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Mati pesters her grandmother and father for her own plot of land. When she does get it, she works hard. And then she hears that a company wants to make a coal mine in their village – the enormous black pit that will eat up all their lands, like it has in the next village… As always, Rinchin powers her questions through irresistible storytelling. The little girl’s anxiety about losing her land to “a monster machine” cuts close to the heart as it takes head-on an issue that is ravaging tribal Chhattisgarh, where this story is set, and every other place where there is ‘development’ at a cost.
ISBN: 9789350469200
Pages: 28
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
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Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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Manjula Padmanabhan
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Duniya Meri
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Gulzar +1
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Makkaligaagi Gandhiji
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B.G. Gujjarappa
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- Description: Gandhi himself believed that children are the best beginners to initiate any effective change, and hence the book aimed for Children.
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Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: When Jishnu asks for a son from the Sun God, he does not expect to get pregnant himself! Read this book to know how Jishnuís pregnancy begins to change him and his village.
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Menaka Raman
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- Description: Nanammal and Kamalathal love to travel. In fact, they are on a vacation in Manali to celebrate Kamalathal’s birthday now. But will she get to fly a hot-air balloon? Explore different modes of air transport with the two friends.
