Rockstar in a Sari
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Pearl D'Silva celebrates the life of our rockstar, Usha Uthup. What we see, hear, eat, and wear is ingrained in our minds. Gradually, its hold becomes stronger, like a habit. Then we remember it just as we remember Newton's third law of motion. One day, when we witness something different from what we are accustomed to seeing, hearing, eating, and wearing, we deny it wholeheartedly. If that is what is different stands up with complete confidence, we begin to accept it. It takes courage to be different and stay different with confidence. Usha Uthup is one such personality. She puts forth her voice and her dressing style with confidence and honesty. She sings with confidence, like a rockstar. Vasundhara Arora's lively portrayal of Usha Uthup's character. Page by page, you can hear Usha Uthup sing with the fragrance of her gajra. Vasundhara's illustrative style is reflected in her colours and lines. Age group 9-12 years
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Pearl D'Silva celebrates the life of our rockstar, Usha Uthup.
What we see, hear, eat, and wear is ingrained in our minds. Gradually, its hold becomes stronger, like a habit. Then we remember it just as we remember Newton's third law of motion.
One day, when we witness something different from what we are accustomed to seeing, hearing, eating, and wearing, we deny it wholeheartedly. If that is what is different stands up with complete confidence, we begin to accept it. It takes courage to be different and stay different with confidence.
Usha Uthup is one such personality. She puts forth her voice and her dressing style with confidence and honesty. She sings with confidence, like a rockstar.
Vasundhara Arora's lively portrayal of Usha Uthup's character. Page by page, you can hear Usha Uthup sing with the fragrance of her gajra. Vasundhara's illustrative style is reflected in her colours and lines.
Age group 9-12 years
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- Author Name:
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Rinchin
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- Author Name:
Uma krishnaswamy +1
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- Author Name:
Roberto Calasso +1
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- Author Name:
Shefali Mullick +4
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- Author Name:
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- Author Name:
Aravind Krish Bala
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- Author Name:
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- Author Name:
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- Author Name:
Zai Whitaker
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- Author Name:
Nina Sabnani
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- Author Name:
Meena Raghunathan
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- Author Name:
Richa Jha
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- Author Name:
Rishi Sahni
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- Description: भालू का नाखून की कहानियों के लेखक ऋषि साहनी एक घुमक्कड़ और चित्रकार भी हैं। इस संकलन की कहानियाँ उनको पहाड़ों और दुर्गम रास्तों पर घूमते हुए मिली हैं। एक छोटा बौद्ध भिक्षु, एक पहाड़ी चरवाहा, एक पहाड़ी रास्ते का गाइड जैसे किरदार भी वहीं मिले हैं। ऐसी जगहें और किरदार आम तौर पर बच्चों के लिए कहानियों में कम नज़र आते हैं। ऋषि साहनी के चित्र देखकर ख्याल आया कि अलग-अलग जगहों के खास रंग अलग होते हैं। वे मौसम के साथ बदलते हैं। यह भी लगेगा कि रंगों की एक तासीर होती है। चित्रों में रंग ऐसे लगे हैं जैसे वे धूप की तरह आकर चीज़ों पर गिर गये हों। Age 12+
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- Author Name:
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- Author Name:
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- Author Name:
Gurbachan Singh Bhullar +1
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- Author Name:
Yasaswini Sampathkumar +1
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- Description: Balloons are colourful and light. Does the air inside them weigh anything at all, you might have wondered. Lakshmi has. So she and her classmates find out how heavy air is. Peek inside the covers to see what they learnt.
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