, the Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival is geared up to come back to Vadodara on […]

Rare book on Shimla history; this illustrated guidebook is a delight to read

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Simla in Ragtime, a rare book on Shimla history should not be confused with Ragtime in Simla by Barabara Cleverley’s book. Justice Deepak Gupta, a Simla man through and through, served as judge of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh for more than eight years, and had one of the finest collections of rare books […]