Anastasia Damani’s illustrated books are a pleasure to read. The world is becoming a smaller place every day. You can go off to London or to Europe for a holiday and you can also visit lesser known exotic places. But we have so many novel and beautiful things and people all around us and it is an amazing experience to learn about some of them. India was ruled by the British for a long time and then in 1947 they left the country. But some of them, especially those belonging to mixed families, that is both Indian and British, loved the vibrant and warm culture of our country and so they stayed on. These are the Anglo-Indians and it is a pleasure to read about them in the first book with colourful, descriptive pictures. Here you will learn a little about British Architecture which though all around us, is something we don’t recognize as we tend to take it all for granted. The descriptions are easy to understand and they will make you see some things in a new light.
The book features some ‘hands on’ exercises for children to try out, like different recipes. Written in a step-by-step manner and easy to follow even for the little ones. Different food, language and traditions are fun to learn about and are made very attractive.