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Children love poems. They also love lots of colour. And birds. And trees. Also stories – full of fun, adventure and happy endings. A bit of drama that takes them to the wonderland of their imaginations only makes their reading experience all the more exhilarating. The Booker Prize winning author and poetess Margaret Atwood provides all these and more in this beautifully illustrated poem wherein she has conjured up an idyllic world that children alone can visit and understand. When you’ll see your popeyed little one engrossed in reading this volume you’ll have the satisfaction of your money well spent. Sunrays for Tuesday When the Tandon couple
had come up with a collection of parables Sunrays for Sunday a
few years back one presumed it to be a one-off venture into the world of
pious literature. But, when they followed up with the Sunrays for
Monday, one began to look forward to sequels. And, one isn’t
disappointed. Whether the tale in this latest collection is about the
importance of smile, the unimportance of ego or the jarring consequence
of taking one’s loved ones for granted, one is gently reminded of the
forgotten or forsaken human values that actually lend substance and
meaning to our lives. One can learn vital lessons not only from sages
and seers but also from children, boatmen and cobblers. As with the
earlier two, this volume too eschews sledge-hammer didacticism and
employs the tone and tenor of a friendly neighborhood narrator of
preceptive fables, each preceded and succeeded by sayings and mantras
that provide great food for thought. A must-read for all families. Leading like Nelson
Mandela Every nation has its own icons and every epoch its persons of destiny. Nelson Mandela is to South Africa what Mahatma Gandhi is to India. If Gandhi impacted the violence-ridden, exploitative world by successfully putting ideals like non-violence, truth, tolerance and uprightness into practice – even in the murky world of politics – Mandela can be credited with re-affirming the status and vitality of these ideals in national as well as international politics. This volume gives us a peep into the life and mind of Mandela by narrating several episodes. The style is anecdotal and the tenor eulogistic – so vital to every icon-building exercise, but doesn’t put one off. In fact, one is rewarded with nuggets from the great man’s life. Worth a read.
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