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Monthly Archives for February 2016

The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 2016 announced

http://www.thehindu.com/features/lit-for-life/the-hindu-young-worldgoodbooks-awards-2016-announced/article8112609.ece             The Hindu Young World Goodbook awardees (from left) Sujatha Padmanabhan, Prabha Mallya, Venita Coelho and Vishakka Chanchani at the Lit For Life Festival. Photo: R. Ragu The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 2016, the first Indian awards to promote excellence in Indian children’s books, were presented here on Friday. Sujatha […]

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Catering to the young – Anil Menon, Sujata Noronha, Shailaja Menon and Vidya Mani on children’s literature in India

http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/indian-writing-for-children/article8116511.ece When Vidya Mani was a child, Enid Blyton opened up a world where tin cans often held sardines to feast on. Only, the cans she opened at home hardly ever held this delicacy, a staple in Blyton’s larder. It took Vidya a while to realise that sardines were a type of fish, and even […]

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