Remember when we had all the time in the world to read, as kids, but never found books that were about us? Now that we don’t have the time, we have publishers in India really going for it, publishing cool kids’ stuff left and right. Let’s pick up two of these new breed of kids-oriented non-fiction books that show us India through fresh eyes.

This is episode #17 of Bookasur, talking about Misha the Russian magazine, Chambal dacoits, Diwali rockets, and sculptures.

Books featured:

Temple Tales by Sudha G Tilak, published by Hachette India

India’s Space Adventure, by Biman Basu, published by Red Panda (Westland)

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Published 11th September 2020. Find out more about Bookasur here: https://www.psnissim.com/p/bookasur.html

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Title Music: Jazz In Paris by Media Right Productions used under Creative Commons