Cotton clouds of imagination amidst the cool breeze of emotions. The symphony created by various characters from the human and the animal kingdom. Fairy tales have weaved themselves in the warm quilt of childhood for many of us. These stories for generations have come alive with their characters seeming so real and identifiable, yet at other junctures limited to our imaginations. This anthology is a fabulous collection of fairy tales narrated by disabled women piecing together their lived exercises. In a world still struggling to practice inclusivity, such initiatives are deeply appreciated as they open a gamut of emotions, actions and thought processes which should have been routine for all of us by now. Often the special schools or separate schooling create compartments in education where the young minds begin to perceive the world as divided into two categories, ‘normal’ and ‘disabled’. The stories in this anthology are chapters of independence; stories of struggle where each woman has had to remind the world, including her family, at times of her presence, her existence and being accepted the way she is.
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