Bhagavad Gita for the Young
Indira Ananthakrishnan
YOU’VE GOT THIS, ARJUNA! by By Lissa Coffey. Illustrations by Rajesh Nagulakonda. Edited by Sarita Saraf AdiDev Press, Kolkata, 2023, 28 pp., INR 351.00
August 2024, volume 48, No 8

Imagine a vast battlefield being transformed into a football field that is about to hold a big match. No, this is not somewhere in wonderland. It is in the book, You’ve Got This, Arjuna! The battlefield is that of Kurukshetra where a terrible battle was fought between the Pandava and Kaurava cousins. Why change it to a football field?

It is for the simple reason that the book is for the very young reader who is getting introduced to the essence of the divine verses of the Bhagavad Gita. The reader, at this stage of life, cannot visualize a battlefield. But, in all probability, he/she would know about a football field in school or outside of it. With stunning illustrations in each of the 28 pages of the book, Gita is introduced to the young reader very beautifully.

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